I arrived at the destination where the ritual observation was to take place at 9:45 a.m. on February 23, 2014. The ritual takes place in Brockville, Ontario in a building called New Hope Brockville. Tabernacle. The tabernacle is a large building with a tower, also called a bell tower, erected on the roof. On the bell tower is the symbol of the cross. The front doors opened into a large hall where the majority of people inside were gathered in various small groups. These groups were composed of members of similar ages. Everyone who walked through the doors was greeted with lots of hugs and welcomes. At 9:55 a.m., a man called an usher greeted me and handed me a program. The room I entered next was large and had an aisle down the center separating the seats. There were eight chairs seated side by side in each row and fifteen rows in total on each side of the aisle to provide comfortable seating for 240 people. I sat among the rest of the young people, in the second row, in front of the platform. On the platform at the front of the room were various instruments, a large podium and several speakers. There was a large rectangular opening in the central wall at the rear of the platform where there was a large bathtub with steps, called a baptism tank. Beyond the tank was a large wooden cross hanging on the wall. The women and girls were all dressed in skirts that covered their knees. The majority, but not all, of the women had very long hair which they wore while others had it neatly tied into elaborate buns. The men seemed to keep their hair short and if they had facial hair it was neatly trimmed. The majority of young men were dressed in black pants, shirt and tie, but...... middle of paper...... ability to transform people's view of them themselves and their beliefs. In the case of the ritual of baptism, crossing the threshold into the liminal phase often results in the individual receiving the gift of the Holy Spirit. This strengthens their communication with God and subsequently strengthens their Christian beliefs. Through the act of prayer and watching someone transform through liminality, a spontaneous peak of emotion is achieved among the members participating in the ritual (Manning, 2000). This creates communitas, that is, a strong feeling of closeness between the members participating in the ritual which creates a temporary feeling of community (OED, 2014). The feeling of closeness to other members and to God generated by the ritual encourages individuals to communicate more regularly with God through prayer and unifies people who might not otherwise connect..