The first church I served as a priest was a church in Hawaii that each year would have a Eucharist service at the beach. We would hold the service under a shelter and then have a meal together, go swimming, and relax for the afternoon. One year some parents asked if they could have their baby baptised at this service — meaning in the ocean. I immediately said yes. The ocean or a river is a great place to have a baptism — for reasons I’ll mention in a moment.