Palm Sunday Baptisms

On March 29 (Palm Sunday), we’ll offer baptism by immersion for older children, students and adults. If you’ve never been baptized, you are invited to participate, and we invite you to use the season of Lent as a time to prepare.

If you’d like your infant or younger child to be baptized (before they can speak for themselves), or if you’d like to explore doing a ‘blessing,’ you can learn more about that here.

 

Baptism is one of the two sacraments of the church, along with holy communion. 

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    • I know that I want to be a follower of Jesus.

    • I want to formally become part of God’s family (the church).

    • I am ready to repent of my sin—acknowledging my shortcomings and turning away from anything that is not in line with God’s best for me.

    • I believe that Jesus was raised from the dead and I want him to be the lord and ruler of my life. 

    • I believe in the words of the Apostles Creed, am learning to pray the Lord’s Prayer, and am familiar with the 10 Commandments and striving to obey them.

    • A sacrament is an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace (or reality).

    • Sacraments are a means of receiving and experiencing God’s grace

    • Sacraments point first to God’s grace and secondly to our response

    • The outward and visible sign is water, in which candidates are baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. 

    • The inward and spiritual grace is death to sin and new life in Christ, through union with Christ in his death and resurrection. In baptism, through faith in Christ and the gift of the Holy Spirit, I am made a member of Christ’s body and adopted as God’s child and heir.

    • God’s covenant with us – Colossians 2:112

    • Forgiveness – Acts 2:38

    • Cleansing from Sin – 1 Peter 3:21-22

    • New Birth – John 3:5

    • Death and Resurrection – Romans 6:3-6

    • Belonging in God’s Family – Acts 2:41

    • Jesus commands it (Matt. 28:18-20)

    • The early church practiced it.

    • God offers it. 

    • We need it – our faith needs something to do and something to touch. 

  • Use the season of Lent (beginning with Ash Wednesday on 2/18) for a focused time of Bible reading and prayer. If you don’t have a Bible reading and prayer plan already, we recommend using the Daily Office. At the least, you should get into a habit of praying the Lord’s Prayer daily, reciting the Apostles Creed, and reading some Scripture. 

    • ·Teenagers or adults might consider reading Timothy Tennent’s book Ten Words, Two Signs, One Prayer. 

    • ·You may also schedule a call or an appointment with one of our pastors to prepare.  

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