Join us on Sunday for Welcoming the Child. Together we will welcome nine new children among us:
We will celebrate their life. Children are a gift from God, not only to parents but to the whole community. Their vulnerability calls us outside ourselves to service and care for the other. Their noise and questions disrupt our routines and help us to notice God among us. When a baby laughs it's hard not to join in. Amid the pain and brokenness in the world, children are worth celebrating.
We will witness their parents' commitment to raising them in faith. Parents are the primary faith influence on their kids. They don't control the faith of their children, but they have a major part to play. When parents bring their children to be welcomed, they promise to do what they can to help their children come to know Jesus. They lay the groundwork for their children's decisions to trust Jesus and to live lives of commitment to his mission. And to do this, they renew their commitment to their own faith, counting on God to help them fulfill this parenting promise.
We will promise to support parents and pray for them on the journey. The task of faith formation is a job for the whole community. When we welcome children, we commit to being a demonstration of Christ to them in our life together. We support parents in any way we can along the path of life. And we ask God to lend power to our actions and the parents' actions so that these children's faith will grow throughout their lives.
We hope you can be a part of this special day for our church community!
We will celebrate their life. Children are a gift from God, not only to parents but to the whole community. Their vulnerability calls us outside ourselves to service and care for the other. Their noise and questions disrupt our routines and help us to notice God among us. When a baby laughs it's hard not to join in. Amid the pain and brokenness in the world, children are worth celebrating.
We will witness their parents' commitment to raising them in faith. Parents are the primary faith influence on their kids. They don't control the faith of their children, but they have a major part to play. When parents bring their children to be welcomed, they promise to do what they can to help their children come to know Jesus. They lay the groundwork for their children's decisions to trust Jesus and to live lives of commitment to his mission. And to do this, they renew their commitment to their own faith, counting on God to help them fulfill this parenting promise.
We will promise to support parents and pray for them on the journey. The task of faith formation is a job for the whole community. When we welcome children, we commit to being a demonstration of Christ to them in our life together. We support parents in any way we can along the path of life. And we ask God to lend power to our actions and the parents' actions so that these children's faith will grow throughout their lives.
We hope you can be a part of this special day for our church community!
