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What does this mean for you?
You will be asked to take vows during the service of Baptism. The first, will entail your own personal beliefs - do you accept
what the Christian faith teaches. The second vow entails a promise to bring your child up in the life and worship of the church
- by your own example.
Therefore, you are publicly stating your Christian belief and your commitment to the church. If you are not able to agree to
these vows and intend keeping them, then you should not be bringing your child for Baptism. You must be honest with yourself,
with the minister and congregation, and with God. Ultimately, it is He to whom you will answer if you have made vows you have
no intention of keeping. The minister baptises in good faith that the vows are being sincerely made. If you wish to go ahead
with the Baptism, the minister will visit during the week prior to the service, and will go over the vows with you.
If you are not, at present, a member of the church, the minister will want to have an undertaking from you that at least one
of the child's parents will become a member. This is a condition of Baptism. If you do not intend joining the church and
taking an active part in its life and worship, then Baptism is not what you really want for your child.
In Baptism, your child is accepted into the family of the church in our congregation. We hope that the association with this
congregation will be a long, happy and fruitful one and that one day, your child, like you, will become a full member of the
church. Should you decide that Baptism is not what you want for your child, it doesn't mean that God loves him/her any the less.
God loves all His children equally and unconditionally.
These notes are designed to help you decide if Baptism is what you want for your child. Should you wish to discuss the matter
further, the minister will be delighted to talk things over with you and can be contacted at the address shown below.
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