Baptism
When a person is baptized the whole congregation participates in the ceremony. This is in part because being a Christian is about relationships; with God and with each other. Because of this Mo. Shireen believes it is of utmost importance to have a person baptized in their spiritual community. Baptism is a commitment you are making for yourself or on behalf of your child, and the community is making that commitment with you.
If you would like to be baptized here at Church of Our Saviour or have your child baptized here, please know that you will be asked to attend services and participate in the community of this church for 6 months before the baptism will be scheduled. We want you to be sure that Church of Our Saviour is the right place for you and your family before making that commitment.
All sacraments are performed at the discretion of the rector, and if there are different arrangements can be made if she sees fit.
What is Baptism?
Baptisms are full initiation by water and the Holy Spirit into Christ’s Body, the church. God establishes an indissoluble bond with each person in baptism. God adopts us, making us members of the church and inheritors of the Kingdom of God. In baptism we are made sharers in the new life of the Holy Spirit and the forgiveness of sins. Baptism is the foundation for all future church participation and ministry.
Each candidate for baptism in the Episcopal Church is to be sponsored by one or more baptized persons. Sponsors (godparents) speak on behalf of candidates for baptism who are infants or younger children and cannot speak for themselves at the Presentation and Examination of the Candidates.
During the baptismal rite the members of the congregation promise to do all they can to support the candidates for baptism in their life in Christ. They join with the candidates by renewing the baptismal covenant.
The water of baptism may be administered by immersion or pouring over the candidates head. Candidates are baptized “in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,” and then marked on the forehead with the sign of the cross. Chrism may be used for this marking. The newly baptized is “sealed by the Holy Spirit in Baptism and marked as Christ’s own for ever.”
When all baptisms have been completed, the celebrant and congregation welcome the newly administered within the eucharist as the chief service on a Sunday or another feast.
The Catechism notes that “Infants are baptized so that they can share citizenship in the Covenant, membership in Christ, and redeption by God.” The baptismal promises are made for infants by their parents or sponsors, “who guarantee that the infants will be brought up within the Church, to know Christ and be able to follow him”.
Baptism is especially appropriate at the Easter Vigil, the Day of Pentecost, All Saint’s Day or the Sunday following, and the Feast of the Baptism of our Lord (the First Sunday after the Epiphany).
If you are interested in getting baptized or having your child baptized please contact Mo. Shireen who will speak with you about what it means to be baptized in the Episcopal Church.
If you would like to be baptized here at Church of Our Saviour or have your child baptized here, please know that you will be asked to attend services and participate in the community of this church for 6 months before the baptism will be scheduled. We want you to be sure that Church of Our Saviour is the right place for you and your family before making that commitment.
All sacraments are performed at the discretion of the rector, and if there are different arrangements can be made if she sees fit.
What is Baptism?
Baptisms are full initiation by water and the Holy Spirit into Christ’s Body, the church. God establishes an indissoluble bond with each person in baptism. God adopts us, making us members of the church and inheritors of the Kingdom of God. In baptism we are made sharers in the new life of the Holy Spirit and the forgiveness of sins. Baptism is the foundation for all future church participation and ministry.
Each candidate for baptism in the Episcopal Church is to be sponsored by one or more baptized persons. Sponsors (godparents) speak on behalf of candidates for baptism who are infants or younger children and cannot speak for themselves at the Presentation and Examination of the Candidates.
During the baptismal rite the members of the congregation promise to do all they can to support the candidates for baptism in their life in Christ. They join with the candidates by renewing the baptismal covenant.
The water of baptism may be administered by immersion or pouring over the candidates head. Candidates are baptized “in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,” and then marked on the forehead with the sign of the cross. Chrism may be used for this marking. The newly baptized is “sealed by the Holy Spirit in Baptism and marked as Christ’s own for ever.”
When all baptisms have been completed, the celebrant and congregation welcome the newly administered within the eucharist as the chief service on a Sunday or another feast.
The Catechism notes that “Infants are baptized so that they can share citizenship in the Covenant, membership in Christ, and redeption by God.” The baptismal promises are made for infants by their parents or sponsors, “who guarantee that the infants will be brought up within the Church, to know Christ and be able to follow him”.
Baptism is especially appropriate at the Easter Vigil, the Day of Pentecost, All Saint’s Day or the Sunday following, and the Feast of the Baptism of our Lord (the First Sunday after the Epiphany).
If you are interested in getting baptized or having your child baptized please contact Mo. Shireen who will speak with you about what it means to be baptized in the Episcopal Church.
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Episcopal Church of Our Saviour
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