baby dedication??

[Picture.Of.Obedience]

did you have one? what did it entail?

 

[Princessperky]

If you mean dedication, both mine had one, why? cause I wanted a welcome to the church ceremony and no church I know of does that, they have to dedicate the kid to God, like at birth I am supposed to make sure they are all for God, Now I am teaching them about God and I hope they choose the path of God, but I hate the phrase dedication.

It was a simple come to the front and pray, and thank God thing with both of them (two different churches, my teenhood church, and DHs childhood church, dunno what we will do this time- NO church in NC likes kids in the service, well behaved or no, so we go home for it)

 

[HeatherJay]

did you have one? what did it entail?

Neither of my girls were dedicated or baptised, but I have been to quite a few dedications/baptisms. First off, infant "baptism" in my church is only the name given to a dedication ceremony involving water. Baptism in this case is only a plea for prevenient grace ("the grace that goes before") and not done to ensure the child's salvation or exempt them from acccepting Christ as savior at a later date. We don't believe OSAS, we don't believe that baptism saves, and we still encourage believer's baptism at an age of understanding as an act of obedience to God.

Dedications/Baptisms in my church are basically symbolic of presenting your child to God, having God give the child over into your care, and making a pledge to raise the child in the way that will be pleasing to God. It's the parent's choice whether to use water or not, or whether to have a ceremony at all.

 

[lucypevensie]

Our church does dedication once a year. Both of ours were dedicated. I suppose it varies from church to church. Ours was a way to introduce families and their babies to the church. Parents make a dedication statement to pray for the child, bring them up "in the nurture and admonition of the Lord", etc. Then the congregation makes it's dedication statement to pray for the children and protect them, etc. It's all done in responsive reading form. Then there is one prayer which the pastor prays, and that's it.

Beforehand each couple must explain in writing the reason they want to do this thing. We require this to ensure that parents aren't thinking that a dedication ceremony is the child's ticket to Heaven.

This year one couple had godparents present, which for a Baptist church is unusual, though not UNscriptural.

 

[Leanna]

The Bible has nothing about babies being baptized. In Luke 2 the parents of the baby Jesus take Him to the temple "to present Him to the Lord" (Luke 2:22). Later the Gospels tell us that little children and infants were brought to Jesus for Him to touch them and bless them (Matthew 19:13-15; Mark 10:13-16; Luke 18:15-17). Jewish babies were (are?) dedicated on the 8th day. In dedicating your child you as parents acknowledge the child as a gift from God and vow before Him and the congregation to set a godly example for the child and a commitment to lead the child to Christ at an early age.

I don't think its necessary, but I do think its a good thing to do. In saying this, though, I have a 10 1/2 month old that hasn't been dedicated yet but I think sometime I will get around to it.

 

[Picture.Of.Obedience]

yeah its not baptism, i dont believe in infant baptism.

it is what others said, praying for him and dedicating him to God, etc.... i asked matthew and he finally explained it to me

were doing it on the 24th of this month and i am very excited!

 

[Picture.Of.Obedience]

In dedicating your child you as parents acknowledge the child as a gift from God and vow before Him and the congregation to set a godly example for the child and a commitment to lead the child to Christ at an early age.

sums it up perfectly!

 

[Bunnaroo]

Why do we need ceremonies for something like this

We have a ceremony to mark the milestones of life: birth announcements, graduations, weddings, funerals, anbd so forth.

Yes, our son was "Christened". It was a beautiful ceremony, and the congregation loved it. The Cub even liked the long gown, and waving to the crowd. It fit well in the Nazarene tadition of dedicating the child to the Lord.
The dedication was to say "This is not our child, it is yours, Lord. Members of the congregation, please help us to raise this child to be a Christian."

 

[mommiefrog]

When my oldest was born, the pastor from my husbands church wanted us to baptize. I myself did not want to baptize my infant. I believe that the child has to know and understand what they are being baptized for. I believe that it has to be the child's decision. I did however agree to a dedication. I see nothing wrong with dedications but I don't see it as neccessary either.

 

[Joykins]

We dedicated ours when they were newborns. Our church does not baptize infants.

Basically, we stood in front of the church, and the minister asked us to briefly affirm our faith and desire to bring up the baby in the nurture and admonition of the Lord, and then asks the congregation to witness it and be partners with us in doing so. Then a prayer. That was pretty much it.

 

[Picture.Of.Obedience]

Basically, we stood in front of the church, and the minister asked us to briefly affirm our faith and desire to bring up the baby in the nurture and admonition of the Lord, and then asks the congregation to witness it and be partners with us in doing so. Then a prayer. That was pretty much it.

thats exactly what we did, it was so nice!