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Today being Sunday, January 28th, we welcomed into the family of daughter Gracie Kay Deising and her mother, Tammy Gerrow. Truly a joy-filled experience! Here are some pictures of our coming together in God's House for this experience.
The photos are actually two for each one. Click on each and they will enlarge and both can be copied, emailed, or printed out.
The whole family clan... we were all there for you Gracie!
Pretty sharp looking family, right, Gracie?
Here are your grandparents with your mom and dad on your day and your mom's day!
Here you are with the sponsors: uncle Joe and aunt Shelly for you and your mom's were your grandparents, Cheryl and Wally.
Here you are being held by uncle Joe, Pastor Don had to speak up for Joe, all the moms were holding you.
Here is your mom and her sponsors, Wally and Cheryl.
By the way, here is Pastor Don (me) looking at you after our worship. It was a wonderful day!
Now down to the basic family unit, you and mom and dad!
Here you are with your great grandmother. You have another great grandmother in Florida. You meet her soon, as well.
Some casual pictures after the formal ones.
Your grandmother Kay, thoroughly enjoyed holding you on your day, too!
Our service for today was this one for you.....
11:00 AM SACRAMENT OF HOLY BAPTISM
L: In holy baptism, God frees us from sin and death by uniting us to the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Through water and the Holy Spirit we are reborn children of God, we are made members of the church, the body of Christ, and we are commissioned for Christ’s ministry of justice and peace.
Parents and Sponsors:
We present _____Gracie Kay________ for baptism.
We will assume the gifts and responsibilities with which we have been entrusted:
We will live with ___Gracie Kay_______________ among God’s faithful people,
We will bring _____Gracie Kay____________ to the Word of God and the holy supper,
We will nurture ___Gracie Kay__________in faith and prayer, so that all of us may learn to trust God,
Proclaim Christ through word and deed, care for others and the world God made, And work for justice and peace among all
people.
Pastor: People of God, do you promises to support these individuals and pray for them their new life in Christ?
Congregation: WE DO.
Profession
L: I ask you to reject sin, profess your faith in Christ, and confess the faith of the church. Do you renounce the devil and all the forces that defy God?
Parents/sponsors: I renounce them.
Do you renounce the powers of this world that rebel against God?
Parents/sponsors: I renounce them.
Do you renounce the ways of sin that draw you from God?
Parents/sponsors: I renounce them.
L (to congregation): I invite you to affirm your baptism. I ask you to reject sin, profess your faith in Christ, and confess the faith of the church. Do you renounce the devil and all the forces that defy God, the powers of this world that rebel against God, and the ways of sin that draw you from God?
C: I DO.
L: With the whole church, let us confess our faith.
Do you believe in God the Father,
C: I do.
L: Do you believe in Jesus Christ, the Son of God?
C: I do.
L: Do you believe in God the Holy Spirit?
C: I do.
L: (prayer)
Holy God, holy and merciful, holy and mighty, you are the river of life, you are the everlasting wellspring, you are the fire of rebirth.
Glory to you for oceans and lakes, for rivers and creeks. Honor to you for cloud and rain, for dew and snow. Your waters are below us, around us, above us: our life is born in you. You are the fountain of resurrection.
At this body of water, Holy God, we pray: Breathe your spirit into this water, and into all who are gathered here this day. Illumine our days. Enliven our bones. Dry our tears. Wash away the sin within us, and drown the evil around us. Satisfy all our thirst with your eternal fountain, and bring to birth the body of Christ, who lives with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
L: When we were joined to Christ in the waters of baptism, we were clothed with God’s mercy and forgiveness. Together, let us rejoice and remember our baptism.
C: AMEN.
L: __Gracie Kay______, I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
C: AMEN.
Laying on of hands
L: Sustain _Gracie Kay_____, with the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Glory to you for oceans and lakes, for rivers and creeks. Honor to you for cloud and rain, for dew and snow. Your waters are below us, around us, above us: our life is born in you. You are the fountain of resurrection.
At this body of water, Holy God, we pray: Breathe your spirit into this water, and into all who are gathered here this day. Illumine our days. Enliven our bones. Dry our tears. Wash away the sin within us, and drown the evil around us. Satisfy all our thirst with your eternal fountain, and bring to birth the body of Christ, who lives with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
L: When we were joined to Christ in the waters of baptism, we were clothed with God’s mercy and forgiveness. Together, let us rejoice and remember our baptism.
C: AMEN.
L: __Gracie Kay_____, I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
C: AMEN.
Laying on of hands
L: Sustain Gracie Kay, with the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Stir up in each of us the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge, the spirit of joy in your presence, and the fear of the Lord both now and forever.
C: AMEN.
Signing of the Cross with Oil
L: __________, child of God, you have been sealed by the Holy Spirit, and marked with the cross of Christ forever.
C: AMEN.
Candle, Stole
Assistant: Let your light so shine before people that
they may see it and give thanks to your God in heaven.
Pastor: We are instructed to PUT ON Jesus Christ and walk in our world with God.
C: WE WELCOME YOU INTO THE BODY OF CHRIST AND THE MISSION WE SHARE. JOIN US AS WE GIVE PRAISE TO GOD AND BEAR GOD’S CREATIVE AND REDEEMING WORD TO ALL THE WORLD.
For you, Tammy and your daughter, Gracie may you both grow to know and to love our great God revealed in His Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.
Jason may you and your new wife, Tammy, experience the fullness of life and especially life in our God and within God's family, which includes us!!!
Blessings,
Pastor Don
Our Saviour congregation