Next
Baptism
Our
next Baptism will be held Saturday, April 7, 2012,
The Great Vigil Service at
8:00 pm. If you
would like to participate in the Sacrament of Baptism, please contact
the church office at
310.208.6516
About Baptism
Holy
Baptism is full initiation by water and the Holy Spirit into Christ's
Body the Church. The bond which God establishes in Baptism is
indissoluble. Holy Baptism is appropriately administered within the
Eucharist as the chief service on a Sunday or other feast. Each
candidate for Holy Baptism is to be sponsored by one or more baptized
persons. Sponsors of adults and older children present their
candidates and thereby signify their endorsement of the candidates and
their intention to support them by prayer and example in their Christian
life. Sponsors of infants, commonly called godparents, present their
candidates, make promises in their own names, and also take vows on
behalf of their candidates. It is fitting that parents be included
among the godparents of their own children. Holy Baptism is especially
appropriate at the Easter Vigil, on the Day of Pentecost, on All Saints'
Day, and on the Feast of the Baptism of Our Lord (the First Sunday after
the Epiphany).
-From The Book of Common Prayer
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