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Baptism

Posted on: 05/14/2012 22:12

It has been my assumption that Baptism or Reaffirmation of Faith can only be done once. Once you are baptised you are baptised.

 

Can you explain how Fundamentalist churches can make our baptisms null and void if one should choose to go to their church,

 

Now what if the person is baptised in the United Church, baptised by immersion in a Fundamentalist church and then returns to the United Church. Which of these baptisms is valid? I have recently encountered a similar situation

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Church today - I was wondering

Posted on: 01/10/2010 20:21

Baptism of Jesus. At the end of the service  there was "Renewing Our Covenant as We Remember Jesus' baptism".

yada, yada, yada and then it said " In the presence of the New Year and in remembrance of Jesus' baptism AND OUR OWN, I pledge to follow the teaching of Jesus in my life"

 

maybe I have been around Wondercafe too long, but I was wondering how welcoming this would be for folk who haven't been baptised?

 

Any thoughts?

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Religion and Faith

What Does Baptism Mean?

Posted on: 04/18/2009 14:01

Baptism is one of the two sacraments recognized by Protestant and Catholic and Orthodox churches.  THe other universal is COmmunion/Eucharist/Lord's Supper.

But beyond saying that it is widely seen as a sacrament there is a great variety of interpretations of baptism. Some of these include:

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Religion and Faith

Can somebody actually be "de-baptized"?

Posted on: 04/17/2009 13:00

Here's an interesting article from Time Magazine:

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1891230,00.html

 

Like the subject header says, can someone really be "de-baptized"? It seems to me, like the bishop says in the article, it's really something between someone and God, or, if you don't believe in God, in a person's own heart and mind.

Why then the need for a certificate?


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Gaye Sharpe: What Was I Thinking?

Posted on: 02/27/2009 17:55

Last Sunday a young man came to me carrying a very rambunctious two year old. He asked to speak with me sharing that it was his first time in the congregation. He held up his son and apologized for the "disruptions" the little one apparently had caused in worship - disruptions unnoticed by me. Then in a more timid voice he asked if his son could be baptized. He said, "It is really important to me. His mom and I are not doing that well."

To my shame these three things passed through my head:

1. I can't baptize. I am not ordained. Why can't I baptize?!

2. I am going away in a day for almost two weeks. How can I put you off?

3. Who could have stolen our LCD projector? (One added layer of confusion to the morning and probably why the "disruptive" child and new adult were off the radar screen.)

I put him off. He reached out obviously asking for more than a simple explanation of the congregational baptismal policy. I wasn't present - either to him or his son. As far as I know no member of the congregation approached him and he spoke to no one else.

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A River Runs Through Us

Posted on: 01/09/2009 10:30

Mark 1; Genesis 1           Water of Life      Jan 11, 3009  George Hermanson


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sermon for Jan 11 2009

Posted on: 01/08/2009 13:54

Renewed by water and the spirit. Text: Mark 1:4-11
Preached by Rev. James Murray at Dominion-Chalmers United Church, Jan 11 2009

The pastor stood at the baptismal font, holding a beautiful baby girl. After he sprinkled
the water on her, the pastor spoke in a loud voice for all to hear. ?Little sister in
Christ, by this act of baptism we welcome you to a journey which will take your whole
life to complete. This isn?t the end of the journey. It?s the beginning of God?s great

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Religion and Faith

Baptism and our responsibilities

Posted on: 10/21/2008 22:30

In our baptism ritual with babies and kids, the parents are asked the following five questions:

1) Do you believe in God: Creator, Christ and Spirit?

I do, by the grace of God.

 

2) Trusting in God, will you turn away from things that harm, and turn toward those that heal: seeking justice and resisting evil?

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