Baptism and Confirmation

THE GREAT COMMISSION

And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and earth has been given to me.  Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Hoy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you.  And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age."     Matt : 28:18-20

                                   HOLY BAPTISM

Holy Baptism at All Saints is a day of Celebration and welcoming,
it is the full initiation by water and the Holy Spirit into Christ Body, the Church. The bond which God establishes in Baptism is indissoluble.

Holy Baptism is appropriately and usually administered with the Eucharist as the chief service on a Sunday or other feast day. It is especially appropriate at the Easter Vigil, on the day of Pentecost, on All Saints’ Day or the Sunday after All Saints’ Day and also on the Feast of the Baptism of our Lord (the First Sunday after the Epiphany).

Our Bishop, when present, is the celebrant; and is expected to preach the word and preside at Baptism and the Eucharist. At Baptism, the bishop officiates at the Presentation and Examination of the Candidates; says the Thanksgiving over the Water;
( consecrates the Chrism;)reads the prayer, “Heavenly Father, we thank you that by water and the Holy Spirit;”and officiates at what follows.

In the absence of the bishop, our priest, or, if he or she is not available, a visiting priest is the celebrant and presides at the service. If a priest uses Chrism in signing the newly baptized, it must have been previously consecrated by the bishop.

Each candidate for Holy Baptism is to be sponsored by one or more baptized persons.

The 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 the child, and make promises in their own names, and also take vows
on behalf of the child they are sponsoring.

It is fitting that the parents, be included among the godparents of their own children. Parents and godparents will be instructed in the meaning of Baptism, in their duties to help the new Christian grow in the knowledge and love of God, and in their responsibilities as members of his Church.

The joy in Holy Baptism is the knowledge that the newly baptized is now an eternal child of God, which is cause for Celebration as we welcome with love the child, no matter what age, into the family of All Saints.

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