Service of Baptism and Confirmation
Service of
Baptism and Confirmation
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Gathering and Praise
Welcome
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Ministry of Music: “My Lord, I Come This Hour to Make”
OR “Now Sing to Our God”
Call to Worship:
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HS 357
NS 40 |
Voice 1:
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We come together to worship God. |
Voice 2:
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From our separate, individual lives we come together. |
Voice 1:
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Our lives are given brand new each day, |
Voice 2:
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With the promise that life is good. |
Voice 1:
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All things were made through you, O Lord. |
Voice 2:
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Without you was not anything made that was made. |
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Each day gives us arms to hug one another. |
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We thank you, Lord, for the gift of touch. |
Voice 1:
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Each day gives us a voice to greet our neighbor and to speak out
for what is right. |
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We thank you, Lord, for the gifts of speech and hearing. |
Voice 1:
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Each day brings beauties of color and shape, light and darkness. |
Voice 2:
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We thank you, Lord, for the gift of sight. |
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Each day we eat and breathe. |
Voice 2:
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We thank you, Lord, for the gifts of smell and taste. |
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Each day gives a chance to love and to hope, to work and to rest,
to worship and to dream. |
Voice 2:
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We thank you, Lord, for
gifts of the Spirit. |
-By Helen and Joe Pearson, Prayers and Readings for Worship, Vol.1,
Judy Judd, ed. (Independence, Missouri: Herald House, 1987), 20.
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*Congregational Hymn: “Thank You for Giving Me the Morning”
OR “I Will Sing, I Will Sing” |
HS 74
NS 19
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*Invocation
*Response
Confession and Pardon
Litany:
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Leader:
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Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me!” |
Congregation:
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We are all children before God.
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Leader:
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I don’t always do what I am supposed to do. |
Congregation:
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We are all children before God.
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Leader:
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Sometimes I don’t understand Mom and Dad so I don’t listen. |
Congregation:
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We are all children before God.
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Leader:
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Sometimes I say I’ll be good, but I end up being bad. |
Congregation:
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We are all children before God.
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Leader:
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Who am I?
I run-
I shout-
I hit that kid next to me-
I don’t know nothin’-
I throw other kids’ papers on the floor-
Am I the bad-dest kid everyone knows?
Who am I?
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Congregation:
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You are a child of God.
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Leader:
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Who am I? |
Congregation:
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You are one who is loved and who is called to live the
covenant life with God.
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Leader:
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I am somebody! |
Congregation:
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You are a child of God.
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Leader:
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I am loved! |
Congregation:
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You are loved by God.
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Leader:
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I’m glad I’m me. |
Congregation:
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Amen.
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-Adapted from Worship Resources for the Sacraments, Judy Judd, ed.
(Independence, Missouri: Herald House, 1989), 30.
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The Word
Story of Jesus’ Baptism: Matthew 3:40-46 IV/3:13-17 others
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| Hymn: “O God in Heaven, We Believe” |
HS 356 |
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Challenge
A short talk based on John 3:1-7
Response to the Word
Ask candidates to share a short statement of commitment.
Celebration of Baptism
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Congregational Song: “I Have Decided to Follow Jesus”
OR “Descend, O Spirit, Purging Flame” |
(campfire song)
HS 355
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Ordinance of Baptism
Congregational Hymn: “Baptized in Water”
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HS 350
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Celebration of Confirmation
Significance of the Ordinance
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Congregational Hymn: “O God, to Us Be Present Here”
Ordinance of Confirmation
Sending Forth
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HS 358 |
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*Congregational Hymn: “We Are One in the Spirit”
OR “Companions on the Journey”
*Benediction
*Response
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HS 466
NS 7 |
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