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From the Pastor
P In Christian love you
have presented these children for Holy Baptism. You should, therefore,
faithfully bring them to the services of God’s house, and teach them the Lord’s
Prayer, the Creed, and the Ten Commandments. As they grow in years, you should
place in their hands the Holy Scriptures and provide for their instruction in
the Christian faith, that, living in the covenant of their Baptism and in
communion with the Church, they may lead godly lives until the day of Jesus
Christ.
P Do you
promise to fulfill these obligations?
R I do.
The paragraph above is reprinted from the service of Holy Baptism in the
Lutheran Book of Worship. When a child is presented for the sacrament of
Holy Baptism, the Church asks parents and sponsors to make some serious
promises. We ask them to fulfill some fundamental duties, so that their
children will grow in the faith and knowledge of our Triune God: Father, Son,
and Holy Spirit. Most basically, we ask parents and sponsors to:
+ faithfully
bring their children to worship
+ teach
their children the basics of the faith most especially the Lord’s Prayer, the
Creed, and the 10 Commandments)
+ place the
scriptures in their children’s hands,
and
+provide for
their children’s instruction in the Christian faith.
One of the key ways in which Gloria Dei endeavors to help our
parents keep these promises, is through the provision of Sunday Church School.
Our Director of Christian Education, Annette Lindal, has once again assembled a
very fine set of teachers for our Gloria Dei Sunday School. We are richly
blessed by the willingness of dedicated lay-people who share their talents in
teaching our children. But if a Sunday School teacher puts in time and labor
to prepare an enriching lesson, and several members of the class fail to attend,
it can be very discouraging.
Parents, please be good stewards of this gift of Christian
education, and be good stewards of the gift of your children. Bring your kids to
Sunday School. Ask them about their lessons. Visit about how the rest of
their lives relates to what they learn in Sunday School and what they experience
in worship. You will be keeping the solemn promises you made when your children
were baptized, and someday, your children will thank you!
See you on Sunday!
Pastor Jacobson+, sts
Contact:
To contact Pastor Jacobson by e-mail, send messages to pastor@gloriadeiwichita.com To
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Gloria
Dei Lutheran Church