Child Dedication
September 13, 2007 by James Kubecki
This past Sunday, we were blessed by the opportunity to dedicate McKaylyn and Atticus to the Lord in our church.
What does this mean? Well, it basically means that we, Shannon and I, pledge to raise our children in a Christian home, in the fear and instruction of the Lord.
Deuteronomy 4:9-10
9 “Only take care, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things that your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. Make them known to your children and your children’s children— 10 how on the day that you stood before the Lord your God at Horeb, the Lord said to me, ‘Gather the people to me, that I may let them hear my words, so that they may learn to fear me all the days that they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children so.’ (ESV)
It also means a commitment from our church to support us as parents and teachers, and to help us and hold us accountable in the way we raise them.
It does not represent a commitment on our children’s part to God. As a church, we do not exercise infant baptism, nor is this a replacement for baptism. We practice believer’s baptism, so when and if McKaylyn or Atticus accept Christ as their Lord and savior, they can then be baptized.
We thank our brothers and sisters in Christ at Centennial for their commitment to us as a family, and to everything they have done for us in Him throughout the past 2 1/2 years. We love you all, and God bless you.
Proverbs 22:6
6 Train up a child in the way he should go;
even when he is old he will not depart from it. (ESV)