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Resource Guide | April 05, 2011 The Service of Baptism (Bible Study) This Bible study lesson looks at baptism and how it becomes the sign of washing in Christ, the entrance into discipleship, and inclusion in the Christian church. Article | October 19, 2010 Remembering Baptism: Living Wet More congregations are seeing baptism as a sacrament that begins a lifelong pilgrimage. This shift leads them to pay more attention to baptismal living in worship and daily life. A feature story exploring the practices of the sacrament of baptism. Feature Story | September 30, 2009 Baptism: A story we all share Discover how the multiple meanings of baptism can enrich baptism as a source of Christian identity, faith formation, and baptismal living. A feature story exploring Baptism, a story we all share. Feature Story | August 24, 2009 Take Me to the Water: Ideas for keeping baptism front and center The theology of baptism has undergone a striking reformation in the last fifty years. So has the practice of baptism, at least in some respects. Article | June 01, 2008 Between Font and Table In this workshop participants explored the relationship of Word and Sacrament in weekly preaching. Undervalued biblical and theological foundations of the Lord's Supper and baptism can add to the depth of one's sermons. Additionally, a sacramental approach to preaching can influence one's use and understanding of language and illustration. Audio | January 01, 2008 Baptism and the Lord's Supper: Embraced by the Triune God This session explored the deep Trinitarian meanings and implications of the sacraments. Though centered on our union with and participation in Christ, Baptism and the Lord's Supper draw us into the heart of the divine community we call Trinity. Audio | January 01, 2008 Baptism and the Transformation of Youths' Vocational Imaginations This session explored, first, the relationship between Baptismal theology and vocation, and second, a variety of pedagogies designed to invite youth to imagine faithfully their unfolding futures with God. Audio | January 01, 2008 Space, Time, and Sacraments - N.T. Wright A seminar led by N.T. Wright on the sacraments of the Lord's Supper and Baptism, discussing the larger questions of space, time and matter within which our understanding of sacraments must be located. Audio | January 10, 2007 Resources for Adoption Baptism Services Instead of providing an entire worship service, we have provided materials that can be used in liturgies that include the reception and/or baptism of adopted children. Worship Service | July 03, 2006 Ways to remember baptism in regular church worship and life Two articles from Reformed Worship have especially good ideas for helping worshipers to affirm their identity as a baptized people. Arlo Duba suggests ways to incorporate baptism in regular worship and special services. Carrie Steenwyk explains how to include baptism as part of the Easter Vigil, following a tradition dating back to the early church. Feature Story | May 12, 2006 Mark Torgerson on making more of baptism Mark Torgerson shares how to make more of baptism. Feature Story | May 12, 2006 Theological Reasons for Baptistry Shapes In her wonderful book, A Place for Baptism, Regina Kuehn reminds readers that the baptismal font’s shape reveals baptismal truth, and the font points to baptism’s key element, water. She invites churches to think more about baptism’s sacramental weight and "the radical nature of our baptismal promises," than about whether the font is pretty. Feature Story | May 12, 2006 Baptism and Church Architecture: What message are you sending? No matter what age your church baptizes people, ask yourself this: How consciously are you living your baptism as a way of life, not just an event? A feature story exploring what messages churches send with their Baptism practices and church architecture. Feature Story | May 12, 2006 How Are We Doing?: A conversation about celebrating the sacraments Sometimes worship leaders need to step back and take stock of current practices. What are we doing well? What areas need more attention? Article | March 01, 2006 Baptism: A Sacrament for the Whole Congregation This session drew upon biblical passages and confessional and liturgical texts from the Reformed tradition to demonstrate how Christian baptism is a communal, not an individual, sacrament. Audio | January 01, 2006 Worship in the Early Church Some of the worship practices of early Christians --100-400 A.D.-- were strikingly different but perhaps more biblical than ours today. Audio | January 01, 2006 With Every Good Thing Series - Morning Devotions - Hebrews 12 An order of worship planned around Hebrews 12, originally held at the Calvin Symposium on Worship. The fifth of a six-part series on the book of Hebrews from the 2008 Symposium on Worship. These services are designed to rejuvenate the vigor of the faithful by returning us to our first love: our wonderful Savior Jesus Christ. Worship Service | June 01, 2005 With Every Good Thing Series - Witnessing Perfection - Hebrews 10 An order of worship planned around Hebrews 10, originally held at the Calvin Symposium on Worship. The third of a six-part series on the book of Hebrews from the 2008 Symposium on Worship. These services are designed to rejuvenate the vigor of the faithful by returning us to our first love: our wonderful Savior Jesus Christ. Worship Service | June 01, 2005 Washed People - Romans 6, 1 Corinthians 6, HCLD 26-27 The third service plan in a Pentecost series, centered on the meaning of the sacrament of baptism and the importance of remembering this event. Worship Service | June 01, 2005 « Previous 1 2 3 Next »