Dedication ceremony for Grace Aviya Haney

Dedication ceremony for Grace Haney

Presentation of the Child & Parents

The pastor invites the family forward to the front of the sanctuary. He then reads the parent and child’s name saying:

“It is my great joy to introduce you to the newest member of our church family. Grace Aviya Haney is the daughter of Brandon and Tara Haney and was born February 3rd, 2022. These

parents have come today to pledge themselves before God and this congregation to raise this

child in a way that honors the LORD.”

Parental Affirmations

(The pastor then reads the following affirmations. After each statement the parents will respond “WE DO.”)

Do you today recognize this child as a gift from God and give heartfelt thanks for

God’s blessing?

Do you now dedicate your child to the Lord who gave her to you, surrendering

all worldly claims upon their lives in the hope that they will belong wholly to God?

Do you pledge as parents that, with God’s fatherly help, you will bring up your child

in the discipline and instruction of the Lord, making every reasonable effort, with

patience and love, to build the Word of God, the character of Christ and the joy of the

Lord into their lives?

Do you promise to provide, through God’s blessing, for the physical, emotional,

intellectual and spiritual needs of your child, looking to your own heavenly Father

for the wisdom, love and strength to serve them and not use them?

Do you promise, God helping you, to make it your regular prayer that, by God’s grace,

your child will come to trust in Jesus Christ alone for the forgiveness of their sins

and for the fulfillment of all his promises to her, even eternal life; and in this faith

follow Jesus as Lord and obey his teachings?

Pastor’s Charge to the PARENTS from Deuteronomy 6:4-9

“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.”

Prayer of Blessing

The pastor lays hands on the child (with the parents for anointing) and offers this baby dedication prayer:

Grace Aviya, together with your parents, who love you dearly, and this people who care

about the outcome of your faith, I dedicate you to God, surrendering together with them all

worldly claims upon your life, in the hope that you will belong wholly to God for ever.

Congregational Greeting

When the service is finished, the parents and child are asked to stand while church members

come to offer their congratulations or personal blessings.