Child Dedication Ceremony

Deuteronomy 6:4–9 ESV

“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.

We are honored today to dedicate all of these beautiful childen to the Lord.

Clark

Braxton, Everly, and Isabel Clark

Children of Brandon and Katelynn Clark

Hogan

Tyerell Hogan

Son of Amber and Tyerell Hogan

Fowler

and Christian Fowler, son of Audrey Fowler

Today

Today is a time both of offering back to God what he has privileged and blessed us with in these children,

and of vowing to fulfill his command found in the afore quoted scripture and

Proverbs 22:6 ESV

Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.

This is a very joyous occasion.

We follow in the steps of Christ himself in presenting these children to the lord as recorded in Luke 2:22

Luke 2:22 ESV

And when the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord

Speak to the families

Brandon, Katelynn, Amber, Tyerell, Audrey... As families.

The lord has entrusted you with the blessing of raising and nurturing these children.

You have a responsibility to model Christ before them,

to be an example of living a Godly life before them,

to train them in the ways of the Lord,

to keep the Lord before them in your home,

to care for, nurture, provide, love and admonish them.

Promise

As a promise before the lord do you as there families vow to uphold these things in these life? If so, please respond I will.

Families Response

Speak to the church

As it’s been said, it takes a village to raise a child.

Church as a body we have the responsibility to pull our weight in relationship with these children and there families.

To pray for, edify, love and uplift them through the joyous and sorrowful times in life.

We have a part in raising, training, nurturing and loving them.

Promise

As a promise before the Lord, do you as his church family vow to uphold these items in his life?

If so would you as a congregation respond with I will.

Church Response

We have vowed this morning both as a family, and a body to do our part in ensuring the will of God is fulfilled in this beautiful child.

At this time let us pray and dedicate them to the lord.

Will you join me in praying?

Present Bibles and Blankets.