NJ - CHILD DEDICATION 2026

Child Dedication

Good morning! Today we have some of our Oasis family coming to dedicate their children to the Lord. We know Jesus placed great value in children when others did not. The bible shows us this in Mark chapter 10.

Mark 10:13–16 NLT

13 One day some parents brought their children to Jesus so he could touch and bless them. But the disciples scolded the parents for bothering him. 14 When Jesus saw what was happening, he was angry with his disciples. He said to them, “Let the children come to me. Don’t stop them! For the Kingdom of God belongs to those who are like these children. 15 I tell you the truth, anyone who doesn’t receive the Kingdom of God like a child will never enter it.” 16 Then he took the children in his arms and placed his hands on their heads and blessed them.

At Oasis we believe that this is as much for the parents and our church as it is for the children. We believe that God has a plan and purpose for these precious children and that it will come to pass. We are believing for Gods blessing sing on their lives.

Today, this is not making our children into christians, but what we are committing to as parents and the church family is:

To do all that we can to help these precious children as they grow, come to know and follow Jesus Christ as their Saviour.

Psalm 139:1–12 NIV

1 You have searched me, Lord, and you know me. 2 You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. 3 You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. 4 Before a word is on my tongue you, Lord, know it completely. 5 You hem me in behind and before, and you lay your hand upon me. 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain. 7 Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? 8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. 9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, 10 even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast. 11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,” 12 even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.

Psalm 139:13–14 NLT

13 You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. 14 Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.

Psalm 139:16–18 NLT

16 You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed. 17 How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered! 18 I can’t even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand! And when I wake up, you are still with me!

We are praying Gods blessing in and on these precious children

We can believe as parents and the church that Gods plan for them will be worked out

And that one day they will understand His immense love for them

Question:

Parents will you commit to with Gods help and the help of your church family to raise your children in a Godly home of love and peace, to raise them in the truth of Gods instruction and disciplin and to encourage them to one day trust Jesus Christ as their saviour and Lord?

Answer:

If you do, say we do

Pray and dedicate the children.

Nova Grace Diya - Joshua & Holly

Kub Gray Fleming - Krystal & Blair

Amelia Anja McGregor - Steph & Andy

Zealyn Aylija Jae Power - Israel & Natayah