A Dedication

This is not to be confused with baby Baptism or Christening (I think it's way beyond ridiculous to baptize a baby. They can't even comprehend the function of pooing, let alone be able to stand accountable in the decision to follow Christ). What we wanted was a prayer for our daughter, and a public confession of our responsibilities as parents. To pledge, to promise to raise our daughter as God has instructed and to ask the church to stand with us as parents, to keep us accountable, to aid us and support us. That Sunday Dedication was special to us as a family and as a Church. Ava was the first baby to be Dedicated in Sovereign Joy, and she was our Pastor, my brother in-law's first baby Dedication.