- Celebration of Baptism (PDF)
We are so happy to be celebrating the baptism of Ethan Skye Folmar!
Join us in spirit, and if you like, follow along by reading the liturgy above (and watch the video below).
We forgot to record the event and to take photos! Thankfully, Hannah thought to turn on recording in Zoom only a few minutes into the liturgy and Robin and Karen sent us a few photos they took as screenshots.
Those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life. — John 4:14
For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. — 1 Corinthians 12:13
The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say, “Come!” Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life. — Revelation 22:17
This draft retains a longer sermon, for reference, but lacks other improvements. The sermon and liturgy attempt to express the meaning of baptism in the framework of the Triune communion of love as an expression of the Trinitarian faith represented by the Nicene creed, the most ecumenical and universal of Christian statements of faith. One key pillar of a Trinitarian perspective is the vicarious humanity of Christ, expressed not only in his Incarnation, crucifixion, Resurrection, and Ascension, but also in his baptism, repentance, prayer, worship, obedience, faith, etc. Thus the longer sermon section in this draft may throw some light on the rest of the liturgy for anyone interested in diving deeper into a Trinitarian approach to Christian life and faith. However, we didn’t think the longer sermon would bring extraordinary joy to Ethan himself today, and the shorter liturgy actually has many other improvements as well!
