{"id":1234,"date":"2017-06-17T16:01:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-17T15:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clincarthill.org.uk\/?page_id=1234"},"modified":"2018-03-13T14:44:46","modified_gmt":"2018-03-13T14:44:46","slug":"baptism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clincarthill.org.uk\/index.php\/baptism\/","title":{"rendered":"Baptism"},"content":{"rendered":"

Baptism is one of two Sacraments celebrated in the Church of Scotland (the other being the Lord’s Supper). Baptism take place during a service of worship on a Sunday. In Clincarthill Church, we baptise both infants and adults.<\/p>\n

Infant Baptism<\/em><\/h3>\n

When we baptise a child, we do not automatically make them a follower of Jesus. Instead, we are doing the following things:<\/p>\n

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  1. Declaring God’s love for this child, and welcoming them into His family.<\/li>\n
  2. Expressing our hope that this child will one day fulfil their baptism by making a commitment of faith.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    When bringing a child for baptism, parents make promises on behalf of their child: that they will help to encourage and nurture their faith, as well as bring their child up in the life of the church. The church also makes promises to support a family as they do this.<\/p>\n

    We take our promises seriously at Clincarthill Church, and it is for this reason that we only baptise children of parents who are committed Christians, and who are members of a church family.<\/p>\n

    If you are not a Christian or a church member, we would still gladly offer prayers of thanksgiving and blessing for your child as part of our service of worship.<\/p>\n

    If you wish to find out more about bringing your child for a baptism or a blessing, please contact our minister<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

    Adult Baptism<\/em><\/h3>\n

    The purpose of Adult Baptism is much the same as above: to declare God’s love for a person, and to welcome them into His family.\u00a0The main difference is that, as an adult, you will make the baptismal promises yourself.<\/p>\n

    Please note: if you have been baptised as a child, you cannot be “re-baptised”. The Church of Scotland believes there is only one baptism, and it is wrong to baptise someone a second time. There are, however, other ways to mark a re-commitment to the Christian faith: contact our minister<\/a><\/strong>, and he’d be happy to discuss it with you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Baptism is one of two Sacraments celebrated in the Church of Scotland (the other being the Lord’s Supper). Baptism take place during a service of worship on a Sunday. In…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1359,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1234","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P8z2vw-jU","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1230,"url":"https:\/\/www.clincarthill.org.uk\/index.php\/life-events\/","url_meta":{"origin":1234,"position":0},"title":"Life Events","author":"Stuart Love","date":"17 June 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"As Christians, we believe that God is part of every aspect of our lives. As such, the Church tries to be present for people at various points in life: both of celebration and sadness. 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