Four times each year we celebrate the Campus Event for Milestone 1: Parent & Baby Dedication at Cottonwood Creek Baptist Church. This is a special day for each family who will be coming forward and a spiritual milestone in the lives of both children and parents. It is a day for parents to commit to becoming the primary faith trainers in the lives of their precious children, and a day for our church to commit unyielding support through prayer and partnership.
In preparation for this special day and with Deuteronomy 6:4-9 as our backdrop, we would exhort parents to ask and answer the following questions:
- “Will you chose this day to live with the commands of God on your own hearts?”
- “Do you accept responsibility as your child’s primary faith trainer to impress the truth and love of God on her as you live life together?”
- “Will you love this child with the unconditional love of Christ?”
- “Will you pray for her to know Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior?”
Our hope would be that your answer to each and every one of these questions would be an enthusiastic “yes, we will”.
We would ask every member of the church to ask and answer the following questions:
- “Will you partner with these parents by praying for them as they lead their children spiritually?”
- “Will you partner with these parents by teaching their children at church and modeling a Christ-like lifestyle in support of what the parents are teaching and modeling?”
Our prayer would be that every member of our community would answer with a resounding “yes, we will”. Suddenly the family and the church gain perspective on the order of spiritual formation as God intended it. Parents take the lead in the spiritual development of a child. The church helps to equip parents and supports them along the way. That is Milestone 1, the beginning of walking this path toward authentic faith@home.
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