What is Baptism? Baptism is a sign of our union with God and is symbolic of God’s washing away of all the things that separate us from him. Baptism is also a sign of our fellowship with Jesus who himself was baptised in the River Jordan. The sprinkled water in baptism carries with it the meaning of cleansing together with the profound mystery and wonder of God’s Spirit planted within the one who is baptised. In baptism we are linked so closely with Jesus Christ that his life is at work in us. We believe that in infant baptism the blessings of God’s grace, bestowed through faith in Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour, pass from one generation to the next and identifying your child as a valued member of the family of God. We pray that, in God’s time, God will work in your child’s life by his Holy Spirit so that your child will come to have a living faith in Jesus as her or his Lord and Saviour. Portland Parish Church believes that those it baptises should have the promise of a Christian upbringing in the church through Sunday School so that they can be expected in due course to take for themselves the promises made on their behalf and to profess the faith in which they were baptised.
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What is Baptism? Baptism is a sign of our union with God and is symbolic of God’s washing away of all the things that separate us from him. Baptism is also a sign of our fellowship with Jesus who himself was baptised in the River Jordan. The sprinkled water in baptism carries with it the meaning of cleansing together with the profound mystery and wonder of God’s Spirit planted within the one who is baptised. In baptism we are linked so closely with Jesus Christ that his life is at work in us. We believe that in infant baptism the blessings of God’s grace, bestowed through faith in Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour, pass from one generation to the next and identifying your child as a valued member of the family of God. We pray that, in God’s time, God will work in your child’s life by his Holy Spirit so that your child will come to have a living faith in Jesus as her or his Lord and Saviour. Portland Parish Church believes that those it baptises should have the promise of a Christian upbringing in the church through Sunday School so that they can be expected in due course to take for themselves the promises made on their behalf and to profess the faith in which they were baptised.