Thank you for your interest in having your child baptized at Community UMC!

A few pieces of important information before you fill out the form:

1. Counseling is required of all persons who desire baptism.
2. Dates will be mutually agreed upon in consultation with the pastor.
3. NO flash photography is allowed during the sacrament. Photographs may be taken at the close of the service.
4. Promises are made BEFORE GOD both by the candidate, AND the congregation of CUMC. These promises include faithful participation in the life of the church. No one should consider baptism without sincerely being able to answer the following in the positive . . .

On behalf of the whole Church, I ask you:

-Do you accept the freedom and power God gives you to renounce the spiritual forces of wickedness, to reject the evil powers of this world, and to repent of your sin? I do.

-Do you confess your faith in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, putting your whole trust in His grace, and
promising to serve Him as your Lord? I do.

-Do you, therefore, accept as your compelling duty and privilege to live before [name] a life that becomes the
Gospel; to exercise all godly care that he/she be brought up in the Christian faith, that he/she be taught God’s
holy Word, and that he/she learns to give devout attendance to the private and public worship of God? I do.
Will you endeavor to keep {name] under the ministry and guidance of the Church until he/she, by the power of
God, shall accept for him/herself the gift of salvation, and be confirmed as a full and responsible member of the
Body of Christ? I will.