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![]() Identifier: 12058000513 Celebrating a Child's Baptismal Annniversary: For Parents and Godparents This is a sheet to introduce you to ways of celebrating baptismal anniversaries with your child or godchild. On the date of their baptism, you can use any of the following ideas or make up your own to celebrate their special day, just as you would their birthday. Celebrating a Child's Baptismal Annniversary: For Parents and Godparents Author: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License Celebrating a Child's Baptismal Annniversary: For Parents and Godparents Author: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License Reviews Reviews count: 1 - Average rating: 4.00 This resource for celebrating a child’s Baptismal Anniversary is very helpful. It identifies the parents and Godparents as the primary learners. Each made promises at Baptism and without some intentionality, remembering Baptism as a significant event in a child’s life can be secondary to secular significant events in life (birthdays, accomplishments, holidays). This resource is grounded in knowledge that there is an important relationship involved with the role of Godparents. The reason Godparents were chosen for a child means something different for each parent, but there is a meaningful connection between child and Godparent. I like that there are specific examples of activities and experiences listed. There are a variety of things to engage the child (and parent/Godparent) and make it embodied learning. Verbal, visual, musical, interpersonal, and bodily experiences are included. The most important, however is clearly identified as praying for your child/Godchild every day. The suggestions are age appropriate and easy/inexpensive to do. For the parent/Godparent who may not attend church or be part of a faith community, it may be nice to start with a discussion about Baptism and its meaning for the child, parent and Godparent. This may be a way to make the significance of Baptism meaningful and allow for exploration of feelings and attitude regarding Baptism. Sarah Conlin | 23 Oct 2009 |
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