Seth and I have attended First United Church here in Bloomington our entire marriage. We decided we wanted to have the baby dedicated or baptized there before we move back to North Carolina.
After talking to our pastors and each other about our beliefs regarding baptism, we decided to dedicate the baby instead of having him actually baptized with water.
We didn't really have a specific time frame in mind originally, but my parents indicated that they'd like to be there for it, as did Seth's parents, so now the plan is to do it rather quickly after he is born! Mostly for the travel convenience for grandparents.
So, our little one will be dedicated at First United on the second Sunday of his life (hopefully). For example, if he arrives next Wednesday, January 23rd, his dedication with be Sunday, February 3rd.
We're posting this so that friends and family who would like to witness this event can somewhat plan accordingly once he actually arrives. We want everyone to know they are more than welcome to attend, but also to not feel obligated to do so. We don't want to exclude anyone or worry about official invitations and just didn't realize there would be so much interest in going.
Also, we hadn't announced it on the blog yet, but we did choose to designate a godparent for Baby Madren. While we were home in October, we asked Seth's cousin Suzanne to be his godparent and she was happy to say yes. We're really happy as well, as we think Suzanne will be an excellent godparent (clearly).
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