Child Dedication
Child Dedication is a public testimony of a parent’s desire to raise their child in a way that is pleasing to God. As parents dedicate their child they understand that children are a gift from God and that they will raise their child to know and to walk with Jesus Christ in faith, and that they too will know Him as their Lord and Savior. “I prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of him. So now I give him to the Lord. For his whole life he will be given over to the Lord.” 1 Samuel 1:27-28
During Child Dedication the congregation gathers as witness to the desires of the parents and vows to pray for both the parents and the child as they seek God’s best for them. Dedication is just as much a dedication of the parents commitment to the Lord as it is a dedication of the child to the Lord. “I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the Truth.” 3 John 1:4
