How were you baptized?

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I was baptized as a baby. I don’t have all the details but I believe I had water poured over me.
 
I was 17 when I was baptized in a lake during an 8AM Baptismal Service. What I remember most is how cold the water was. :eek:
 
EvangelCatholic said:
I posted this video several months ago of baptismal renewal in a German parish. Has anyone participated in a similar remembrance of Holy Baptism?

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They are singing “Time after Time” by Cindi Lauper while people dip their hands in a Baptismal font. Really?

We participate in a “remembrance” I guess, every Sunday during Easter season, by Asperges. We also remember our Baptism each time we enter or leave the Church, by blessing ourselves with holy water. I have never seen anything like this video. Very strange, as far as the music anyway. I see nothing wrong with blessing themselves from the font.
 
I was baptized by triple immersion in a horse trough on the grounds of Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox church in Mercury TX.

I did have sponsors, and still have my baptism certificate… some where.

I would not fit in the font inside the church LOL.

Another man was baptized and chrismated with me.
 
I was an infant, about two months old. I don’t remember it of course but I am told I was Baptized, in the Catholic Church by sprinkling (their word so please don’t assault me for using it). I had godparents ( I still am blessed to have my godmother, my godfather passed away as a young man)

Apparently at that time, in that parish, they weren’t pouring water over the babies.
 
SteveVH said:
They are singing “Time after Time” by Cindi Lauper while people dip their hands in a Baptismal font. Really?

We participate in a “remembrance” I guess, every Sunday during Easter season, by Asperges. We also remember our Baptism each time we enter or leave the Church, by blessing ourselves with holy water. I have never seen anything like this video. Very strange, as far as the music anyway. I see nothing wrong with blessing themselves from the font.
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I actually like the Cindi Lauper song but have never heard it sung in church. Contemporary music, however, is becoming more common during Mass though I still prefer the traditional chants/ music.

The baptismal font is also used for those entering/ exiting the church to bless themselves in remembrance of our baptisms. At my parish asperges are part of the Easter Vigil mass and again on Easter Sunday. It seems everyone likes to get sprayed with water; children laugh and adults smile. 🙂
 
RebeccaJ said:
I was baptized at age 8 in an LDS Stake Center, which had a build in baptismal font (looks like a small swimming pool) with other children of the same age. We were all fully emerged, and if even a finger or piece of clothing was not immersed, the baptism had to be done over again. I remember one girl was baptized several times to get it right. She kept poking her foot out of the water.
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I learned this on my mission:

The trick is to put your right foot over the two feet of the person you are baptizing, and instruct her to bend her knees when you dunk her; works every time.

Paul (formerly LDS, now happily Catholic)
 
ProudUU said:
I wasn’t! 😃
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You are the first Unitarian Universalist I have come across and did some research. Do you consider your church Christian? Hope I am not offending you with this question. I found this info but there is no reference to Christ.
Our Principles
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Unitarian Universalists hold the Principles as strong values and moral teachings. As Rev. Barbara Wells ten Hove explains, “The Principles are not dogma or doctrine, but rather a guide for those of us who choose to join and participate in Unitarian Universalist religious communities.”
1st Principle: The inherent worth and dignity of every person;
2nd Principle: Justice, equity and compassion in human relations;
3rd Principle: Acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth in our congregations;
4th Principle: A free and responsible search for truth and meaning;
5th Principle: The right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our congregations and in society at large;
6th Principle: The goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all;
7th Principle: Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.
uua.org/beliefs/principles/index.shtml
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EvangelCatholic said:
You are the first Unitarian Universalist I have come across and did some research. Do you consider your church Christian? Hope I am not offending you with this question. I found this info but there is no reference to Christ.
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You’re not offending me in the slightest, don’t worry!

And no, we’re not considered a Christian church, though some individual members refer to themselves as UU Christians (or Christian UUs).

I became a UU as an adult, but my parents never baptized any of us.

Edited to add: I, personally, am not a Christian. I felt I should clarify that. 🙂
 
EvangelCatholic said:
I actually like the Cindi Lauper song but have never heard it sung in church. Contemporary music, however, is becoming more common during Mass though I still prefer the traditional chants/ music.

The baptismal font is also used for those entering/ exiting the church to bless themselves in remembrance of our baptisms. At my parish asperges are part of the Easter Vigil mass and again on Easter Sunday. It seems everyone likes to get sprayed with water; children laugh and adults smile. 🙂
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Contemporary Christian music yes, but not popular top 40 secular music. Sorry, but it is not sacred music. Like I said, very strange.

I was asked, by a Catholic, no less, to lead music at one of our Confirmation retreats. At one point, during a meditative moment, she asked me to play John Lennon’s “Imagine”. I about fell over.

“Imagine there is no heaven
It’s easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky”.

Nice, for a Catholic retreat, don’t you think. :eek:

Don’t worry, I refused.

God bless.

Steve
 
I was Baptised in the Baptist Church about the age of 5. There was a baptismal pool behind the pulpit. Curtains open and the minister minister is standing there in a pool of water. When it’s your turn, you walk out, the minister says some things that culminate in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Then he puts his hand over your face, and you grab that arm and he puts the other hand behind your back. Basically he is lowering you backward and it’s your grip on his arm that connects.

There were no godparents or anything like that. I happened at the beginning of the church service that night and several were being baptised that night. 6-7.
 
SteveVH said:
Contemporary Christian music yes, but not popular top 40 secular music. Sorry, but it is not sacred music. Like I said, very strange.

I was asked, by a Catholic, no less, to lead music at one of our Confirmation retreats. At one point, during a meditative moment, she asked me to play John Lennon’s “Imagine”. I about fell over.

“Imagine there is no heaven
It’s easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky”.

Nice, for a Catholic retreat, don’t you think. :eek:

Don’t worry, I refused.

God bless.

Steve
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Ultimately for me, it is extremely important to get parishioners into church on a regular basis. But not if it violates or minimizes Christian doctrine. Hymns/ songs have lyrics. By personal experience, I know the music at retreats can be a bit questionable and should be scrutinized yet interacting with God is the priority.
 
Dad’s family is Methodist so I don’t know for sure, what happened as an infant. I will assume I was like most Methodist are… Four years after joining my church I was baptized by immersion at my church along with a couple of teens and one young man about to report to USAF basic training.
 
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