LEARN | Remember That Baptism

“Relying on God’s grace, do you promise to live the Christian Faith, to embody hearts of service and love, and to teach that faith to your child?

Do you, as members of the church of Jesus Christ, promise to guide, support, and nurture this child? Through words and actions, with love and prayer, will you encourage him/her to know and follow Christ and empower him/her to be a faithful member of the church?”

Do you remember hearing these questions? 
Remember saying “I do” or “we do” enthusiastically while you sipped your coffee?

So…. How do we actually fulfill our promises? How do we encourage the children of our church to follow Christ in our daily lives at home? How do we nurture, love, and guide our children in the difficult times in which we live?

Join DOWNTOWN CHURCH in a two part dinner series where we try to tackle these questions together.
This is a two part commitment, we will provide dinner and childcare to make sure you can come to both.

Sunday, January 22nd, 2023 :: Finding our Role in Baptism with Dr. Christine Hong
6:00–8:00pm (Dinner + Childcare for children 10 and under included)

Sunday, January 29th, 2023 :: Fulfilling our Role in Baptism
6:00–8:00pm :: (Dinner + Childcare for children 10 and under included)

Registration has closed for these dinners. If you signed up you can look for a reminder email later this week about details of the evening.

About Dr. Christine Hong

Christine J. Hong is Associate Professor of Educational Ministry and the Director of the Doctor of Educational Ministry Program at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, GA. Her research includes anti-colonial and decolonial, approaches to religious and interreligious education. Hong’s research interests also include Asian American spiritualties, and the spiritual and theological, formation of children and adolescents among people of color communities.

Hong is ordained in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and has spent time as both as a religious educator and youth and young adult minister in New York and Southern California.