Tous Ensemble, En Chemin Avec Jesus
RE: Welcome and Baptism
As part of the Welcome theme, Deacon Chris Housbey came to visit Nursery and talk about baptism. We dressed up as parents, God parents and the priest. We used a doll for the baby. The morning children's baby was named Evie and the afternoon Nursery named their baby Jacob.
Deacon Chris talked about us all having our special names our parents chose for us. He explained that baptism is a welcoming into the church, God’s family. He showed us how to make the sign of the cross on the baby’s head and pour water over too, using a shell. Deacon Chris explained that the sign of the cross on the baby's head reminds us of Jesus and the shell reminds us of our journey of faith as God’s family. The children looked for shells and crosses on their uniform. Deacon Chris showed us a baptismal candle, which reminds us that Jesus is the light of the world. We used special oil to make the sign of the cross on the doll's head, before we baptised her using water and the shell.
Ella and her sister were baptised by Deacon Chris when they were babies. Darcy said that she goes to church.
We will be baptising dolls in the water play later this week!
