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Suggestions and advice for planning Advent worship and looking ahead to the entire Christian Year.
Perhaps the most common way of trying to include children in worship is by providing a "children's message" during the service.
Though there are many voices and influences that would lead us in the direction of separating the various age groups in worship, we consider the worshiping congregation to be an intergenerational group of worshipers.
The sacrament of baptism in the worship life of the church is a richly symbolic action through which God intends to assure us, comfort us, nourish us, and challenge us. The celebration of baptism can stir our imaginations to better understand his work and the richness of the gospel.
