I spoke to a young couple this morning after church about a baptism for their son. I told them how baptism happens in our congregation. They were quite accepting of our practice.
Then I asked if they had any thoughts or questions on the baptism. Yes, it turns out they had several.
They were not born in Canada and in their tradition there are a number of godparents. There will be seven godfathers and seven godmothers. Usually, he explained, there are many more. Maybe they don’t want to overwhelm us who have one or two or more often none.
They also would like to sing a blessing while we walk out into the congregation with their son. So the whole extended family, which is a choir, will come forward and sing their blessing.
We are so deeply blessed and enriched by the faith-filled, intercultural traditions that our ever-expanding community share with us.
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