HOUSEHOLD OF GOD: Baptismal Preparation Workbook for Parents

Household of God: A Reflection Guide to Baptismal Preparation

Baptism marks a threshold. A child crosses it held by the arms of parents, godparents, and a whole congregation who promise, in that moment, to keep showing up. Household of God is a companion for that crossing.

This resource is designed to be used alongside a clergy person or lay leader as they walk a family toward the font. Think of it as a shared map for a conversation that matters. It gives language for questions families often carry but rarely voice: What are we actually promising? What does it mean to raise a child inside a household bigger than our own?

It can also stand on its own. If you are preparing for your child's baptism without a formal class, or if you simply want to deepen your own relationship with this sacrament long after the water has dried, this book will meet you there too.

Rooted in the Episcopal Church, Household of God draws on its particular theology, prayer book language, and sacramental imagination. But a household this size was never meant to stay small. The reflections here are written to travel, adaptable for our companions across the wider Anglican Communion and our cousins in nearby liturgical traditions who share this font, this font, this promise.

Whoever picks it up, alone or alongside a guide, will find the same invitation: to remember that no family raises a child by itself, and no baptism belongs to one household alone.

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