On August 18, 2013 we had a Dedication ceremony for Nathan. For those of you who aren't sure what that means, our spiritual beliefs are to have a child dedicated to Christ which means the child's parents, family, and close friends help raise the child learning about, observing, and exemplifying the love of Jesus and His teachings. Then when the child is at an age where he can understand more and make a decision on his own, the next step would be to get baptized. Over the years our church has gotten so large that they don't perform baby dedication ceremonies during church services anymore. The awesome part about that is we got to create our own unique ceremony that could be intimate and personalized.
We held our ceremony in the beautiful backyard garden of James' parents' house. It was a gorgeous sunny day and Nathan was surrounded by his closest family and people who love him. Darin Hanson, our wonderful campus pastor performed the ceremony and we couldn't have asked for someone more thoughtful and personable. It was a really special day and we look forward to the future day when we'll get to celebrate Nathan's baptism.
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| Darin asked us as parents and Nathan's family to adhere to various promises and commitments |
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| James and I then read some special messages we wrote for Nathan--our own promises to him |
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| Beautiful cake from Grampa and Gramma |
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| Heidi and Jesse Fader--Nate's amazing godparents! |
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| Nate's whole loving family. Notice he's pointing up to heaven. He's a quick learner. :) |
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