The Church in the Heart of the City with the City at Heart
Encouraging Others at HCoB
Hagerstown Church of the Brethren offers opporunities to support members in multiple ways.
- Classes for and services to new members S
- Prayer chain to address special concerns
Please follow the following guidelines when you request prayers:
- Secure permission from the person for whom the prayer is intendedto help insure confidentiality.
- State the prayer concern in as few words as possible so it can bewritten accurately by each person on the Prayer Chain.
- Parish Nurse who offers blood pressure screening on the seocnd Sunday of each month.
- Marriage enrichment
- Church retreats
- Evangelism
- Church dinners and social occasions
Baptism
“And Jesus came and said to them, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you.And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” – Matthew 28:18-20 (NRSV)
WHY DO WE BAPTIZE?
Jesus invites us to baptize one another as a marker along our journey of following him. Being baptized in public celebrates that we have received God’s forgiveness. Baptism symbolizes our participation in the church, the body of Christ, the ways we share in what God is doing in the world through our gifts, talents, and whole life.
WHAT’S WITH THE WATER?
Water is cleansing and life-giving. Entering the water reminds us that God washes us clean. Coming out of the water we enter into a renewed life of following Jesus.
Above from Church of the Brethren website. To learn more, click here.