This resource will help church leaders prepare for and execute a Baptism Sunday event. We’ve provided an abridged version for single-staff churches as well as a Spanish-language version.

The celebration of the Baptism of the Lord, observed on the first Sunday after Epiphany each year, serves three principal functions in the Christian year. The first is to relieve the Feast of Epiphany …

At this festival of the Christian year, we not only remember Jesus’ baptism, but we celebrate our own: the baptism we share with Christ. Accordingly, this Sunday is an appropriate time to celebrate the …

In an analogous way, our Baptism inaugurates our mission as Christians. This Sunday marks a transition from the Christmas season to Ordinary Time. In a way, today’s feast is the high point of the …

Jan 9, 2026 · Our own baptism gives us sanctifying grace, the grace to be holy and pleasing to God. Consider well the glorious gift of your baptism. If you don’t know the date, find out.

Baptism Sunday: Celebrate life change through the gospel. Call people to surrender their lives to Christ and take the next step of baptism, provide easy next steps. Connect with guests.

Baptism and Communion are the two means of grace that rise to the level of being called sacraments. Sacraments are, by one definition, the outward and visible signs of an inward and spiritual grace.

In two distinct ways, the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord serves as a bridge. Firstly, it doubles up as the last feast of the Christmas season and as the first Sunday in Ordinary Time. Much more significantly, …

May 27, 2025 · At Calvary Orlando, we recently celebrated Baptism Sunday, and it was more than a joyful tradition—it was a powerful declaration of new life. It reminded us all: baptism is not just a …

On this occasion, Jesus entered into His ministry and acquired His first disciples; St. John proclaimed Christ the Lamb of God, whose way he had prepared; and the Triune nature of the Godhead was …