The preparations began the day before when Ryan brought us some pork to smoke on the Green Egg and I prepared my Italian Green Beans and Rice Consume'. Allison prepared the rolls and drinks and her grandmother prepared two delicious desserts! Since some of Allison's family was coming into town, she and Ryan decided to have Sunday lunch at their house.
Baby Dedication Sundays are a really special occasion around our family because it is the time when the parents publicly declare their decision to bring their child up in a Christian home with Christian values and also rely upon the church to help guide them in the Biblical upbringing of their child.
The Baby Dedication service is also very special to me because all of my children were also dedicated in this very church and now they are each coming back to dedicate their own children here. This will make my fifth grandchild to be dedicated here and it is something that just makes my heart smile. Because, although, I have made many mistakes over the years, one thing that I attempted to do was to "Bring up a child in the way that he should go..."
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