Baptism is a means by which God initiates a covenant with us.  Through the ordinary element of water, we experience God’s extraordinary grace, and are empowered to participate in the redemption of a broken world.  There is not a minimum age at which we are invited to experience God’s grace or participate in kingdom work; thus we as United Methodists practice baptism of infants and people of every age.  And, as we believe that baptism is an act of a perfect God and not of an imperfect church, we do not "re-baptize," and we recognize baptisms from all other Christian traditions.

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We celebrate baptisms as part of regular Sunday morning worship.  Please fill out this form and contact Rev. James if you would like to schedule a baptism for yourself or your child(ren).  You do not have to be a member of Glenmont UMC to have your child baptized here; however, we do ask that you be in attendance at least four Sundays prior to the baptism date, and that you make a commitment to raise your child as part of a Christian community.