They happen twice a year at the Summit Orlando and Lake Mary locations.

There are two Parent Orientations each year. You only need to attend one. You must attend a Parent Orientation in order to sign up for an Infant Baptism & Dedication Ceremony.

No. Attending a Parent Orientation will equip you with the information you need to make an informed decision about an Infant Baptism & Dedication Ceremony at Summit.

Whoever intends to stand onstage during the Infant Baptism & Dedication Ceremony, as guardians of the child, are required to attend a Parent Orientation. However, others such as godparents are also welcome to the orientation.

Yes. You can attend and then wait as long as you want to sign up for a ceremony.

No. You will be directed to a different form on the Summit website. You would fill out information regarding the previous child. You would then receive the information needed to sign up for an upcoming Infant Baptism & Dedication Ceremony.

Dates for the next available Parent Orientation will be made available on the Summit website; dates for the Infant Baptism and Dedication are made available after Parent Orientations to allow for flexibility across locations.

No, attending the Parent Orientation Class gives access to sign up for a ceremony. Once you have attended a Parent Orientation Class you will receive login information to sign up for an upcoming Infant Baptism and Dedication Ceremony. Due to stage and time constraints, there’s a limited number of baptisms/dedications

Summit doesn’t require that you attend church here, however, the idea of baptizing or dedicating your child is to publicly announce your commitment to raise your child to know Christ. We believe being part of a church family and attending church regularly supports you doing this. Additionally, the congregation is asked to stand with you in committing their prayer and support to you and your family as your child grows. Being part of a church family fosters those relationships. If you attend a church elsewhere, we encourage you to ask about baptisms or dedications there. If you don’t have a church you are a part of, Summit would love to be that for you or help you find a church.

Yes. Children up to four years can participate in an Infant Baptism & Dedication Ceremony.

No.

Summit offers both infant baptisms and dedications in order to allow each family to decide which is best for them during the Parent Orientation. You can read more about each below, and feel free to bring any questions you have to your Parent Orientation.

 Infant Baptism: Infant baptism doesn’t presume or guarantee a child’s personal salvation. Infant baptism stresses the position of the child within the covenant community. We believe that the Bible teaches that baptism is the New Testament sign of God’s covenant with his people, just as circumcision was the sign of his covenant with his people in the Old Testament (Colossians 2:11-12). It is the hope that the child will later confess their faith in Christ, thus confirming what was signified by his or her earlier baptism. There is no mandate forbidding the baptism of children or infants. On the contrary, since God directed circumcision for eight-day-old infants (Genesis 17), and baptism was given in the spirit of circumcision, Scripture appears to allow it. There is additional biblical support in Jesus Christ’s command to his disciples that they not refrain from bringing children and infants to him (Luke 18:15-16).

 Infant Dedication: Since baptism is intended to symbolize union with Christ and spiritual regeneration, some parents prefer to wait until their children accept and confess Christ as Lord before applying the sign of regeneration in believer’s baptism (Romans 10:9; 6:36; Titus 3:5). Parents who prefer believer’s baptism for their children present their infants to the Lord through the act of infant dedication. Infant dedication recognizes that their children are born into a community of faith and signifies a parental commitment to raise those children to know and embrace that at an early age. This stresses the role of the parents in raising the child in the tradition of the Christian faith and the instruction that will quickly usher the child into the household of faith.