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Orientation to Baptism
Home Events Rooted in Grace Orientation to Baptism

Orientation to Baptism

  • March 20, 2022
  • after 11am worship
  • 5265 H Street Sacramento, CA 95819
  • Play Yard Behind Church
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We’ll celebrate baptisms at sunrise on Easter morning (April 17) in the Rose Garden of McKinley Park. Anyone interested in learning more about baptism is encouraged to join our Co-Pastors for conversation in the outside play yard behind the Sanctuary after the 11am worship gathering on Sunday, March 20. Please email Pastor Linda (linda (at) thetableumc.org) if you have any questions.

We recognize people from our community of faith come from a variety of traditions and understandings regarding baptism. We celebrate baptism for people of all ages at The Table. Baptism is a sacrament which proclaims and reminds us of God’s unconditional love. God’s love for us never fails, thus we do not need to ever be re-baptized.

Please note: We welcome adults, teens, and families with children who are interested in learning more about baptism to join us for this orientation.  Attending the orientation does not commit you to baptism, it is just an opportunity to learn more and wonder with others. Sign-up to Attend our Orientation on Baptism

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    The Changemakers: Collaboration

    • November 8, 2026
    • The Changemakers
    Jesus didn’t do this work alone, and you can’t, either. The key thing Jesus did when starting ministry was to gather a group of people, a team of disciples. He didn’t do it alone…

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    • November 1, 2026
    • The Changemakers
    Changemaking starts with compassion. Jesus tells his disciples, “Take a look.” As people of faith who want to make a difference, we must start with compassion: with connection,…

    Cultivate: Giving Generously

    • October 25, 2026
    • Cultivate
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    "Messianic Secret"
    FROM THE ARTIST:
    “Messianic Secret”
    Inspired by John 2:1-11
    14″x18″ Acrylic on canvas

    The Wedding at Cana is my favorite text because there is a lot of humor in it. There’s humor in a mother approaching her son and telling him to do something without ever actually telling him to do it. There’s his pouty resistance to his mother’s non-demand while she completely ignores him and paints him in a corner. There is humor in a raucous wedding reception where the people are so “lit” that the wine has run out. And, for me, it’s particularly humorous that there’s this huge, beautiful secret of which only a few people are aware.

    Those people include Jesus’ mother and the select servants who help him pull off the miracle that inaugurates his ministry. Servants are normally meant to be inconspicuous, so I wanted to focus on the servant who goes to the chief steward with a cup full of what, as far as he’s concerned, is water.

    If Jesus—whose ministry has not started, so there haven’t been any wonders associated with him yet—tells you to fill jars with water and draw from the jar to give to the chief steward, what is going through your mind at that moment? I invite the viewer to focus on this servant and all his curiosity and expectation, and think of a time when you were surprised by something God did. What actions preceded the miracle? Did it make sense? What did you know, and what was hidden from you? What “secrets” might God be keeping from you now as God works clandestinely on your behalf?

    —Rev. T. Denise Anderson