Sophia Margaux’s Baptism
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” ~ 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV)
On June 13th, we celebrated the baptism of Sophia at the 10 o’clock service at ULC (St. Luke at University Lutheran Chapel – on U of M’s campus). Pastor Scott Giger performed the baptism. Kim and Zac were her sponsors and we/she was surrounded with family and friends and her extended Christian family. It was a wonderful service. We had a brunch in her honor upstairs in the old “parsonage” after the service, complete with some egg casseroles, coffee cake, bagels, yogurt and muslei/granola, fresh fruit, punch, Caribou Coffee and a phenominal cake from The Cakery at Jefferson Market (Thanks Molly for the referral!!). She wore a beautiful old family heirloom (entirely handmade) baptismal gown (and coordinating slip) that several people have worn previously on Ade’s mother’s side of the family (~17+ previous family members). It was made by Sophia’s Great-great Aunt “Ummie” Emma Scheiffler Spiegel, the sister of her Great-great Grandmother Clara Scheiffler Eberle.
- Phew…all done and in my comfies
- “Springtime on the Lake” Cake
- “We’ll Always Have Paris” Cake
- Sophia received a 14K gold bracelet from G & G Forbes
- Nana Chauvin with Sophia and Amelia
- Sophia’s celebration cake from the Cakery at Jefferson Market
- The celebration cake
- Happy Grandma’s
- Rebecca, Will and Ade fix brunch plates
- Nate does a balancing act
- Grandma Forbes and Sophia in the dress that her great, great Aunt Ummie handmade
- G & G Forbes by the punch/cake and coffee
- Chauvin side of the family
- Nana and Papa Chauvin
- Kim and Zac, Sophia’s sponsors with Pastor Scott
- Great Aunt Kathy Chauvin
- G & G Forbes
- The Forbes side of the family
- The Miller family (Ade’s middle sister and her family)
- Lot’s of family shots
- More pictures with Mom and Dad
- Mom and Dad and the Jesus window
- Aunt Kim takes Sophia after Pastor Scott is done washing her with water from the font
- Dad receives Sophia’s baptismal candle
- Pastor Scott baptizes Sophia
- Pastor Scott baptizes Sophia
- A portion of the Apostle’s Creed during the baptism
- Pastor Scott blesses Sophia
- The baptismal ceremony
- The beginning of the baptismal ceremony
- Ready to head downstairs to the sanctuary
- Sophia modeling the baptismal gown
- The lovely Miss Sophia
- Buttoning Sophia’s slip
- Grandma Forbes and Mom help me get dressed
- … “this is a really long dress…”
- Cap sleeves with a blanket/shawl I bought in Kenya from a women’s rescue center to use for our family baptisms
- The baptismal gown
- Beautiful detailing on the heirloom handmade gown
- Beautiful detailing on the heirloom handmade gown
- Beautiful detailing on the heirloom handmade gown
- The beautiful handmade heirloom gown and slip made by Sophia’s great-great Aunt Ummie
- Great-Grandma Hensinger holds Sophia the evening before the baptism