1. Matthew 28:19, Romans 6 Baptism: Plunging into the waters

2. How does the sacrament of baptism shape the way we live in the world?

3. Baptizo

4. Public Declaration of a New Association

6. Participation in the life of God

7. Don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. -Romans 6

8. Sacrament

9. Sacraments are very specific events in which God touches us through creation and transforms us into image of Christ.

10. “Lord, sanctify this water so that those who are baptized may be crucified with Christ, die with him, be buried with him, and rise again for adoption.”

11. Points to a future reality

12. Time over Form