1. Description of Practices
   1. Please describe the practices of baptism and the Lord's Supper in your community.
   2. We are most interested in what is distinctive about such practices in relation to your particular congregational situation. Are there distinct things that you do or say [different from neighboring churches] because of "what you have seen and heard"?
2. Worship Resources
   1. What do you sing at these celebrations? Where do the words of your prayers come from?
   2. Do you employ the Book of Common Worship and/or the Presbyterian Hymnal? other books?
   3. What new and/or supplementary resources, if any, would you like to see produced by the denomination to enrich what you do?
3. Initiation and Formation
   1. At what age are folks normally baptized in your community? What do you think this custom means for the ways in which your community thinks about and celebrates baptism?
   2. At what age are members invited to the table? What do you think this custom means for the ways in which your community thinks about and celebrates The Lord’s Supper?
   3. How are members prepared for font and for table?
   4. How often does your community talk about the sacraments--whether in formal educational settings or in discussion of "why we do what we do"?
4. The role(s) of children
   1. How are children and other young people involved in the sacraments?
   2. Are those who have not yet been baptized invited to the table or to some alternative way of participating in the Lord’s Supper?
5. Other responses and information
   1. What else are you thinking about that we have not yet asked about?
   2. What else do you think we need to know in order to complete our work?

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