Hi all. I'm thinking about getting my daughter baptised. Me and my partner aren't regular church goers, he's not…
Hi all. I'm thinking about getting my daughter baptised. Me and my partner aren't regular church goers, he's not religious at all but I was brought up CofE and attended church as a child. I'd love my daughter to be baptised at the same church I grew up in but I'm wondering how I go about it? Will I be better off attending a few Sunday services and building a relationship with the church? Or do I go in straight and enquire about baptisms? I'm not sure what to do.
Steph Jones·
There is no difference between a christening or a baptism. Its exactly the same meaning and reasoning, its just different wording. A church of england will christen, where as a methodist church will baptize..
Both believe in the same religion and same god!
Kerry.·
No problem 😊. Yeah just phone them up and speak to the reverend and he'll arrange when to go in and choose the date etc x
Clare Pye·
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@chelsea2018 @kerryy23 @x-t-x @rachaellw @stephiijones123 Thanks girls. I thought I'd have to go in a few times but if I just have to enquire about it and it goes from there I'll do that instead xx
Steph Jones·
You dont need to go to service.. thats only marriage..
Contact the church and tell them what you want, then the vicar or reverend will come visit you at home and go through dates and everything with you.
They dont cost, but they do ask for a small donation xx
Rachael·
I never went to church service and was never asked to go when I christened my son. X
T ·
I had my son christened in the same church I was christened in just before he turned one last year & we’re Church of England too.
In all honestly I haven’t been to church or even got told I had to go for him to be christened, all I had to do was go to a meeting one night in regards of the Christening as there was 2 other family’s having a christening that day. You go again to receive their baptism (I still call it Christening though lol) card at a Sunday service xx
Kerry.·
I'm not a regular church goer however I was baptised Catholic as a child (Irish family). My OH isn't religious at all..
My son was Christened at 3 months. I just enquired at the church I wanted which wasnt my catchment I had to ask permission from the reverend at my local church and explain why I wanted it somewhere else. I didn't have to attend any services before hand. They just said that they want you to attend as a family as regularly as possible after the christening.
Tbh I haven't been back since 🙊
Chelsea ·
My daughters is christened as ChUrch of England we didn’t have to attend any services before I got the priests number off their website rang him and I went in for a meeting he just asked what made me want to christen her etc xx
Clare Pye·
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@ezchaz Just double checked. Defo Christian xx
Courtnie·
@clarelushx, I think it’s 5 or 6 services xx
Clare Pye·
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@ezchaz They've been calling it baptism on my churches website but it's Church of England? Xx
Clare Pye·
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@courtniek98x do you know roughly how many services I'll have to attend? I wouldn't mind going to services, gives me something to do on Sundays. But I'd like to know how long it would take me to qualify for a baptism there xx
Courtnie·
You have to go to service with your partner so many times before they will even offer baptism hun xxx