Baptism

Many people feel the need to mark the birth of a child with a church service and often they think at first that that service should be a Baptism. However a Baptism is not always the appropriate service to hold. There are two services that the church offers to people who wish to mark the birth of a child. The one you chose will depend largely on your own Christian faith and what you are prepared to declare publicly.

A baptism service is a service to welcome someone into the church and to mark the start of his or her Christian journey. It often happens shortly after birth but can happen at any point in a person’s life and sometimes those who have not been baptised as children are baptised as adults.

A thanksgiving service is a special celebration, which gives the opportunity to come to church and thank God for the birth of your child and to ask his blessing for the future. It differs from a Baptism in that it does not ask for a public commitment to the Christian faith.

It is possible to have both a thanksgiving service and a baptism service and if you chose to have a thanksgiving service you may also have a baptism service for your child at a later date.

What Next?

If you are interested in Baptism for yourself or your child then please come along to office hour to meet a member of the Leadership Team and collect a Baptism pack. If you are interested in a thanksgiving service then please come to Office Hour. Office Hour is on a Monday between 6.00p.m. and 7.00p.m.

Please note that you may wait up to 3 months for a baptism date and that the dates on which we baptise are limited and determined by ourselves.