If you are interested in having your child baptised in one of the churches of our parish, we are happy to explore that possibility with you.

There are two types of service. Firstly there is a Thanksgiving Service, which is a simple service of prayer and blessing suitable for any family who simply want to give thanks to God for the safe arrival of a child. Or there is a Baptism Service (sometimes called ‘Christening’), where a child is welcomed into the Christian family and parents and godparents make important promises to bring up the new child as a Christian, knowing God and belonging to the family of the church.

Each of these services usually takes place within our main Sunday morning service. To find out more, we warmly invite you to come along to one of our churches on a Sunday and make an enquiry of the clergy after the service. They will then tell you how to go about arranging a baptism, including setting a date. Arrangements for baptism preparation can also be made then.

For more information about baptisms in the Church of England, please follow this link to the Church of England website.