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Baptism
We’d like to get our child baptised, will you do it?
We’d be delighted to! Providing you live in the Parish of Wendover, or you are a regular worshipper here, you are entitled to have your child baptised at St Mary’s.
How do we go about it?
Please contact the Parish Office. They’ll send you information and pass your details on to a member of our baptism team.
As baptism involves a serious commitment by parents and godparents, you will be invited to attend a baptism preparation event. You will chat about what baptism means for you and your family and what a commitment to baptism involves.
Is baptism the right thing for us?
As well as baptism the Church of England offers a service of thanksgiving. This gives you the opportunity to celebrate your child’s birth and ask God’s blessing on him or her without asking you to make the kind of Christian commitment expressed in the baptism service. It also gives your child the option to choose to be baptised at a later date.
The service of thanksgiving can be held during a main Sunday service or separately as a private celebration by arrangement with the family and clergy.
When does the baptism take place?
Baptism services take place during a morning service so that the church family will be there to welcome your child as a
new member.
What happens after baptism?
Children are always welcome at church. We have a crèche area as well as groups for children from 12 months upwards. We also hold children’s and family services on a regular basis. Please see further information on the Junior Church page.
What about adult baptism?
Adults who want to be baptised do so usually in a confirmation service.
Further details
The Church of England website has a useful section on baptism and confirmation:
