{"id":1376,"date":"2024-09-25T15:19:11","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T14:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urccollinwood.org.uk\/?page_id=1376"},"modified":"2024-09-25T15:19:12","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T14:19:12","slug":"baptism-thanksgiving-for-children","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.urccollinwood.org.uk\/?page_id=1376","title":{"rendered":"Baptism & Thanksgiving for Children"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We welcome the opportunity to conduct services of either baptism or thanksgiving for children.\u00a0 If you are considering either of these,\u00a0 let\u2019s talk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Baptism involves the parents and the Church making promises about their support for the spiritual development of the child.  In particular, the parents (or guardians) promise to share with the child the good news of the  Kingdom and to nurture the child  with their own Christian faith, to introduce the child to the love of Christ by the example of their  love, to help them to grow in the faith of the church, and with them honestly to explore that faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Baptism is normally appropriate for  the children of  regular worshippers  at Collinwood Road   If you do not regularly worship with us, but want to discuss having your child baptised, please contact us to discuss what may be possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, many parents may not feel able to make the baptismal promises or they would prefer to leave their child the option of being baptised as a teenager or an adult when they come to make their own profession of Christian faith.  In this case, we can offer a service of thanksgiving where we simply celebrate the gift of this new life and ask God\u2019s blessing on child and parents as they grow together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A service of baptism would normally  take place during our normal Sunday morning church service.  This is also generally the case for services of thanksgiving, but in this case, there may be flexibility about when and where you want the service held.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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