Baptism
We are delighted to welcome children and adults into membership of the church with the sacrament of Baptism, sometimes called Christening. This takes place at the Sunday 10.00am Mass on a mutually agreed date because the whole church community wants to celebrate new members. Before enquiring further please check that you live in the area covered by our parish, please visit; www.achurchnearyou.com with your postcode to discover your parish. You should normally approach that parish for Baptism. You or your child could also be Baptised at St Dunstan's if you attended for six months or more and are on the electoral roll. Please understand that we take the sacrament of Baptism seriously and hope to see all of our baptised children enrolled in our Sunday School (Junior Church) and all of our baptised adults become regular attendees. If you live in our parish and would like to apply for a baptism then please come to Church any Sunday morning for the 10.00am service and afterwards ask for our Parish Clerk; Mrs Sarah Smith, who will be pleased to help you fill in an application form and plan a baptism. MarriageIf you live within the area of our parish then you can get married at St Dunstan's. Please visit this web site with your postcode to discover your parish; www.achurchnearyou.com You can also get married here if you fulfil one of these new criteria;- One of you: · has at any time lived in the parish for a period of at least 6 months or · was baptised in the parish concerned or · was prepared for confirmation in the parish or · has at any time regularly gone to normal church services in the parish church for a period of at least 6 months or One of your parents, at any time after you were born: · has lived in the parish for a period of at least 6 months or · has regularly gone to normal church services in the parish church for a period of at least 6 months or One of your parents or grandparents: · was married in the parish If you can show that you meet one of these criteria then please come to Church any Sunday morning for the 10.00am service and afterwards ask for our Parish Clerk; Mrs Sarah Smith, who will be delighted to help you fill in an application form and plan your wedding at St Dunstan's. Be aware that giving false information is a criminal offence |
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