Everyone is welcome to have their children christened in their parish church. During the christening service your child will be baptized and with the support of the church, you and godparents, your child begins an amazing journey of faith.
All you need to know about planning and going to a Church of England christening can be found at : churchofenglandchristenings.org.
To enquire about services for a child at any of our churches please contact Rev Doug Heming whose details are on the contact page
We would love to celebrate with you in these services. Below is a poem which might help you to think about about the importance of children and the role of parents in the Church.
On Children Kahlil Gibran
Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.
You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them,
but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
You are the bows from which your children
as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite,
and He bends you with His might
that His arrows may go swift and far.
Let your bending in the archer’s hand be for gladness;
For even as He loves the arrow that flies,
so He loves also the bow that is stable.
To enquire please contact Rev Doug Heming whose details are on the contact page.
The Benefice of Chebsey and Norton Bridge, Ellenhall, Ranton and Seighford with Creswell 