Firstly, congratulations upon becoming parents and thank you for considering St Chad’s Church as the place for your child’s Christening. 

Just to explain, a Baptism and a Christening are the same thing - the first step of an amazing journey with God. At the Christening, water is poured over your child’s head as he or she is baptised in the name of the Father and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. 

Christenings usually take place in Church on Sundays at 12.00 midday usually with two families at each service.

Christenings also take place by arrangement during the main service which is at 10.00 am.

Families living within the parish of Over St Chad’s are welcome to be in touch with us and to discuss your child’s baptism in more detail then please call 01606 593222.

Once we have all the details, we will help you prepare for the Christening, to explore what it means for you, and to explain the service itself. At that stage, we will be able to agree with you a convenient date for the Christening itself.

We encourage families living outside the parish of Over St Chad's to contact your local parish church and we are happy to help you make contact with the right person within your parish. We recognise too that there are occasions where families do not live in this parish and are not on the electoral roll, but who do have strong and established links to St Chad’s. We will be pleased to discuss this with you.

For more information about Christenings click on the Church of England tab (below), then select Life Events, Christenings.

https://churchofenglandchristenings.org/

Adult Baptism

We are also delighted to hear from adults wishing to know more about baptism and confirmation. Please let us know should you wish to discuss this further with us.