Life Events
If you are considering infant baptism, adult baptism, confirmation, a church wedding or blessing, or you need to arrange a funeral or thanksgiving, we can help. Get in touch with your requirements or to find out more.
Child Baptism
In the Church of England, we often baptise babies or young children, who are obviously too young to understand what baptism means, and so the parents and god-parents of the child make promises on the child’s behalf. As these promises are between the parents/god-parents and God, we want to ensure that you as parents/god-parents have a clear understanding of what they are. For this reason, we will request a session together with you to explain in depth what the promises of baptism mean. Baptisms take place during our Sunday morning service at 9:45am. To enquire about Child Baptism, please complete the enquiry form
Baptism
Baptism is the initiation into the Christian faith. When someone decides that they want to follow Jesus, having realised that He came from God and died for us, then in response to Jesus’ command, that person will want to be baptised. Just as we use water every day for cleansing, so too the water of baptism symbolises the cleansing of sin, a ‘dying’ to the old self and being born again into a new life in Christ.
Weddings
All Saints is the Parish Church for Patcham, Hollingbury and Westdene. Anyone who lives within the parish, has previously lived in the parish, or has parents living in the parish and has not previously been married to anyone still living, is eligible to get married at All Saints. You can find out more about weddings and eligibility to get married at a particular church from the Church of England website. Get in touch with your requirements or to find out more
