Parish of Greenside
Christenings
First Steps on an Amazing Journey! To discover all you need to know about choosing, planning and going to a Church of England christening, click here for more information.
First things first, you are wonderful and so are your children. Hopefully we, as a church, are wonderful, too. Yes, of course, neither you nor we are perfect, we're all a work in progress. But a wonderful work in progress.
Here's the question, though: whose "work" are we? Many people have tried very hard to do the work themselves to become more wonderful. It's jolly hard work and, often, unrewarding. There's got to be a better way. And there is: we can demote ourselves to the status of "helper" and let the Master Craftsman take the lead. This is what some fishermen did 2000 years ago when they met Jesus and he said to them "Follow me!" and they did. Ever since then, people have been doing the same, becoming followers and helpers of the Master Craftsman.
We are a community of those people and we would love to meet wonderful you. Better still, we'd like to join up and travel together as we follow Jesus into the future. Who knows what that future will look like? One thing we can say is it will be more and more wonderful as the years pass.
Baptism (or "Christening") is a powerful sign that we're on this journey together. So whether you are an adult who wants to be baptised or whether you wish to have your child baptised, we're pretty excited about this idea.
Why not come and share in what our community is doing? The highlight of our week is worship at 10am on Sunday - come along! Or drop in at Coffee Stop one Tuesday morning. Or have a look at our calendar page and see if there is something else you'd like to join in with. Come and meet us and let's start the conversation.
Thanksgiving
All that above may sound a bit daunting. Or maybe you just want to say thank you to God for the birth of your child and ask God to bless them. We have a service for this too, it's called a "thanksgiving service". If this sounds like the kind of thing you'd like, do also come a long and meet us. Or just in get in touch via phone or e-mail.
If you have any further questions, please do contact our Church Office on 0191 4137279 or email secretary@greensideparish.org.
Click here to download a leaflet explaining more about a Baptism or Thanksgiving service. Click here to see a list of suggested songs or hymns for your service.
Application form for baptism
Please note, before completing the form, please have a chat with Revd Tom on 07799 217775.
Download a printable copy or complete the following:
Child's Christian name(s)
Telephone no.
Occupation
Are you baptised/christened?
Father's email
Occupation
Are you baptised/christened?
1. Mr/Mrs/Ms/Other
First Name and Surname
Address and Postcode
Please confirm that this godparent is baptised
First Name and Surname
Address and Postcode
Please confirm that this godparent is baptised
First Name and Surname
Address and Postcode
Please confirm that this godparent is baptised
