Baptism

Baptism is when a person commits themselves to following Christ, and is baptised with water in the name of God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Anyone is welcome to be baptised, when an infant, child or adult. In this service, the entire congregation truly welcomes the newly baptised into the Christian community.

Families are encouraged to contact Holy Trinity to arrange for the baptism of their children. The baptism service, through thanksgiving and dedication, enables parents and the church community to express their thanks to God for the birth of their child. The parents promise before God to raise their child to know and follow Jesus Christ. As a congregation we pray for God's blessing on the child, parents and godparents as they seek to do this. 

Adults who come to be baptised may consider being baptised and confirmed at the same time when the bishop is present. For more information about confirmation, click here.

REGARDING GODPARENTS 

Before organising a Baptism you will need to think about who you want to have as sponsors or godparents. For children, Godparents have a very great responsibility as during the service they make a promise to God that the child will be brought up as a Christian. Make sure that they are aware of this before allowing them to accept the privilege of being your child's godparent. For adults, sponsors commit to supporting that person in their faith journey.

In the Anglican Church, only people who have been baptised are eligible to be godparents.