Baptisms are where we welcome new people (children or adults) into the church community, as an outward public declaration of their faith in Jesus Christ and as an outward sign of the death and resurrection that they have undergone with Jesus if they believe in him. Because it's a public declaration, we have baptisms in our Sunday services, with the rest of our congregation.

If you're interested in having a baptism at St Peter's Lynchmere or St Paul's Camelsdale, please send us an email. This leaflet has more information about baptism at our churches. We ask those being baptised, their parents and godparents to come to preparation sessions because we think it's very important that you understand the baptism before you take part in the service at church.

After baptism, we encourage parents to keep participating in church life, and we have a number of groups for children, including the Little Humphreys Club for toddlers and their parents.

For more information, or if you'd like to ask us any questions, do get in touch. The Church of England website has more information about baptism in the Anglican church on this page.