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not doing a christening

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DH and I are not very religious people and we don't belong to a church, so we've decided not to have Warner christened. (parents and my grandparents will not be pleased...we were both raised as regular church-goers, but we'll deal with that later)

Anyway, I was thinking that it would still be nice to have some kind of "meet Warner" shindig for our families and friends who haven't been able to come yet. Has anyone else done something like this? I wouldn't want anyone to bring presents or anything. I guess I'm thinking that it would be like an after christening luncheon, but without the actual christening. Any ideas?

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  • ArtslvrArtslvr
    No matter what you do, people will bring gifts, so don't worry about that part.  Just do a "meet the baby" luncheon.  I think that sounds lovely.
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  • AgrippaAgrippa

    I agree with a "meet the baby" luncheon.

    We didn't baptise Conrad, and have actually been surprised about how little the topic was brought up.  We didn't come out and say that we weren't baptising him, so that may have helped.  My FIL asked about it twice, but didn't press us.

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  • crazyDCbridecrazyDCbride

    ah, don't worry about it... if the grandparents are too concerned, they'll whisk him away for the weekend and do a super-secret bathtub christening to calm their fears of little warner not getting into heaven.  ;)

    I think it would be nice to do the "meet the baby" luncheon.  I think in the south, they call them "Sip & See's"... you might want to try googling that for ideas.

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  • AnnaBananaBelleAnnaBananaBelle
    We did this, but my MIL planned and hosted.  We didn't expect gifts either, but everyone brought one. 
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  • spiffyonespiffyone member
    meet the baby lunch sounds like a good plan.  with the weather getting nicer you can have a bbq.  fwiw, dh and i cannot for the life of us agree on a denomination (he's catholic, i'm am not) so we found a friend who was ordained online and had him christened in the Shenendoah River.  non-traditional and really cool.
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  • tomandcourttomandcourt
    DH and I feel the same way, and we are planning on doing a "naming ceremony" rather than a christening. Same basic concept - welcoming the baby into the world, introducing him/her to friends and family, but without the religious overtones. There are a lot of resources if you google "naming ceremony" or "unitarian naming ceremony" - if you post your e-mail, I can send you a bunch that I compiled (with sample wording) when I get home tonight.
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  • crazyDCbridecrazyDCbride

    imagespiffyone:
    meet the baby lunch sounds like a good plan.  with the weather getting nicer you can have a bbq.  fwiw, dh and i cannot for the life of us agree on a denomination (he's catholic, i'm am not) so we found a friend who was ordained online and had him christened in the Shenendoah River.  non-traditional and really cool.

    That is cool! FWIW, in our baptism class a couple of weeks ago, they told us that really any christian can baptise someone... and, based on whats in the bible, baptism isn't really meant to be denominational. 

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  • NowDNAtooNowDNAtoo
    crazy is right---I was raised Roman Catholic and was told that anyone could baptise---you just had to make a sign of the cross on their forehead with water and say "I baptise you in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen" and poof the child/person is baptised.
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  • ****AWS********AWS****
    That's a cute idea! We didn't have carter baptized and didn't have a party either. All of the family that wanted to meet him had already met him though within those first few weeks.
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