Am I the only one who hasn't gotten around to a baptism??

OhSewCrafty · May 2011

When we moved here in 2008, we were never able to find a Methodist church that we really connected to. There is one in town, but it is pretty elitist since most of the town's big names go there. DH and I are religious, but just haven't gone to church regularly. We really want religion and spirituality to be part of C's life, but without being a member of a church, we have no where to get him baptized! Yes, we could probably just find a church, but I want to be part of the church community. He'll get baptized eventually. That's okay, right? Embarrassed

cme79 · May 2011

Yes. We're the same way. We haven't found a church that we like around here yet. Not that I've been all that diligent about looking.

bosha711 · May 2011

We haven't, either. We don't currently belong to a church since we moved right before the baby. Also, we don't agree on who should be Godparents. ugh. I'm hoping to aim for July.

britne08 · May 2011

We have not even called the church yet... slacker right here.

Cheekers2010 · May 2011

G won't be baptized until he's old enough to make the decision for himself. I'm sure you'll find a community that you feel comfortable joining. Aren't you thinking of getting a new job and moving, anyway? Maybe you'll end up somewhere that has a church that feels more welcoming to you.

AllSmiles1210 · May 2011

Totally OK! Are you looking for a church to join or attend regularly so then you could get it done? We haven't done it yet but I think we are in early June. We don't belong to a church but we're going to have it done at my H's grandmother's church which happens to be the same place my H was baptized. Do you have a family church in your hometown or somewhere that you could get it done at?

chickaboo1974 · May 2011

Our boys will never be baptised- I was raised Methodist and DH is agnostic, so we do not plan on it.

AFanch1127 · May 2011

We are going to wait until Lyla is able to make the decision to be baptized. I was baptized when I was 3 and I had no idea why, or what was happening. My husband is a Methodist pastor and many people in the church keep asking, "Oh when are you going to have that baby baptized?!?!?!" I just respond with, "When she tells me she wants to be."

It's not bad at all! Your beliefs will be a part of LO's life because of the actions you take and the example you set at home, not because you did or didn't baptize him when he was a baby Cool I am actually thinking of requesting to be baptized again, as an adult, because I think it would be so much more meaningful to me now.

lulu8109 · May 2011

Me too. I'm a total slacker. DH is Buddhist and I'm non-practicing Catholic. I want to get LO baptized and expose him to Catholicism, but I don't go to church. I need to find a church, join, then take a class before he can be baptized. And the only reason I even know this is because my sister is active at the church we grew up with and SHE asked them about it. We're trying to get LO baptized there, even though DH and I live three hours from there.

CamilleJon · May 2011

OhSewCrafty:
When we moved here in 2008, we were never able to find a Methodist church that we really connected to. There is one in town, but it is pretty elitist since most of the town's big names go there. DH and I are religious, but just haven't gone to church regularly. We really want religion and spirituality to be part of C's life, but without being a member of a church, we have no where to get him baptized! Yes, we could probably just find a church, but I want to be part of the church community. He'll get baptized eventually. That's okay, right?

No, but we don't plan to.

EVM1216 · May 2011

lulu8109:
Me too. I'm a total slacker. DH is Buddhist and I'm non-practicing Catholic. I want to get LO baptized and expose him to Catholicism, but I don't go to church. I need to find a church, join, then take a class before he can be baptized. And the only reason I even know this is because my sister is active at the church we grew up with and SHE asked them about it. We're trying to get LO baptized there, even though DH and I live three hours from there.

We have a simliar situation. And we moved away from friends and family, so I dno't know how we are going to attend the classes and have the baptism in another... especially if the godparents are supposed to attend. Plus, we've picked out godparents, but we haven't technically asked them yet, so they may still say no. Embarrassed

DH and were both baptised on Father's Day, so I want DD to be too, so maybe next year?

xxbabycakesxx · May 2011

lulu8109:
then take a class before he can be baptized.

im kind of at this point. i stopped going to church a long time ago but plan to start up again. and i too along with griffins godparents have to attend a class before he can get baptized.

Moonbeam828 · May 2011

We haven't moved on it at all yet, either. We probably won't get around to it until the fall, when DH's parents are back in town (they'll be out west all summer). DH is from a very Catholic family, so it's mainly for them. I've never been extremely religious, but in the past few years I've become increasingly frustrated by the Church. In any event, I am in no hurry. The church we will do it at says we must be active members for 6 months, plus take their classes. DH seems to think that since his family has been attending for 75+ years, we're "in" for when ever we want to have it done. I find that unlikely, but this will be DH's project, so he'll find out for sure in due time.

lulu8109 · May 2011

xxbabycakesxx:

lulu8109:
then take a class before he can be baptized.

im kind of at this point. i stopped going to church a long time ago but plan to start up again. and i too along with griffins godparents have to attend a class before he can get baptized.

Ugh. I didn't even think about this. Do the godparents have to take the class too??? GEEZ LOUISE, this kid is never getting baptized!!! My mom is constantly nagging me about getting it done too.

scrh2010 · May 2011

We haven't gotten R baptized. Mostly because I don't believe in baptizing babies, though. Also, we aren't a member of a church so I would feel weird going to just any church to do it.

lysl23 · May 2011

When we moved someone gave us great advice and told us to not waste too much time trying to find the perfect church because it doesn't exist, just pick one and try and connect with people. We spent about 3 mos. looking before we found one. At first there were a couple things we didn't like but now that we have met some people we love it and I am so glad we took our friends advice because we would definitely still be church hopping. Charlie is getting baptized in June so we haven't done it yet.

IncogNeato · May 2011

Nope. We are having it late July so LOs godmother can be there.

Mommysaurus123 · May 2011

We aren't baptising L yet... He can make that decision for himself when he's ready. DH and I were both baptised as infants, and he was not raised in a Christian home, so it was meaningless.

Our church does "family dedication" instead, where the families and babies (really children until the age of 8) go in front of everyone and commit to living in a household that honors God and teaches the children about him so that one day they may make the decision to be baptised.

Like our pastor said... The man on the cross next to Jesus wasn't baptised, but Jesus still said "Today you will be with me in Heaven." So I don't believe baptism is required for entry to Heaven... I believe it's a public declaration of a commitment to follow Christ, and it should be made when the person being baptised is old enough to understand what they're doing.

Mommytott · May 2011

We haven't yet either. We also need to join a new church since we are not comfortable at our old one anymore. I know the church I want to start going to we just need to do it! I'm hoping to get D baptized by the end of summer..

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