{"id":2611,"date":"2013-11-21T08:21:11","date_gmt":"2013-11-21T08:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1063197155.n126084.test.prositehosting.co.uk\/?page_id=2611"},"modified":"2026-03-16T10:45:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T10:45:59","slug":"getting-baptised-or-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/help-and-support\/getting-baptised-or-confirmed\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Baptised or Confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-5xbgcj-332758bb7903d12568af970a591405f8\">\n.avia-image-container.av-5xbgcj-332758bb7903d12568af970a591405f8 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-5xbgcj-332758bb7903d12568af970a591405f8 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-5xbgcj-332758bb7903d12568af970a591405f8 av-styling- avia_animated_image av-animated-when-visible-95 left-to-right avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_heading  avia-builder-el-first '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"200\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-2863 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-2863 avia_image ' src=\"http:\/\/staging.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/baptised.jpg\" alt='' title='baptised'   itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/baptised.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/baptised-300x60.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/baptised-450x90.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-bikur-c35b4b02b323976aa936b23d23a832a5\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-bikur-c35b4b02b323976aa936b23d23a832a5{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-bikur-c35b4b02b323976aa936b23d23a832a5 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-bikur-c35b4b02b323976aa936b23d23a832a5 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-bikur-c35b4b02b323976aa936b23d23a832a5 av-special-heading-h3  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_image  el_before_av_textblock '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Getting Baptised or Confirmed at St. Mary\u2019s<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-2wtms3-89870129a5605757b168271b03c30b3b '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Please contact the Church Office, who will be delighted to hear from you and to help you make arrangements for your Baptism or Confirmation.<\/p>\n<p>If you have not already spoken to them about it, one of our clergy will also be keen to know that you are thinking of being baptised or confirmed &#8211; and would love to encourage you, and chat through what is involved.<\/p>\n<p>Contact the office and we will take your name, address and contact details, and will be in touch as soon as possible to invite you to the next Christian Course (eg Pilgrim\/Alpha) or Confirmation preparation course that is due to take place at St. Mary\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>These courses are run regularly during the year, with separate sessions for teenage and adult participants, helping you to ponder what it means to live as a follower of Jesus Christ. We normally expect candidates to complete the Pilgrim\/Alpha &#038; the (short) Confirmation courses, after which we will arrange a date with you for the Baptism and\/or Confirmation service to take place.<\/p>\n<p>We very much look forward to welcoming you, as our fellow Christians in the family of the Church!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2413,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2611","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2611"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16150,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2611\/revisions\/16150"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}