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MrsG823
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Christening- Private vs. Group?
Our church does a group christening. Dd christening was about 40 minutes long. It was my dd and twin sisters.
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Posted 7/6/16 7:54 AM  |
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Sparrow
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Christening- Private vs. Group?
I've only ever seen group in Catholic churches.
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| Posted 7/6/16 8:24 AM |
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Kitten1929
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Re: Christening- Private vs. Group?
Posted by Momma2015
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Both of my kids' christenings were group christenings. I had no problem with it. For my DS there was 1 other baby being baptized, and for my DD there were maybe 6 other babies. The priest will ask the families to come up one at at time to baptize their baby.
Was it very long? I feel like the baptismal ceremony is pretty lengthy and to sit through 6 of them.... 
It was about an hour
They do the readings all together, individually each family going up only take a minute or two. It's not long at all.
I'm surprised! I mean I figured they did all the readings together but at the private christenings I've been to the families are up at the baptismal font for like 10 minutes. I just thought it would be so long.
What about pictures? Could I have a photographer come to capture the day even at a group christening?
Yeah I definitely think you could have a photog - my church is pretty spacious and there was definitely plenty of room for photo ops.
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| Posted 7/6/16 9:31 AM |
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Re: Christening- Private vs. Group?
Posted by Momma2015
Gotcha! I didn't realize it was more the norm now. It does make sense like a pp mentioned that they are being welcomed into the congregation. Now I just have to see if the dates work for us!
I don't think it is a new thing. I think it just depends on how populated the parish is & how often they do them.
There were tons of baby's at my cousin's in Lindenhurst, and that was 28 years ago.
for my Godson, 4 years ago, it was group (in Queens)- they did them in English 1 week a month, and in Spanish the other weeks, and there was only 1 other baby on the English week that we went. (Possibly b/c it was right before Christmas & not a popular time)
The only time I have been to private ones were Protestant christenings, or for someone we know who has a Deacon in the family.
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| Posted 7/6/16 5:44 PM |
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