life events
Weddings
Thank you for considering holding your wedding at St Philip's Church.
You are really welcome to get married at St Philip’s and we’ll do everything we can to make your wedding day personal to you. When you make an enquiry, we can do a quick check to make sure we can legally marry you.
We are always delighted when couples choose to marry at St. Philip’s and we work very hard to ensure that the service is unforgettable for all the right reasons and the highlight of the wedding day.
Please note - We never work with wedding planners! Nor will we plan or negotiate with parents, siblings, friends about anything to do with your wedding. It's your day and you must be able to have trust in us.
Please complete our contact form and a member of clergy will be in contact with you.
Funerals
When a death occurs it almost always takes us by surprise and it is never an easy time. You are always welcome to talk to us around the time of the death of a loved one. When it comes to the practicalities, to arrange a funeral in the first instance you should contact a funeral director who will advise you of the process and liaise with us to find a time for the service either in church or at the crematorium.
God’s love and power extend over all creation. Every life, including our own, is precious to God. Christians have always believed that there is hope in death as in life and that there is new life in Christ over death.
Even those who share such faith find there is a real sense of loss at the time of the death of a loved one. We will each have had our own experiences of their life and death, with different memories and different feelings of love, grief and respect.
The funeral service will acknowledge this and be an occasion for those present to express their faith and feelings as we say farewell and to acknowledge the feelings of loss and sorrow as we commend the departed into the hands of God.
Please contact us if you need to speak to a member of clergy.
Baptism
(Also called a Christening)
We baptise infants on the majority of Sundays through the year. Due to Covid precautions, only the children of one family will be baptised at each service.
If your child is over four years or you seek baptism as an adult then we would expect you to do this in the context of being parents or being an adult who is making a commitment to come to church.
Jesus was baptised in the river Jordan. It was a turning point in his life. Jesus told his followers to baptise others as a sign that they had turned away from their old life, and begun a new life as Christ’s disciples.
Baptism is the first part of a two part ritual. As babies are often baptised their parents and Godparents make promises on their behalf. The second part is Confirmation when people are teenagers or older and are able to confirm the promises for themselves. Usually if adults want to be Baptised they are Confirmed by the Bishop in the same service.
Please complete our contact form and a member of clergy will be in contact with you.
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