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Keeping in touch - Church Support Hub
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The importance of godparents. Godparents’ Sunday and other occasions. Working with the funeral director. There can be a long gap between making the arrangements and the wedding day sometimes more than two years. Hotels, florists and photographers will be in contact with the couple. How can the church keep in touch too? Brides are busy sorting everything out, and it can be very stressful to realise that there is a big silence from the church about when and how the service planning begins. If this is the c...
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Explore the thinking - Church Support Hub
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The importance of godparents. Godparents’ Sunday and other occasions. Working with the funeral director. Baptism is so important in the life of the church and in the life of families who make contact with us. The Church of England has done some major research with families to help us understand more about why they come and what we can do to help them make this the beginning of a lifetime of exploring faith. In this section, find out about the things that really make a difference. Baptism is where we welc...
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Space to think - Church Support Hub
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The importance of godparents. Godparents’ Sunday and other occasions. Working with the funeral director. Couples expect the church to prepare them for their wedding day, but there are some things about a church wedding that make this stage of the planning a great opportunity for thinking more about the bigger questions in life, including faith and belief. Read more about this and why resources don’t feature the term ‘marriage preparation’. Click to see larger image. Download ready-to-print documents, inc...
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Links and posts to do with worship in the Diocese of Rochester. Is a National Church Institutions initiative and has a range of useful ideas and resources for the occasional offices in your parish, some of which you may purchase from the Church Print Hub. And personalise for your church. It also offers space to share best practice and submit articles. There’s also a link there to the Pastoral Service Diary. They include legal information, music recommendations, planning and so on. Is a reflective approac...
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Downloads - Church Support Hub
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The importance of godparents. Godparents’ Sunday and other occasions. Working with the funeral director. Download ready-to-print documents, including the latest information on marriage liturgy, canon law and recent trends, plus, find logos ready to use in your own materials and a series of good-practice tips. Illegal string offset 'alt' in /home/churchsu/public html/wp-content/themes/hub/slider-home.php. 1" width="595" height="330" /. Banners and buttons for your website. Wedding Fees Form 2016. Changes ...
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Questions - Church Support Hub
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The importance of godparents. Godparents’ Sunday and other occasions. Working with the funeral director. Questions and answers that often arise in weddings ministry are given in this section, but if there’s something more you’d like to know, use these pages to ask for help. Illegal string offset 'alt' in /home/churchsu/public html/wp-content/themes/hub/slider-home.php. 1" width="595" height="330" /. Choose a category to view. Liturgy and order of service. Resources and ordering queries. Parochial fees ar...
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The first meeting - Church Support Hub
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The importance of godparents. Godparents’ Sunday and other occasions. Working with the funeral director. Maintaining personal warmth and friendliness is important even when gathering essential legal information. Read more about resources that make this easier and how contact with the vicar makes a difference in these early planning stages. The vicar makes the difference. Collecting the essential data can feel like a dry ‘application’ process to the couple. The Welcome Form helps make this a friendlie...
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The importance of godparents - Church Support Hub
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The importance of godparents. Godparents’ Sunday and other occasions. Working with the funeral director. The importance of godparents. The importance of godparents. Godparents are really significant to families. Read more about why they’re so important and how churches can involve godparents along the baptism-planning journey. Plus, view tips on how to help them understand more about their role. How parents choose godparents. Inviting godparents to baptism preparation, to church and to meetings where app...
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Ideas - Church Support Hub
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The importance of godparents. Godparents’ Sunday and other occasions. Working with the funeral director. Has an idea worked really well in your parish? Could it be easily applied elsewhere? Share it here for your colleagues to see. Browse practical suggestions that have worked in other parishes, or search for something specific. Illegal string offset 'alt' in /home/churchsu/public html/wp-content/themes/hub/slider-home.php. 1" width="595" height="330" /. Choose a category to view. Praying Together card f...
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Baptism preparation - Church Support Hub
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The importance of godparents. Godparents’ Sunday and other occasions. Working with the funeral director. Helping families to get ready for baptism is more than just rehearsing them for the day. Whether you are meeting for just one session or several times, there are some good ideas to make sure the baptism really is the start of a lifetime of exploring faith at home and with their new church family. But baptism preparation needs to be more than a rehearsal. This can lead to a discussion about what values...