How long does it take to organise a christening?

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Just that really!

I'm really out of touch with anything like that, I would need to attend before hand, etc?

And how much freedom do you get over preferred dates?

Depends on many factors. Which denomination for a start. Are you a member of a congregation now? Do you want a separate afternoon service or to be incorporated into the normal morning service?

Depends on lots of factors. Do you go to church? If so have a chat with the vicar/ priest and they’ll give you an idea.

I don't go but my MIL goes to that church weekly. I just had a particular date in mind and am not fussed about a separate service.

We organised ours in 3 weeks, but my family are involved in the church we used, which helped!

We had to attend special classes for 3 weeks, they are only run twice a year so, that potentially added 7 months if the dates fell wrong - we're Catholic

What religion are you?

We have meetings every month and people come to one and then we arrange a date. We have a waiting list of a few months though.
Previous church it would have been a 3-4 week turnaround but wouldn’t do Christians (only dedications) unless the parents were Christian.

Do you intend for your mother to bring your child up in her own faith?

Dp's family is catholic so he wanted to christen dc catholic. I'm c of e.
Am willing to attend services, obviously not just expecting to turn up and arrange a christening without attending.

Im a catholic too but our priest was far more relaxed- just let us pick the date we wanted and no need for classes. I do go regularly though. Each church is different- best to speak to the priest and see what he says

I agree, you will need to speak to the priest, who will probably want to know how you and your husband are going to bring your child up in the Catholic faith you don’t go to church . I’m guessing your MIL is planning to take your child to church ?

Are you happy with the promises that you and your husband will be making at the christening ? Do you feel these are things that you can commit to?

We wanted a specific date as my godmother came from Australia for 10 days to see my DD when she was a few months old. The hassle we had! Many churches only do christenings once a month. DH and I were from different churches and as I’m not really involved in mine we tried his first, and a couple of other local churches of the same denomination. No go for the date we wanted. Just a flat no, only in the dates they specify. My church, which I hadn’t been to for 20 odd years, were delighted to christen her on the date we wanted as they hadn’t had a christening for over 3 years. It was wonderful, everyone was so happy to have us there.

Thanks for all your advice :) been really helpful.