Baptism, Confirmation and Liturgies for the Journey [With CDROM]

Our Christian journey begins with baptism and you will find in these pages many ideas for making services of initiation personal and memorable. With plenty of ideas for things to make, creating themed service sheets, simple gifts to give, specially written prayers and songs, every service of baptism, thanksgiving for the gift of a child, renewal of baptismal vows and confirmation can become unique.

In addition, there are complete liturgies for those events that are part of every church's life:

welcomes and farewells - to clergy, ordinands and lay workers

services of blessing for pilgrimage groups, for those going off to study or to travel, for a church member moving away or going to serve overseas

the blessing of a home

the dedication of a new or re-ordered church

the closure of a church building

Liturgies are also included for celebrating the myriad ways in which people serve their local church. From the bellringers to the IT team, here are ready-to-use service outlines and ideas for saying 'thank you' in the context of worship.

All the services and liturgies in this volume, including 'how to make' templates and step-by-step instructions for the artwork ideas, and full colour versions of the artwork, can be downloaded from the accompanying CD Rom.