A very special occasion...

Baptism & Christening Enquiries

A christening is a church service where someone, is baptised with water. We baptise babies, children, teens and adults. Baptism is the start of an amazing journey of faith — a day of joy and celebration with family and friends, and also a moment of prayer and promise as your child is welcomed into the wider church family.

Baptisms are usually held within our Sunday worship using Common Worship, so your child is baptised in the context of a praying community that will support you as you grow together. We encourage you to come along to church to meet us before the baptism and to make church a part of the rhythm of your life. We are here to support you and have a number of ways you can be part of our local church community beyond Sunday mornings (for example our Cafe Church). Being part of the family of faith is a joyful life giving thing.

A christening is not only about one special day. It’s the beginning of a shared journey over the years ahead: making space for the bigger questions of life — hope, faith and love; praying for your child through the ups and downs; encouraging good choices; and helping them discover the Christian story through church and everyday life.

If you’re exploring baptism for your child (or for yourself), we’d love to help. Further information can be found on the the Life Events part of the Church of England website. Click here to view those pages>>

Contact us about your baptism

To arrange things or discuss any questions, visit our contact us page or fill in the details below. Our clergy team will get back to you to support you on the wonderful faith adventure towards baptism.

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Planning your Visit

A Warm Hello

Whether you’re new to church or just new to the area, you are very welcome at St James, Moss Side and St Edmund’s, Whalley Range.

Our Sunday services begin at 10.30am at both churches and last just over an hour. They are relaxed, welcoming and easy to follow, even if you’ve never been to church before. We share in prayers, songs, a short Bible-based talk, and there is an optional opportunity to receive Holy Communion. Our music includes a mix of modern worship songs and well-loved hymns.

At the end of the service, the team would be glad to pray with you if you would like. Everyone is warmly invited to stay afterwards for drinks and biscuits, and often there is a home-baked treat to enjoy while getting to know others.

Children and families are a valued part of our church life.
At St James, children are fully included in our intergenerational worship, with a resource table in the worship space.
At St Edmund’s, we have all-age worship on the 1st and 3rd Sundays, and Sunday School on the 2nd and 4th Sundays.

If you would like to plan a visit or ask any questions, please get in touch — we would love to welcome you.

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Get in touch with us to plan your visit

If you would like to come and visit the church beforehand you are more than welcome! Get in touch and we can arrange a time that suits you.

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Next, we will contact you by email to say hello and help arrange anything necessary for your visit.

We hope that whoever you are, you will feel at home at our church.

Best Wishes

Revd Tom and the team