Services

A Christening is an important event in the life of your family, and all at St Thomas’ Church will do all we can to make it as special as possible. Well in advance of the date you choose, a pastoral minister from the church will visit you to explain all the details, and everything about the service.

What is a Christening?
At a Christening, your child will be Baptised with water, and will be welcomed into the world-wide Christian family.

What happens at a Christening?
At St Thomas’ church, this very special service usually takes place on the third Sunday of the month in a service for people of All Ages and is sometimes called a Family Service. As well as your Child’s Christening, there will be prayers for your child, your family and Godparents, and for everyone who will be supporting your child in their life’s journey.

What about Godparents?
Parents and Godparents will make very important promises in the service. It’s usual to have three or four Godparents and all Godparents need to have been Christened themselves. Members of the congregation also promise that wherever your child goes in the future, they will always find a welcome and a place here.

Adults can also be Christened, and they make these very important promises for themselves.

Find out more about Christenings on the Church of England website

At St. Thomas’ we would be delighted to host your wedding and do all we can to make your day special for you. A wedding is one of life’s great moments, a time of solemn commitment as well as good wishes, feasting and joy. St John tells us how Jesus shared in such an occasion in Cana, and gave there a sign of new beginnings as he turned water into wine.
Usually in order to get married at St. Thomas’ you need to either live within the parish or have other ‘qualifying connections’ (for example if you were baptised here, or if your parents were married here). There are a few rules about getting married in church.

You can find these out on the Church of England website.

What we can do to help make your day special
We can help you to choose readings or hymns. Some people choose a friend or a relative to read a special poem or reading during the service others stick to the traditional service. We would be happy to help you plan your service.

The Church of England Website has lots of good ideas to help make your day your own.

Contact us and we can talk about your day:
hello@stthomasmilnthorpe.org.uk

The death of a loved one is one of the most difficult times in life.
We at St Thomas’ are here for everyone – before, during and after the funeral.

Each one of us is unique, and the funeral you wish to arrange will also be unique.

A church minister will visit you to help and guide you, and make sure all your wishes are met, whether a service in church or at a crematorium, or a mixture of both.

If you wish to know more details in advance, you can find these on the Church of England website.

Please contact us on pastoralcare@stthomasmilnthorpe.org.uk, or via your preferred Funeral Director.