Church donation for a christening

MNORBURY · Mar 30th, 2011, 13:48 PM

My friend is having her lo christened on Sunday and asked me what I think is a reasonable donation to make, I haven't got a clue! So I said I would ask you lovely ladies and get a few opinions

Harveysmum369 · Mar 30th, 2011, 13:50 PM

Ours was £50....thats what the vicar suggested

xxx

FEDup1981 · Mar 30th, 2011, 14:48 PM

We were never asked to contribute, didnt realise people did tbh x

xolily · Mar 30th, 2011, 15:04 PM

never heard of this

every christening i've been to has had a dish for donations on the way out and people put something in.. but i think the dish is always there, it's not just for the christening x

jenny_wren · Mar 30th, 2011, 15:07 PM

i think between £50-£100 would be a good
donation depending on how long the service is
and how much you like the church lol

the last one i went to had a donation plate
go round for the guests too, so if you have stingy
guests maybe pay a bit more, if you think they'll
put in a few quid each maybe just give the lower
end

i mean you don't HAVE to give them anything but i
think it's always nice especially if the service is
a nice one but it's up to you really xx

amie-leigh · Mar 30th, 2011, 15:13 PM

i think it depends on how involved you are with the church if you attend regularly you don't want them to think theres the stingy people
my friend donated £100 for her LOs christening but she is very actively involved in the church where as my gran's neighbor told everyone she put £10 in the donation dish to pay for her twins christening

bluebaby · Mar 31st, 2011, 13:29 PM

We donated £100 to out church for Madi's Baptism. I don't think they really tell you to make a donation but its kinda expected. We had to give them double that when we got married

**booflebump** · Mar 31st, 2011, 14:37 PM

^^ Yup, the 'donation' for church weddings is around £200, so for a christening, I would be thinking along the lines of £50-100 since they would be holding a service anyway xxx

Midnight_Fairy · Mar 31st, 2011, 14:38 PM

we donated £75 for my sons and will do same for my daughters and also pass the plate round x

xashleyx · Mar 31st, 2011, 16:24 PM

we didnt have any of that when we had my kids one, there was a donation plate but thats it :s

Mar 30th, 2011, 13:48 PM	#1
MNORBURY Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: UK Posts: 2,473	Church donation for a christening My friend is having her lo christened on Sunday and asked me what I think is a reasonable donation to make, I haven't got a clue! So I said I would ask you lovely ladies and get a few opinions

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Harveysmum369 Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 11,419	Ours was £50....thats what the vicar suggested xxx

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FEDup1981 Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: UK Posts: 12,097	We were never asked to contribute, didnt realise people did tbh x

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xolily Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 3,227	never heard of this every christening i've been to has had a dish for donations on the way out and people put something in.. but i think the dish is always there, it's not just for the christening x

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jenny_wren Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: farnborough, hampshire Posts: 18,485	i think between £50-£100 would be a good donation depending on how long the service is and how much you like the church lol the last one i went to had a donation plate go round for the guests too, so if you have stingy guests maybe pay a bit more, if you think they'll put in a few quid each maybe just give the lower end i mean you don't HAVE to give them anything but i think it's always nice especially if the service is a nice one but it's up to you really xx

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amie-leigh Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Fife Posts: 9,353	i think it depends on how involved you are with the church if you attend regularly you don't want them to think theres the stingy people my friend donated £100 for her LOs christening but she is very actively involved in the church where as my gran's neighbor told everyone she put £10 in the donation dish to pay for her twins christening

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Mar 31st, 2011, 13:29 PM	#7
bluebaby Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: central scotland Posts: 1,339	We donated £100 to out church for Madi's Baptism. I don't think they really tell you to make a donation but its kinda expected. We had to give them double that when we got married

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Mar 31st, 2011, 14:37 PM	#8
booflebump Other BabyandBump Team Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 26,355	^^ Yup, the 'donation' for church weddings is around £200, so for a christening, I would be thinking along the lines of £50-100 since they would be holding a service anyway xxx

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Midnight_Fairy Other BnB Spammer Elite Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: South Coast UK Posts: 31,686	we donated £75 for my sons and will do same for my daughters and also pass the plate round x

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xashleyx Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: aberdeenshire Posts: 2,024	we didnt have any of that when we had my kids one, there was a donation plate but thats it :s

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