In July, the Church of England issued two new service guidelines which merge the Marriage Service with a Thanksgiving for the Gift of a Child or with Baptism, designed to help churches show their welcome for engaged couples with children:<\/p>\n
Marriage and Thanksgiving for the Gift of a Child<\/em><\/p>\n and<\/p>\n Marriage and Holy Baptism<\/em><\/p>\n New templates based on these guidelines \u00e2\u20ac\u201c making it easier and quicker to plan such \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcmerged\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 services \u00e2\u20ac\u201c are now available to Visual Liturgy Live users with an active subscription, via the Online Update feature of Visual Liturgy Live.<\/p>\n For more details on the guidelines, which have been welcomed by the Chair of the Liturgical Commission, The Rt Revd Stephen Platten, please click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In July, the Church of England issued two new service guidelines which merge the Marriage Service with a Thanksgiving for the Gift of a Child or with Baptism, designed to help churches show their welcome for engaged couples with children: … Continue reading