My Husband and I are unsre if it's apporiate to invite our family and friends to our confirmation and my Baptism. We are both very proud and want to share this with our family, but we ddon't want or except gifts. What is your suggestion on how to handle this. Thank you for you sugesstions. K. (Pinellas Park)
Thank you to all the Mamasource Moms for your great advice, it was extremely helpful. On June 4, 2006 I was baptized and my husband and I were confirmed. It was a great day!!! We had a little over 20 family and friends come to the service and then come back to our house for brunch. I did what most you of you suggested and requested "no gifts please" on the invatations, and most of our guest honored the request. However, we still did get a few. Thank you again for taking the time to give your advice, I sincerely appreciated it.
K. (Pinellas Park)
Definitely invite your friends and family. This definitely calls for celebration!! You can write on the invitation that no gifts accepted or you can write that you would like all of the gifts to be donated to the church. Either way, you should celebrate with your loved ones. If you are close enough to the guests you should be honest about the gift giving situation...Hope this helps.
Hallelujah on your decision to walk with the Lord and please share that with your friends and family! That is what the Lord wants and expects us to do! You can send out invites or make calls and specify that you want all to share in your day and to please NOT bring gifts, just come and share in your special day!
I think that you should most definately invite your family and close friends. If this is a special day for you then celebrate with those that are close to you and have played a role in helping you find your faith. If you do not want people to feel obligated to bring you something, send out invitations and just request no gifts. I have done this myself and have received invitations with that on them before. I wish you the best of luck. God bless you.
K.
Hi K.,
I do not see any reason why you should not invite your family. This is something to be proud of and celebrate.
When people have a function that normally gifts are received in some fashion, they simply mark on the invation at the bottom in some politicaly correct fashion..
"No Gifts Please"
There should be some examples of invitations online that would show this.
Congratulations and enjoy your families big day!
V.
Congratulations! This is truely a monumental occasion and a good way to minister to your friends and family. I was baptised when I was 33 and invited as many people as I could just for that reason. There were some people that had made a major inpact on me dedicating my life to God so I made sure they were invited as well. I don't think that many people will feel that they have to give gifts. At least I didn't find that with mine, I did recieve a few though. If you are sending offical invites then I would put on them that you do not wish to recieve any gifts. You are already recieving the best gift of all, God's Love and the cleansing of your past and rededicating yourself to him.
I had to chuckle at your breastfeeding comment. So many people assume that it is a form of birth control. You have a great sense of humor.
I am not sure what kind of job you are looking for but my husband's office is hiring. The name of the business is Revenue Assurance. He said they are even considering making a postion available for someone to work out of their home, so this might be perfect for you. Although the pay may not be what your looking for, it is not a stressful job by any streach of the imagination.
May God continue to bless you and your family.
R. Nickel
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Nile has a 32 year old son and 2 year old grand-daughter. Nile and I together have a 2 1/2 year old son and are expecting a baby girl on July 9th.
