If you live in our parish, have a close pastoral connection with the church, or regularly attend services here, do please make contact with us about services of Baptism or Marriage as well as Funerals and services of Thanksgiving.
We are committed to sharing God’s love through prayer, worship, celebration and pastoral care through all of life’s journeys and relationships.
For all enquiries please contact our Priest, the Revd Canon Eleanor Goodison on 07876 143579
Baptism
Baptism (also known as Christening) involves a welcome into the worldwide church. If you live in our parish or have a close pastoral connection with our church or regularly attend services here, but do not live in the parish, then the baptism can take place here. If you do not live in the parish and do not have a pastoral connection you might like to make contact with your local parish church who can nurture your faith and welcome you to become part of its community. You can find out where your local parish church is on the achurchnearyou website. Anyone can be baptised at any age and we welcome adults for baptism as well as children and babies.
Marriages
The Church of England website Your Church Wedding has lots of helpful information about preparing for marriage.
You can marry in a Church of England church if you can show that:
- one of you has at any time lived in the parish for a period of at least 6 months, or
- was baptised (christened) in the parish concerned, or
- is confirmed and your confirmation was entered in the register of confirmations for a church or chapel in the parish (this will usually be the case if you were prepared for confirmation in the parish), or
- has at any time regularly gone to normal church services in the parish church for a period of at least 6 months or,
- that one of your parents, at any time after you were born:
- has lived in the parish for a period of at least 6 months, or
- has regularly gone to normal church services in the parish church for a period of at least 6 months, or
- that one of your parents or grandparents was married in the parish.
Funerals
Residents of Hoxne are entitled to be buried in the churchyard, and our parish clergy are also available to take funeral services at crematoria.
Page last updated: Thursday, 26th September 2024
