All About Church/Clan/Society Membership

[zac's mum]

I heard that the Methodist churches will also ask the child himself/herself to be baptized. So the preschooler will have to make a big decision. Whether mature enough or not at that age is questionable. Not sure whether this is a factor in whether the pastor issues the 2B letter. Does anyone know?

[sidekickasia]

zac's mum:

I heard that the Methodist churches will also ask the child himself/herself to be baptized. So the preschooler will have to make a big decision. Whether mature enough or not at that age is questionable. Not sure whether this is a factor in whether the pastor issues the 2B letter. Does anyone know?

In the Methodist Church, at least one of the parents must be a confirmed member before the infant or child can be baptised. The parents must also sit through a baptism prep class before the infant or children can be baptised.

If the parents are already members I guess they wouldn't mind their children being baptised. Anyway the children have to attend the actual baptism and confirmation classes after they turned 16 to be members.

[galaxyraider]

zac's mum:

I heard that the Methodist churches will also ask the child himself/herself to be baptized. So the preschooler will have to make a big decision. Whether mature enough or not at that age is questionable. Not sure whether this is a factor in whether the pastor issues the 2B letter. Does anyone know?

Only 1 parent has to be member (and obviously has to be baptised). Of course ideally both parents should become members. The child doesn't have to be baptised to be eligible in Phase 2B.

[SarahL]

Any idea about Anglican church membership for St Margaret’s? Is there a time-frame for becoming a member before P1 registration?

[sidekickasia]

SarahL:

Any idea about Anglican church membership for St Margaret's? Is there a time-frame for becoming a member before P1 registration?

Same process - Parents must be baptised and be a confirmed member to be eligible for P2B. Whole process takes about a year considering time required to register and attend baptism and confirmation classes. The parent need the pastor recommendation for the P2B eligibility after the pastor observation on how faithful the parent. Observation will take a few months.

[lil_han_mummy]

sidekickasia:

SarahL:

Any idea about Anglican church membership for St Margaret's? Is there a time-frame for becoming a member before P1 registration?

Same process - Parents must be baptised and be a confirmed member to be eligible for P2B. Whole process takes about a year considering time required to register and attend baptism and confirmation classes. The parent need the pastor recommendation for the P2B eligibility after the pastor observation on how faithful the parent. Observation will take a few months.

In order to be eligible as a member of the church, must you have to be a tithing member?

[sidekickasia]

lil_han_mummy:

sidekickasia:

[quote=\"SarahL\"]Any idea about Anglican church membership for St Margaret's? Is there a time-frame for becoming a member before P1 registration?

Same process - Parents must be baptised and be a confirmed member to be eligible for P2B. Whole process takes about a year considering time required to register and attend baptism and confirmation classes. The parent need the pastor recommendation for the P2B eligibility after the pastor observation on how faithful the parent. Observation will take a few months.

In order to be eligible as a member of the church, must you have to be a tithing member?[/quote]Giving/tithing is part of church teachings, at least it is not enforced in my church but we give/tithe out of conviction. But I know the pastor assessment form for P2B does have a section on \"giving\".

[lil_han_mummy]

sidekickasia:

lil_han_mummy:

Giving/tithing is part of church teachings, at least it is not enforced in my church but we give/tithe out of conviction. But I know the pastor assessment form for P2B does have a section on \"giving\".

It is somehow being \"enforced\" in the church that my colleague is attending as it's stated in the membership form and names will be written on envelops to \"track\" the regularity of tithes with strong emphasis of one-tenth of what he earns, not sure about those who didn't follow the tithing requirements will be recognized as an official member or not?

Probably different denominations interpret this different? Think it shouldn't be implemented as an open written clause but should be based on conviction and giving offerings based on own will.

[galaxyraider]

lil_han_mummy:

sidekickasia:

[quote=\"lil_han_mummy\"]
Giving/tithing is part of church teachings, at least it is not enforced in my church but we give/tithe out of conviction. But I know the pastor assessment form for P2B does have a section on \"giving\".

It is somehow being \"enforced\" in the church that my colleague is attending as it's stated in the membership form and names will be written on envelops to \"track\" the regularity of tithes with strong emphasis of one-tenth of what he earns, not sure about those who didn't follow the tithing requirements will be recognized as an official member or not?

Probably different denominations interpret this different? Think it shouldn't be implemented as an open written clause but should be based on conviction and giving offerings based on own will.[/quote]It's not enforced in Methodist churches. Envelopes are given only for special giving programs, but nobody is tracking our tithing.

[Calwen]

This thread is so helpful, really appreciate all parents replying every single plea of help here with patience.


LO is gonna be P1 in 2022, and my cheque was cleared by SHHK! Yay!

From what I read there's only 2 board meetings a year, when will be the next one be held to accept members officially? Am I still safe? Haha!

To be honest, I'm quite excited to start because the volunteering activities sounds fun.