Baptism protocol--How much to give officiant?
![[Post New]](/jforum/templates/default/images/icon_minipost_new.gif){kind=icon}
Anonymous
| Baptism is tomorrow and I only just thought of this now. Also, the event is at my alma mater so am I supposed to make a donation there too? |
Anonymous
| Oh my gosh. I had no idea this was a thing, like a wedding? My DS was baptized at our church at Easter. Did I screw up? |
Anonymous
| I think we donated $200 per baptism. It was at our parish church. |
Anonymous
| 7:33, you can always send in a donation now with the note saying it is in honor of Larla's easter baptism. They'll take it!! |
Anonymous
| Is this only for certain religions? Or if the baptism is a separate rite/ceremony? My DD was baptized as part of a regular service (we're Protestant) and it never occurred to me to pay the pastor. |
Anonymous
| We made a $100 offering. I'm Catholic FWIW so there was a special envelope. |
Anonymous
| I'm Catholic too and never paid anything. The priest does baptisms every week after the last Sunday mass. Maybe if he had done a baptism at a special time just for my child, I would've made a donation but there were a handful of other babies at our ceremony. |
Anonymous
| We wrote a $200 check for the offering. |
Anonymous
| $250 to pastor's personal clergy funds (used for church matters at his discretion). |
Anonymous
| I think we gave a $200 offering. |