Plans are coming togther well for our Baptism service a week on Sunday, I have even managed to find a suitable card to give from the Church as well as one from me. Now it is just the small matter of a suitable gift, and here I'm a bit stuck for ideas. From me as a person, I'm going to give an anthology of Christian poetry, but what to get from Church? Our candidate already has a fairly new, up to date Bible and I bought her and her husband a Salvadorean cross as one of their wedding gifts. I did spot some commemorative candles on Ebay at £10 plus postage but am not overly enamoured with that idea. M is a thinking person who would not be an appropiate recipient of Patience Strong or anything of the 'Power of the Praying Thingamagig' ilk. I feel that something in a spirituality/devotional/prayer line would be good but I'm not sure what and I don't have time to tour every Christian book shop in a 10 mile radius to find something. Any thoughts?
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How about a Christian Book Shop gift voucher? Then M can tour every Christian book shop in a 10 mile radius to find something herself!
What I do for new baptisees is a nice certificate in a frame. Wording to the effect of 'This certificate is presented to ******* on the occasion of his/her Baptism at ****** on *****.
Underneath the main wording I then type a suitable scripture that either suits the occasion or the person or both. Presented in a nice frame from Asda it's surprising how good it can look set in classy fonts on a bit of marbly effect paper. Call me a cheap skate but people are usually chuffed to bits with something that marks their day in an official sort of way. Perhaps I should market this idea!
I agree with Richard - gift token from Xn bookshop and certificate in a frame.
Can't do better than that!