Has anyone else heard of being "Churched" after the birth of a baby.?

When I had my daughter, 1979 - my mother in law at the time mentioned being churched - to give thanks to god for the safe arrival of the baby. until thien I had never heard of it. I never did at the time, and there was no exclusion or anything -
It seems funny that people who did not think of God or church except for hatches ( christenings) matches (weddings) or dispatches( Funerals) - and we are all guilty of that in some ways were so pedantic about being churched

Not guilty, chadsky - I wouldn't use any church for anything. I was married in a registry office, my children were not christened and I will have a Humanist funeral.

When my first baby was christened in 1975, my husband's auntie, a health visitor, stepped up to me and said I should be 'churched' whilst I was there at the church. I asked what that was and she explained it was because I was 'unclean' until I'd been given a blessing by the vicar. I walked away from her, got outside the church and in a series of four letter words told my husband to tell his auntie where she could get off - he didn't, of course, but she got the message and never bothered me when I had the rest of my children.

I am afraid the attitude of nearly every major religion towards women is still deplorable. After all, the first story we have of man is Adam whining 'It wasn't me, Gov, she made me do it'.

I was churched when my daughter was born she is now. 45 I did not know it still happend from nurse nancy

Hello NurseNancy and welcome to Gransnet. Is this your first post?

When our son was born in 1966 Mother-in-law was horrified we did not have him christened. We told her that we did not believe and it would be up to him when he was old enough to decide for himself what he believed. She was concerned they would not bury him in the churchyard! OH pointed out they would not "leave him on top".

She also thought I should be "churched" even though she hated religious people - Nuns in particular (a long story) and had no time for religion

my mum was churched in 1962, after brother was born. i went through the service myself, privately, in 1982 after being beset by demons in the liminal phase after childbirth. think of that what you will!

Words fail me. for a change.

And me.....

I remember when my children were baptised, there was a prayer said for the mother, which blessed her, and offered thanksgiving for the birth. I think the origins are about purification, but those old meanings have long gone. It was rather lovely, actually, and I felt better afterwards!

Words don't fail me, but forum etiquette means I cannot say them!

Greatnan!

try it. you might find yourself running to church.

Well???????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Has anybody else noticed that gran bunny seems to be picking up on old threads, all with a similar theme?

Yes, I had noticed, but I am quite happy to engage in civilised debate!
I once proposed the motion 'God is irrelevant' at my C of E teacher-training college. I lost, but I still say it was because most of the audience were born again Christians!

That took guts, Greatnan.

granbunny are you real?

let me see, that would be jeni, greatnan, annobel, nightowl. some of those names seem familiar....

it's very dull here. its hard to find a thread of any interest at all.

Ahhh! I hadn't read this thread recently - it's all starting to fall into place!

Apparently, I'm a bully?
This is a very odd contributed!

I am finding this unpleasant so have expressed my views 'upstairs!'

So have I

Gremlins (or some such!) in the works....