When considering who you’ll choose as your baby’s Godparents, you know it’s an important decision. The bond between Godchild and sponsors is unique – and it’ll last a lifetime. (As Godmother to two nephews, I know this from personal experience. If you’re a Godparent, you know it, too!)
As baptism day approaches, you might want to commemorate it in some manner, thanking the sponsors in a tangible way for the role they’ll play in your child’s life and honoring the 
relationship you hope will develop between them.
Especially because Godparents tend to be family members or very close cherished friends, a gift that’s more personal is appropriate. (Better yet if it’s also something that can be personalized.)
There are some pretty things on the market…but depending on what you have in mind, options can be somewhat limited.
That lack of baptism-related personalized keepsakes to choose from is actually how The Christian Gift came to be! We started by creating baptism-related personalized keepsakes – and went on from there.
Our idea was to create something distinctive that Godparents would be able to keep in a place where it’d be seen – a lovely reminder of both baptism day and the lifelong connection with this special child.
The result? Custom-created plaques, for Godparents, Godfather and Godmother. They’re made with premium museum-quality materials, so they’ll still look “brand new” years from now. A gift that will last for baby’s first friends in faith.
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It’s a special honor to be chosen as godparent. In many faith traditions, godmother and godfather will have an important influence on the spiritual development of the child. In fact, godparents may be expected to participate in the nurturing of their godchild’s Christian life and education.
Whether they’re going to play an active role versus one that is more symbolic, it’s the basis for a special relationship – and one that is all the more respected and celebrated since godparents are typically very close family friends or relatives.
After you’ve carefully selected those who will serve as godparents, and as baptism day approaches, you might be thinking about what you as parents can do to acknowledge these people and commemorate this unique partnership between your godchild and his or her godparents.
Your child will no doubt be receiving gifts which will mark the day; this is a great opportunity to do the same thing for godparents. They will be touched when you present them with a personalized keepsake to convey your thanks for their commitment. Read more…
Here at The Christian Gift, our personalized keepsakes for Godparents are some of the most popular items in the store. That got me thinking about baptisms, baptism traditions and baby names.
For starters, what’s the story behind Godparents? As we know, they’re not referenced in the Bible….
The idea of Godparents – or sponsors – dates way back to the ancient church. When a person wished to convert to Christianity, he or she had to find a Christian witness to vouch for the sincerity of his or her belief. This “sponsor” would also assist the new convert in becoming a faithful member of the church.
A natural extension of this practice was sponsors for infants at baptism. In this way, young children would also receive assistance to help them grow into their faith.
Though it appears that mothers and fathers served as sponsors for their own children until sometime around the ninth century, by the Middle Ages the practice of selecting other individuals as Godparents was well established.
When we think of infant baptism, many of us picture the christening gown…still popular today. That dates back at least to the Middle Ages. And while we associate white with baptismal dress, English babies wore brightly colored gowns throughout the 17th century.
The christening dresses of French babies were typically yellow or gold until the 18th century. Read more…
relationship you hope will develop between them.
