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Registration fee for pre-baptism class
My DD's baptism is scheduled next month. The godparents are required to take a pre-baptism class which I just found out requires a $30 registration fee.
I feel guilty that the godparents have to spend anything. So I'm thinking about offering to pay the fee. Does this sound ok? How would I word my offer to pay for it? FYI, they never gave any hint that they want me to pay for it. They seem very willing to take the class and pay for the registration. I feel guilty because I beileve they have tight budgets.
ETA: The godparents are my siblings.
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Re: Registration fee for pre-baptism class
your church charges a fee? that is awful! we all took our course free of charge. we do plan on giving a nice donation the day of the baptism.
i would def pay for the class....we went with the godfather to his (we went to ours a month prior) just so he didn't have to go alone, so maybe you can do that. or call the church and pay ahead.
I've never heard of a church charging a fee. We are members of our church and we upped our weekly donation for that week. We weren't asked to do that to compensate, we just thought it was appropriate. I'd definitely pay for the godparents as it wouldn't feel right asking them to cover the costs.
I also never heard of a fee for the class. Heck, ours didn't even require the Godparents to attend- it was just "nice if they could".
Is this your home church? Maybe its a fee for non-members?
Aside from the fact I think it's ridiculous they charge a fee for a godparent class (the godparents have to take a CLASS????), I would definitely pay the fee, siblings or not.
Their financial situation would have no bearing on whether or not I paid.
I'm not sure why a church should do everything for free. In many cases, parents (who rarely if ever go to church) plan huge extravaganzas complete with liquor and catered food after a baptism....and $30 is such a huge cost? Do you think it's free for the church to provide instruction to the godparents?
call the church and arrange to make payment.
Wow. That is the first time I heard of that. We had to take a class, but not our god paretns. Our church does not charge a fee.
I would also offer to pay it. I would give them a card thanking them for being LO's god parents and include the money in it.