Baptisms are monumental events for children because it’s their first religious experience, even if they’re not conscious of it. Preachers, pastors, and ministers invest considerable time, energy, resources, and teaching into the importance and practice of baptism – both for infants and adults. An infant baptism is separate and distinct from a believer’s baptism. In the latter case, more friends and family are invited because Christians believe this is the time when salvation occurs.

Baptism invitations for the latter group of adults, adolescents, teenagers, and young children that have gone through their toddler stage are often very formal, striking, and memorable. Images of guardian angels, gifts, or the Cross itself are included. This event is considered by the person, the initiate, to be a spiritual stepping stone, a milestone into a higher spiritual life, or a time when the whole family can come together and give thanks to God for inviting a new person into his family. It’s almost always necessary to send out baptism invitations for adult baptisms because the event is so significant to the Christian. Invitations for the smaller group, actually the former group, excuse the joke, are just simple, clear, fun, and direct. They needn’t be somber, serious, or evocative of any evolutionary period in the child’s moral or spiritual life.