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Confirmation into the Church

 

Additional reading: Read The Reverend David Tate's account of his experience of confirmation

If you have been baptised (christened) it would have been said in the service that you would come to be confirmed and to make your own public profession of faith alongside other candidates, using the form of words in the Confirmation Service. 

Confirmation is a ceremony where the Bishop lays hands on the head of a candidate who has been baptised (as an infant or as a believer) and wishes to become a communicant member (taking Holy Communion) in the Church of England. The Bishop prays that the candidate will receive the power of the Holy Spirit. The apostles themselves prayed for people with the laying on of hands to receive the power of the Holy Spirit. 

The candidate confirms the baptism vows which in many cases were made by parents and godparents when the candidate was a baby. 

The Bishop confirms that the candidate is accepted as a member of the Church of Christ.  

In the service Confirmation candidates affirm their faith in Christ. They renounce the devil and all evil and declare that they turn to Christ as Saviour and Lord. 

The Bishop prays over each candidate: “Confirm, O Lord, your servant [Name] with your Holy Spirit.”  Then he prays: “‘Defend, O Lord, these your servants with your heavenly grace, that they may continue yours for ever, and daily increase in your Holy Spirit more and more until they come to your everlasting kingdom. Amen.’ 

Traditionally confirmation candidates range in age from early teens up to old age. 

If you would like to find out more or you wish to be confirmed, get in touch with the Rector, Rev Tony Higton as soon as possible.

 

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