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Confirmation Service.

Terry Burgess, Kevin Quickfall, Stewart Rayment and Kay Tucker were Confirmed at St John Pevensey Road on Sunday 16th June by Bishop Laurie Green. As one of our candidates commented: “It really was very special and I found the whole experience very moving.”

John Fletcher.

Confirmation Service

Photograph and message from Kevin.

(from left)Kay, Stuart, (front row) Kevin and Terry after their Confirmation.

“The service and confirmation were really great and it was

a special day that I will always cherish and remember.

It’s a lovely Church and everybody there was most welcoming.”

Confirmation marks the point in the Christian journey at which you affirm for yourself the faith into which you have been baptized and your intention to live a life of committed discipleship. This affirmation is confirmed through prayer and the laying on of hands by the confirming bishop. The Church also asks God to give you power through the Holy Spirit to enable you to live in the way of Jesus.

What is the right age for confirmation? There is no right age for a person to be confirmed. Anyone may be confirmed who has been baptized, if they are old enough to answer responsibly for themselves. In many dioceses, however, the diocesan bishop has set a minimum age for Confirmation. If this is the case your parish priest will be able to tell you what the minimum age is. As a general rule anyone who is over 10 years old and can answer for themselves could be ready for confirmation but the right time for you might be at any age.