Confirmation

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Confirmation

• Confirmation is a ceremony where people make
  their own commitment to follow the Christian
  faith.
• They might have been baptised as babies, and
  their parents and godparents may have made
  promises for them, because they were too young to
  make their own decisions.
• Now they are old enough to make their own choice,
  and they want other people to know and support
  them.
• They might go to confirmation classes before the
  ceremony, to learn about the promises they are
  going to make, so that they can make sure they
  really mean them.
• In the confirmation service, the people who want
  to be confirmed say prayers together to show that
  they are sorry for the wrong things they have
  done in the past.
• Then they all stand up as their names are called
  out.

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Confirmation

• The priest asks them whether they want to give up
  evil and turn to Christ, and they all say that
  this is what they want.
• They are asked whether they believe in God and
  whether they believe and trust in Jesus, and they
  all say that they do.
• Then the bishop puts his hands on the head of
  each person in turn, and asks God to bless them.
• Everyone in the church says prayers asking God to
  look after the people who have been confirmed.
• After the service, there might be a special tea
  for everyone who has been at the service.