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Thanks for sharing your memory. It's all new to me (I grew up Baptist), it's the parish anniversary, and I've never met a bishop before!!I was confirmed at around your age and I thought that it was a wonderful experience. I can't remember feeling nervous about it - I think the questions require very simple answers from you, unless you are giving a testimony.
At my confirmation, we had it on a Tuesday evening and it was a deanery wide service hosted at my home church. I didn't think that it was going to be a big thing when I went through my confirmation classes, so when I heard the church bells, and walked into a full and buzzing church, it was an amazing feeling. Then that church family had made an effort to come to the service (getting babysitters etc.), and giving me gifts.
I hope your confirmation is as special as mine was.
My eldest will be confirmed next year, DV, and I am going to volunteer to assist in the classes.![]()
So my priest tells me.Don't worry about that.
The slap from the Bishop is the hardest part.
How exciting! I was about your age, too, when I was confirmed!Hi, I'm a new Anglican, due to be confirmed Sunday. I've read the Order for Confirmation in the BCP and I'm scared. I don't think I can stand up and answer all those questions!!
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Would love some reassurance.
No. I don't remember anything about slapping when I was confirmed in England 20 odd years ago either.I didn't get slapped. I don't think they do it in Australia - there's no mention of one in our prayer book.
We will suffer, but we also have great joy.The slap is not important.
That we will suffer when following Christ is important.
We are not above our Master.
The call to follow Christ is hard.