Admission to Communion & Confirmation
At St Thomas à Becket’s we admit baptised children to communion after a short course when they are around 9 years of age. Confirmation marks the point in the Christian journey where those who have been baptised as children make a firm and public commitment to Christian discipleship. There is no exact age for this because it must be when the individual young Christian is ready to take this step. For most, however, this would be during the early to middle teenage years. Again, they would follow a course of preparation for confirmation – this could either be with other young people or with adult candidates.
Adult Baptism/Confirmation
It’s never too late to give your life to God! If you weren’t baptised as a child you might be wanting to explore your beliefs, faith, way of life and we would be delighted to help you on this journey. For adults, baptism is usually the first stage leading on to what we call confirmation: a service led by the bishop where you make your own promises and which leads on to the receiving of holy communion (the bread and wine, body and blood of Christ). The Vicar leads annual adult confirmation classes.
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