Bishop Chris Warner’s annual visit to All Saints’ on November 2 & 3 included teaching and ministry time followed by dinner on Saturday, and confirmations and receptions at Sunday’s 11 a.m service.

Bishop Chris confirmed Esther Goeller, Leo Manning, Ivey Pachecano, and Sarah-Joy Reichert. He received Justin Barnes, Nornil Barnes, Jacqui Lilly, Lilliana McCloy, Frank Myers, Christa Snow, and Vickie Wainscoat. Congratulations!

From the Preface To Confirmation: “The Anglican Church requires a public and personal profession of the Faith from every adult believer in Jesus Christ. Confirmation or Reception by a Bishop is its liturgical expression. Confirmaton is clearly grounded in Scripture: the Apostles prayed for, and laid their hands on those who had already been baptized (2 Timothy 1:6-7; Acts 8:14-17; 19:6).

“In Confirmation, through the Bishop’s laying on of hands and prayer for daily increase in the Holy Spirit, God strengthens the believer for Christian life in the service of Christ and his kingdom. Grace is God’s gift, and we pray that he will pour out his Holy Spirit on those who have already been made his children by adoption and grace in Baptism.

“At the direction of the Bishop, and after public reaffirmation of their baptismal promises, those having made adult professions of faith in other Christian traditions (including those confirmed in other traditions) are received into the Anglican Church with prayer and the laying on of hands by a Bishop.” Book of Common Prayer (2019), page 174