CONFIRMATION
After the worship sermon the minister is coming down form the pulpit and introducing the “confirmandus” (who confirm confirmation)
1. Hymn number 221. by the confirmandus
2. Prayer, the “confirmandus” say:
Our good God, loving Father! We came here with pure gladness of our hearth. We are not here the first time, but we did not prayed before with this feeling, because we will have participate in Last Supper, remembering the life, teaching and dead of Jesus. Thank You for your providence upon our life and thank you for life’s energy You gave to our parents wherefore they were able to nurture us. Thank You that your increase our faith, and in this way we grow up not only by human body but also with soul and we could learn about Unitarian faith and ethical teachings. Please deepen our faith, increase our willing for love, help us to be constant for recognized truth and help us to be able of assuming our human duty. Help us to care with dignity our life being followers of Jesus, and to love sisters and brothers of humans, now and forever. Amen
10. The minister asking question form Catechism, and the answers for 30,78,136 say in common.
11. Hymn number 220
12. Pledge – the confirmandus putting his hand to his or her hearth and answering to questions as follows:
13. Do you believe, that God, the creator of all universes, the provider
Father of humans, is one God?
I believe and I confess.
Do you believe that His wise will, called humans to accomplish and live the goodness, truth, and love?
I believe and I confess
Do you believe that Jesus is the perfect sun of God, and his teaching for us is the way, the truth and the life?
I believe and I confess.
Do you believe, that humans leaded by holy spirit of God, and following Jesus’ example could accede the achieve of kingdom of God?
I believe and I confess.
Do you believe, that your Unitarian Christianity - what during his history gave lot of martyrs and wined eminent results – is confessing clearly Jesus’ evangelism, the religion of love of God and love of man, and the goal of imperfect ending of life.
I believe and I confess
If you believe, do you promise to be faithful until your dead to God, to Jesus’ s teachings and to Unitarian Church?
I promise and I vow.
Are you ready to stamp your vow with last communion of last supper?
I am ready.
14 The communion sing sings all together with congregation (nr. 166)
15 The agenda of communion and the sharing of bread and wine. Near confirmandus can have communion the sisters and brothers, the parents and the God’s parents and relatives.
15. Prayer the confirmandus say all together.
Our good God, loving Father! We thank You with our grateful heart this blessed occasion, when in Your presence and in face of congregation we confessed our faith and with communion of last supper we obligated ourselves for love and service for God and man. Let us bring with us in our homes and in our everyday life this wonderful feeling, what is filling our entire hearth, to be source of energy. Help us to live with the clarity of intelligence, with fidelity of faith and responsibility of love. Be our guide, stand by us, if we would balance in goodness, and help us if our energy would abandon us. Keep us in Your love and in faithfulness forward our Unitarian religion and Church. Your blessing is upon our confession and upon our life, now and forever. Amen.
16. Confirmation hymn nr: 222. /standing/
17. Reception of parishioner
18. By the minister: According to your confession, what was affirmed by the communion of last supper I receive you to be a member of Unitarian Church in ……. You know the history of our Church, attend with dignity the spiritual heritage of our ancestor, be active member of our congregation, the future is in front of you, be keeper of our service of faith and life for God and for man.
19. Giving the diploma of confirmation.
18. The minister blesses the confirmandus, while they lead on their knee, (put their hand to hearth) and the minister is putting his hand to head of confirmed
19. Greetings. Curator, and others if they may would like to greet the confirmandus.
20. Ending hymn
Megjegyzés írásához be kell jelentkezned.