Bishop Dena Harrison will be with us on Sunday,
May 17th at 6:00 pm for Confirmation and
Reception. Please join us and support your fellow
parishioners.
CONFIRMATION in the Episcopal Church is the rite
provided in The Book of Common Prayer for
baptized persons who are ready and prepared to
make a mature, public mature commitment to
Christ, and receive strength from the Holy Spirit
through prayer and the laying on of hands by a
bishop. In other words, to say for yourself what
others may have said for you at baptism.
Confirmation is a significant, public way to affirm
your connection to the church. At confirmation,
the bishop prays that that the Lord will "empower
you for his service and sustain you all the days of
your life." Confirmation is derived from two Latin
words - firmare, which means "to strengthen," and
com, which adds force to the word. Literally to
confirm is to "strengthen greatly." At Confirmation,
a person makes a mature, public confession that he
or she accepts Jesus Christ as his or her personal
Lord and Savior, thus owning up to the vows his or
her godparents made for him or her at his or her
baptism. The bishop then lays his or her hands on
the confirmand, and prays for the Holy Spirit to
"strengthen and empower" the person in the rest of
his or her life.
One becomes an official member of the Episcopal
Church and St. Andrew's by virtue of Confirmation. Confirmation is not a requirement to become an
actively involved member of the parish. Registering
your baptism with us is enough. However,
confirmation allows you to say publicly and on
your own, "I belong to Jesus Christ and His Church."
RECEPTION into the Episcopal Church is for
baptized persons who have made a mature public
affirmation of their faith before a bishop in another denomination. They are presented to our bishop,
who acknowledges their prior status and receives
them into the Episcopal Church with these words:
"We recognize you as a member of the one holy
catholic and apostolic Church, and we receive you
into the fellowship of this Communion."
The Fishwrap 
Jake's Grill in Silverlake is Donating 15% of sales this Friday(with coupon) to Workcamp 2009
Saturday 4/25, 5/2, and 5/9/2009 at the Walmart Lawn and Garden Center on Hwy 35
Who: All Workcamp Youth and at least 1 parent
