RITES OF PASSAGE

“I will be your God throughout your lifetime…. I made you, and I will care for you.”

Isaiah 46:4
New Living Translation

At Holy Trinity, other rites of passage mark milestones in our life in Christ, like…

Confirmation seals our mature recommitment to the Christ we met in baptism.
Marriage blesses two to become one in their pursuit of following Jesus within the framework of singular committed companionship and faithful family life.
Ordination marks people for leadership and service as clergy among their fellow Christians within the church.
Ministration to the Sick brings holy healing, hope, and uplift to the ill.
Reconciliation of a Penitent gives us opportunity to unburden our conscience with assurance of God’s forgiveness. (The Anglican attitude to this form of confession: “All may, some should, none must.”)
Burial of the Dead ushers our siblings into God’s Sabbath rest at the end of earthly life, because “alive or dead, we still belong to the Lord.” ①

These rites bear witness that no part of the human experience remains untouched by God in Christ Jesus.

① Romans 14:8 (Contemporary English Version)