Our service of Holy Eucharist (Rite II) begins at 10:00am in the sanctuary and online. All Youth are welcome to the lower level of Thaxter Hall at 9:30 for Youth Group and Sunday School. We welcome The Bishop Rob Hirschfeld to St. John’s this morning. The students of the Choir School will sing during the service.

CONFIRMATION AND REAFFIRMATION OF BAPTISMAL VOWS

In our baptism, in our confirmation, or reaffirmation, in sacred moments of divine intervention, moments of promise and understanding and sacrifice too true to speak, we have the opportunity to say ‘yes,’ but we have a lifetime to learn how to navigate that ‘yes.’ Saying ‘yes,’ to God, to church, to baptism, to confirmation isn’t the end, but the beginning.

This weekend many members of our beloved community will step forward and say ‘yes’ to God, some for the first time, and others to reaffirm their faith, to reaffirm their ‘yes’ whispered so long ago. May we love them, embrace them, hold them up and shine our lights on them in this moment of annunciation. And from wherever we sit, wherever we find ourselves on our journey of faith, may we whisper ‘yes’ along with them.

Holy Eucharist "Rite II" is the version of the liturgy using more modern American language, defined in the current Book of Common Prayer published in 1979.