Beginnings, Endings, and Beginning-Agains
Spring always moves at a frenetic pace; especially for families with school-age children, the days seemingly rush by towards the end of the school year. We at Christ the King pause on several occasions to recognize that time is inexorably passing and milestones are being reached and new paths are being created in the footsteps of ones already traveled.
On two such occasions, we focus on our young people in their different stages of life: Confirmation and Graduation. Confirmation is both an ending and a beginning: two years of study are at an end, but the students’ journey into Christian adulthood is still in its formative stage. Publicly confessing before the congregation their faith in the Triune God, and undergoing the Rite of Confirmation in which they vow to defend their faith to the death, twelve young people, through their affirmation of faith, accept a responsibility to witness and to be an instrument of the Lord in sharing the Gospel. Their opportunity to now take part in the Sacrament of Holy Communion carries with it the blessings of strengthening of faith and forgiveness of sins in ongoing sanctification through the Holy Spirit by the body and blood of Jesus Christ. We celebrate these young Lutherans!
Another milestone Christ the King members are privileged to acknowledge is Graduation, whether it be from eighth grade, high school, college, or professional school. In the following video, we rejoice with our students’ accomplishments and pray for their future plans.
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