Rites and Other Services

“Holy Baptism is full initiation by water and the Holy Spirit into Christ’s Body the Church”. (Book of Common Prayer, page 298.) The Episcopal Church recognizes infant baptism. All baptisms ...
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Baptism initiates us into Christ’s One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. And those who have been baptized at an early age are expected, when they are ready and have been ...
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Of all human events, death concerns us the most deeply. When death approaches, whether our own or someone close to us, it immediately becomes our principal and overriding concern. When ...
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The Episcopal Church has numerous authorized liturgies for marking and honoring significant events around childbirth including: blessing of a pregnancy, mourning the loss of a pregnancy, or a rite of ...
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CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE is a solemn and public covenant in the presence of God. The Episcopal Church requires that at least one of the parties to be married must be a ...
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Prayers for Healing with the laying on of hands is not something that is reserved only for the time of death (sometimes known as “Last Rites”); instead it is a ...
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Reconciliation of a Penitent, also sometimes called confession, is the rite “in which those who repent of their sins may confess them to God in the presence of a priest, ...
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End of life issues  There are a multitude of details to attend to regarding end of life issues. Just as having a will and other legal matters in place is ...
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