▁as ▁a ▁help ▁to ▁rep ent ance ." ▁Additionally , ▁per ▁the ▁recommendation ▁of ▁John ▁Wes ley , ▁Method ist ▁class ▁meet ings ▁tradition ally ▁meet ▁week ly ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁conf ess ▁s ins ▁to ▁one ▁another . ▁The ▁Book ▁of ▁Wor ship ▁of ▁The ▁United ▁Method ist ▁Church ▁contains ▁the ▁r ite ▁for ▁private ▁conf ession ▁and ▁absol ution ▁in ▁A ▁Service ▁of ▁He aling ▁II , ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁minister ▁pron oun ces ▁the ▁words ▁" In ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁Jesus ▁Christ , ▁you ▁are ▁forg iven ! "; ▁some ▁Method ist ▁churches ▁have ▁regularly ▁scheduled ▁aur icular ▁conf ession ▁and ▁absol ution , ▁while ▁others ▁make ▁it ▁available ▁upon ▁request . ▁Since ▁Method ism ▁holds ▁the ▁office ▁of ▁the ▁keys ▁to ▁" bel ong ▁to ▁all ▁bapt ized ▁persons ", ▁private ▁conf ession ▁does ▁not ▁necessarily ▁need ▁to ▁be ▁made ▁to ▁a ▁past or , ▁and ▁therefore ▁lay ▁conf ession ▁is ▁permitted , ▁although ▁this ▁is ▁not ▁the ▁norm . ▁Near ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁death , ▁many ▁Method ists ▁conf ess ▁their ▁s ins ▁and ▁receive ▁absol ution ▁from ▁an ▁ord ained ▁minister , ▁in ▁addition ▁to ▁being ▁an oint ed . ▁In ▁Method ism , ▁the ▁minister ▁is ▁bound ▁by ▁the ▁Se al ▁of ▁the ▁Conf essional , ▁with ▁The ▁Book ▁of ▁Dis cipl ine ▁stating ▁" All ▁cler gy ▁of ▁The ▁United ▁Method ist ▁Church ▁are ▁charged ▁to ▁maintain ▁all ▁conf id ences ▁in vi olate , ▁including ▁conf essional ▁conf id ences "; ▁any ▁conf essor