Confirmation

6th – 8th Confirmation for 2011-2012 (as of 9/1/11)

The Bible: Stories of the Old and New Testament
Confirmation is weight training for your soul! You were “fearfully and wonderfully made” says God in the Psalms! Keeping physically active helps to strengthen your body and keeping spiritually active helps to strengthen your soul—your relationship with God!

Confirmation is about strengthening your relationship with Christ through worship, learning and service and enjoying each other along the journey!

Worship
Worship with your church family at Grace:

• 25 Sermon Notes per year
• Acolyting, reading, ushering, sound system, singing/playing special music or assisting with communion are all options for how to help in worship twice a month.
• Pray with your Small Group
• Pray with your family – Bible readings & prayers are in your new Head to Heart Home Journals.
• “The Faith 5” – Share highs & lows, read & highlight a verse, talk about how the Bible verse relates to your highs & lows, pray for your highs & lows, your family, the world, bless one another
• Pray on your own

Learn

• Sunday School for 6th-8th Grade at 9 a.m. on Sunday will involve being teacher helpers for younger grades!
• Wednesday Night Head to Heart Confirmation, Supper at 6:15 and class from 6:45-8:15 p.m.
• Confirmation Camp Summer of 2012
• 9th Grade Faith Talk with a Mission Board member

Service

• Small Group Outreach Events on Wednesday nights (Keep Lex Beautiful, Thanksgiving Baskets, Food Pantry drive, Christmas Bear Tree gifts, etc.)
• Souper Bowl for World Hunger
• Confirmation serves a meal during Lent

Fellowship

• We have fun while we serve!
• Test Nights are fun!
• Retreats, camp, Worlds of Fun…

Wednesday Rules & Regs

• Hats off to God! (no hats in the bldg.)
• No getting pop after we start from the machine.
• No put-downs (must give 3 put-ups!)
• No electronic media or other “toys” (cell phones get turned off during class)
• Clothing rules are the same as the school’s.

9th Grade Confirmation Fall 2011

“Life after Confirmation!”
9th Grade Retreat at Campus Lutheran, Kearney
Sunday, October 23

250-Word Faith Paper
Choose a Bible Verse from the many you’ve studied over the years.
Write a 250-word paper on your Confirmation Bible verse answering the following questions:

• What verse did you choose for your confirmation verse and why?
• What does your confirmation verse mean to you in your daily life?
• How do you connect the meaning of this verse with your understanding of affirming what God has done for you through your baptism into Christ’s death and resurrection, and with what you’ve learned about living out your faith through worship, learning, fellowship and service over your years of Confirmation?

Faith Talk Interview with a Mission Board member

• You get to visit with a Mission Board about your faith (you can even ask them questions about their faith, too!).
• You’ll get to bring the attached outline with you so feel free to write down your thoughts before you come to your Faith Talk.

Confirmation Day
Sunday, October 30 (Reformation Sunday)