Confirmation

Confirmation at grace

Confirmation is for anyone currently in 8th grade or above! There are a total of 8 Sunday meetings from 12:15pm-3pm along with 1 Saturday retreat. These meetings are about every other week spread over three months (2/2, 2/16, 3/2, 3/1, 3/22, 3/30, 4/6, 4/13, 4/17). The students will also be assigned a day in April to speak with session, and they will be confirmed May 4th depending on each individual student's choice to do that. Confirmation is designed for students to "confirm" their baptism since we do infant baptisms. An unbaptized student is welcome to go through the confirmation process as well, and we can talk with you about what that looks like if that's your student!! The process of confirming is done by students taking dedicated time alongside a mentor to examine their own thoughts about the faith and compare that to the agreed upon Christian faith outlined in the Apostle's Creed. Sound great?! Cool!!! REGISTER HERE


Requirements:

  • 8th grader or above
  • Meet with their assigned mentor every other week
  • Mentors MUST be an elder/deacon now or in the past, or be specifically approved by Dan/Liz
  • Read a book of the Bible with your mentor throughout the semester
  • Interview a member at Grace about their faith story (who is NOT their mentor)
  • Participate in our Confirmation Retreat (March 22)
  • Write a Statement of Faith and share it with the elders in session
  • Participate in the Confirmation Sunday Service (May 4)
  • Read one of the Gospels on your own (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John)
  • Memorize the Apostles’ Creed and Lord’s Prayer
  • Be an active participant at Grace and Student Ministries
  • Come to every Confirmation class (you must speak with us if there are extenuating circumstances)


Schedule - 9 Weeks of Learning:

  1. Sunday, February 2nd - Gospel
  2. Sunday, February 16th - Bible
  3. Sunday, March 2nd - Apostles Creed + Lord’s Prayer + Trinity
  4. Sunday, March 16th - Church community + Basic things about ECO
  5. Saturday, March 22nd (Retreat Day) - Other religions + Niche things about ECO
  6. Sunday, March 30th - Sacraments
  7. Sunday, April 6th - Spiritual Discipline + Discipleship
  8. Sunday, April 13th - Worship + Living for Jesus
  9. Sunday, April 27th - What it really means to be a covenant partner


For more information OR if you have interest in being a confirmation mentor, contact: Liz Moran or Daniel Baudin.