5:00 pm Confirmation (BOTH CLASSES TOGETHER)
6:00 pm Confirmation walk-through
6:15 pm Stole-making
REMINDERS FOR 3RD YEAR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES:
Confirmation Papers
Everyone who is to be confirmed this year needs to choose a confirmation verse. I am asking for those being confirmed to write at least 2 sentences for each of the following questions:
1. What does confirmation mean to you?
2. How does your confirmation verse speak to you?
3. How have you experienced God in your life?
This is different than the interviews with baptismal sponsors. These are due prior at the last confirmation class.
Baptismal Sponsor Interviews (2nd & 3rd Year Students)
One of the goals of confirmation is faith formation. This is not just education or learning about ideas; rather it is about how we live out our faith in the world. In order to focus upon this; I am asking 2nd & 3rd year students to connect with an adult and have conversations about faith and life. Thus, I am requiring student to meet with one of their baptismal sponsors for this kind of a discussion.
Questions for 2nd Year Confirmation Students:
1. What is your favorite Bible verse or story? Why?
2. What is your favorite hymn, church song, or piece of music that reminds you of God? Why?
3. How do you experience Jesus in your daily life?
4. How do you feed your soul?
5. What does it mean to be a Christian?
Questions for 3rd Year Confirmation Students:
1. Describe a time when you felt personal close to Jesus?
2. What gifts do you think God has bestowed upon you? How do you use them?
3. For me, to be a follower of Christ means…
4. How do you serve God?
5. Talk about two people that have had a profound impact on your faith.
Confirmation Stole
On the last day of class (April 19), we will also be making confirmation stoles to be used during the Confirmation Service. We used the stoles the last couple of years rather than the confirmation banners. A stole is a symbol of being tied to Christ in all that we do. We have begun giving stoles to people at baptism and first communion to help tie all these event together as a part of our overall faith formation process.
If you have already done a stole at first communion, you will need to bring it with you on this last day of class.
Confirmation Service
The Rite of Confirmation will be on May 3, 2025.
Some Suggested Confirmation Verses
Exodus 34:6
Then the Lord passed by in front of him and proclaimed, "The Lord, the Lord God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger,
and abounding in lovingkindness and truth
Joshua 1:9
"Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous! Do not tremble or be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you
wherever you go."
Psalm 37:5
Commit your way to the Lord,
Trust also in Him, and He will do it.
Psalm 108:3
I will give thanks to You, O Lord, among the peoples,
And I will sing praises to You among the nations.
Psalm 119:105
Your word is a lamp to my feet
And a light to my path.
Psalm 139:1-4
O Lord, You have searched me and known me.
[2] You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
You understand my thought from afar.
[3] You scrutinize my path and my lying down,
And are intimately acquainted with all my ways.
[4] Even before there is a word on my tongue,
Behold, O Lord, You know it all.
Psalm 139:7-10
Where can I go from Your Spirit?
Or where can I flee from Your presence?
[8] If I ascend to heaven, You are there;
If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there.
[9] If I take the wings of the dawn,
If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,
[10] Even there Your hand will lead me,
And Your right hand will lay hold of me.
Psalm 143:10
Teach me to do Your will,
For You are my God;
Let Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.
Isaiah 41:10
'Do not fear, for I am with you;
Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you, surely I will help you,
Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.'
Matthew 28:19-20
"Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,
[20] teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age."
John 3:16
"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have
eternal life.
John 6:35
Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst.
John 10:10
"The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.
John 10:27-28
"My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; [28] and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish;
and no one will snatch them out of My hand.
John 11:25-26
Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies, [26] and everyone who lives
and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?"
John 14:6
Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.
John 15:5
"I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do
nothing.
Acts 1:8
but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in
all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth."
Acts 16:3
Paul wanted this man to go with him; and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those parts, for
they all knew that his father was a Greek.
Romans 1:16
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to
the Greek.
Romans 8:12
So then, brethren, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh—
Romans 8:28
And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to
His purpose.
Romans 10:9
that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be
saved;
1 Corinthians 1:9
God is faithful, through whom you were called into fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Galatians 6:9
Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary.
Ephesians 2:8-9
For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; [9] not as a result of works, so
that no one may boast.
Ephesians 2:10
For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in
them.
Ephesians 2:19-20
So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God's household, [20]
having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone,
Colossians 1:10
so that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and
increasing in the knowledge of God;
Colossians 3:17
Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father.
Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.
2 Timothy 3:14-15
You, however, continue in the things you have learned and become convinced of, knowing from whom you have learned them,
[15] and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation
through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Hebrews 10:23
Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful;
Hebrews 13:8
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
1 Peter 2:5
you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable
to God through Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, so that you may proclaim the
excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;
1 John 4:7-8
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. [8] The one who
does not love does not know God, for God is love.
Revelation 2:10
'Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, so that you will be tested,
and you will have tribulation for ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.