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DESCRIPTION:5:00 pm  Confirmation  (BOTH CLASSES TOGETHER)\n6:00 pm  Con
 firmation walk-through\n6:15 pm  Stole-making\nREMINDERS FOR 3RD YEAR STU
 DENTS AND FAMILIES:\nConfirmation Papers\nEveryone who is to be confirmed 
 this year needs to choose a confirmation verse.  I am asking for those be
 ing confirmed to write at least 2 sentences for each of the following ques
 tions:\n1. What does confirmation mean to you?\n2. How does your confirmat
 ion verse speak to you?\n3. How have you experienced God in your life?\nTh
 is is different than the interviews with baptismal sponsors. These are due
  prior at the last confirmation class.\nBaptismal Sponsor Interviews (2nd 
 &amp\; 3rd Year Students)\nOne of the goals of confirmation is faith forma
 tion. This is not just education or learning about ideas\; rather it is ab
 out how we live out our faith in the world. In order to focus upon this\; 
 I am asking 2nd &amp\; 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. \n
 Questions for 2nd Year Confirmation Students:\n1. What is your favorite Bi
 ble verse or story? Why?\n2. What is your favorite hymn\, church song\, or
  piece of music that reminds you of God? Why?\n3. How do you experience Je
 sus in your daily life?\n4. How do you feed your soul?\n5. What does it me
 an to be a Christian?\nQuestions for 3rd Year Confirmation Students:\n1. D
 escribe a time when you felt personal close to Jesus?\n2. What gifts do yo
 u think God has bestowed upon you? How do you use them?\n3. For me\, to be
  a follower of Christ means…\n4. How do you serve God?\n5. Talk about tw
 o people that have had a profound impact on your faith.\nConfirmation Stol
 e\nOn the last day of class (April 19)\, we will also be making confirmati
 on stoles to be used during the Confirmation Service. We used the stoles t
 he 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 st
 oles to people at baptism and first communion to help tie all these event 
 together as a part of our overall faith formation process.\nIf you have al
 ready done a stole at first communion\, you will need to bring it with you
  on this last day of class.\nConfirmation Service\nThe Rite of Confirmatio
 n will be on May 3\, 2025. \nSome Suggested Confirmation Verses\nExodus 3
 4:6\nThen the Lord passed by in front of him and proclaimed\, "The Lord\, 
 the Lord God\, compassionate and gracious\, slow to anger\,\nand abounding
  in lovingkindness and truth\nJoshua 1:9\n"Have I not commanded you? Be st
 rong and courageous! Do not tremble or be dismayed\, for the Lord your God
  is with you\nwherever you go."\nPsalm 37:5\nCommit your way to the Lord\,
 \nTrust also in Him\, and He will do it.\nPsalm 108:3\nI will give thanks 
 to You\, O Lord\, among the peoples\,\nAnd I will sing praises to You amon
 g the nations.\nPsalm 119:105\nYour word is a lamp to my feet\nAnd a light
  to my path.\nPsalm 139:1-4\nO Lord\, You have searched me and known me.\n
 [2] You know when I sit down and when I rise up\;\nYou understand my thoug
 ht from afar.\n[3] You scrutinize my path and my lying down\,\nAnd are int
 imately acquainted with all my ways.\n[4] Even before there is a word on m
 y tongue\,\nBehold\, O Lord\, You know it all.\nPsalm 139:7-10\nWhere can 
 I go from Your Spirit?\nOr where can I flee from Your presence?\n[8] If I 
 ascend to heaven\, You are there\;\nIf I make my bed in Sheol\, behold\, Y
 ou are there.\n[9] If I take the wings of the dawn\,\nIf I dwell in the re
 motest part of the sea\,\n[10] Even there Your hand will lead me\,\nAnd Yo
 ur right hand will lay hold of me.\nPsalm 143:10\nTeach me to do Your will
 \,\nFor You are my God\;\nLet Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.\nI
 saiah 41:10\n'Do not fear\, for I am with you\;\nDo not anxiously look abo
 ut you\, for I am your God.\nI will strengthen you\, surely I will help yo
 u\,\nSurely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.'\nMatthew 28:1
 9-20\n"Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations\, baptizing them
  in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit\,\n[20] teachin
 g them to observe all that I commanded you\; and lo\, I am with you always
 \, even to the end of the age."\nJohn 3:16\n"For God so loved the world\, 
 that He gave His only begotten Son\, that whoever believes in Him shall no
 t perish\, but have\neternal life.\nJohn 6:35\nJesus said to them\, "I am 
 the bread of life\; he who comes to Me will not hunger\, and he who believ
 es in Me will never thirst.\nJohn 10:10\n"The thief comes only to steal an
 d kill and destroy\; I came that they may have life\, and have it abundant
 ly.\nJohn 10:27-28\n"My sheep hear My voice\, and I know them\, and they f
 ollow Me\; [28] and I give eternal life to them\, and they will never peri
 sh\;\nand no one will snatch them out of My hand.\nJohn 11:25-26\nJesus sa
 id to her\, "I am the resurrection and the life\; he who believes in Me wi
 ll live even if he dies\, [26] and everyone who lives\nand believes in Me 
 will never die. Do you believe this?"\nJohn 14:6\nJesus said to him\, "I a
 m the way\, and the truth\, and the life\; no one comes to the Father but 
 through Me.\nJohn 15:5\n"I am the vine\, you are the branches\; he who abi
 des in Me and I in him\, he bears much fruit\, for apart from Me you can d
 o\nnothing.\nActs 1:8\nbut you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has
  come upon you\; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem\, and in\
 nall Judea and Samaria\, and even to the remotest part of the earth."\nAct
 s 16:3\nPaul wanted this man to go with him\; and he took him and circumci
 sed him because of the Jews who were in those parts\, for\nthey all knew t
 hat his father was a Greek.\nRomans 1:16\nFor I am not ashamed of the gosp
 el\, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes\, t
 o the Jew first and also to\nthe Greek.\nRomans 8:12\nSo then\, brethren\,
  we are under obligation\, not to the flesh\, to live according to the fle
 sh—\nRomans 8:28\nAnd we know that God causes all things to work togethe
 r for good to those who love God\, to those who are called according to\nH
 is purpose.\nRomans 10:9\nthat if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lor
 d\, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead\, you will
  be\nsaved\;\n1 Corinthians 1:9\nGod is faithful\, through whom you were c
 alled into fellowship with His Son\, Jesus Christ our Lord.\nGalatians 6:9
 \nLet us not lose heart in doing good\, for in due time we will reap if we
  do not grow weary.\nEphesians 2:8-9\nFor by grace you have been saved thr
 ough faith\; and that not of yourselves\, it is the gift of God\; [9] not 
 as a result of works\, so\nthat no one may boast.\nEphesians 2:10\nFor we 
 are His workmanship\, created in Christ Jesus for good works\, which God p
 repared beforehand so that we would walk in\nthem.\nEphesians 2:19-20\nSo 
 then you are no longer strangers and aliens\, but you are fellow citizens 
 with the saints\, and are of God's household\, [20]\nhaving been built on 
 the foundation of the apostles and prophets\, Christ Jesus Himself being t
 he corner stone\,\nColossians 1:10\nso that you will walk in a manner wort
 hy of the Lord\, to please Him in all respects\, bearing fruit in every go
 od work and\nincreasing in the knowledge of God\;\nColossians 3:17\nWhatev
 er you do in word or deed\, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus\, giving 
 thanks through Him to God the Father.\nPhilippians 4:13\nI can do all thin
 gs through Him who strengthens me.\n2 Timothy 3:14-15\nYou\, however\, con
 tinue in the things you have learned and become convinced of\, knowing fro
 m whom you have learned them\,\n[15] and that from childhood you have know
 n the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to 
 salvation\nthrough faith which is in Christ Jesus.\nHebrews 10:23\nLet us 
 hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering\, for He who promise
 d is faithful\;\nHebrews 13:8\nJesus Christ is the same yesterday and toda
 y and forever.\n1 Peter 2:5\nyou also\, as living stones\, are being built
  up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood\, to offer up spiritual sac
 rifices acceptable\nto God through Jesus Christ.\n1 Peter 2:9\nBut you are
  a chosen race\, a royal priesthood\, a holy nation\, a people for God's o
 wn possession\, so that you may proclaim the\nexcellencies of Him who has 
 called you out of darkness into His marvelous light\;\n1 John 4:7-8\nBelov
 ed\, let us love one another\, for love is from God\; and everyone who lov
 es is born of God and knows God. [8] The one who\ndoes not love does not k
 now God\, for God is love.\nRevelation 2:10\n'Do not fear what you are abo
 ut to suffer. Behold\, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison\
 , so that you will be tested\,\nand you will have tribulation for ten days
 . Be faithful until death\, and I will give you the crown of life.
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