Confirmation
Advent Lutheran Church offers a three year confirmation course based on the fun and relevant Here We Stand curriculum. This curriculum uses a combination of multi-media, discussion, Bible study, both large group and small group lesson time, and internet resources to bring the lessons to life for each confirmation student. Each student and confirmation guide will have personalized access to Advent’s very own Here We Stand Student Site for announcements, calendar, discussions, lessons, quizzes, and more!
Each confirmation year is broken into three trimesters, focusing on The Bible, Luther’s Small Catechism, and Luther’s Life & Theology. Click here for a registration form.
If you are planning on being part of this coming year’s confirmation classes, please feel free to speak with Casey Carlson to learn more about each year, the requirements, and how this faith stepping stone is an important aspect of your child’s faith journey. Casey would love to meet with you and your family in person for this kind of talk, so please let her know if you’re interested!
Confirmation is an important time in one’s life and faith journey where they can focus on what it is they believe, histories and traditions, Bible study, ask the tough questions, and wrestle with the answers they may find. Traditionally, students have already been baptized prior to confirmation classes. With this being so, Confirmation becomes a time for them to reflect on what baptism means, how it affects their lives, and how they want to continue living as a new creation in Christ Jesus.
Confirmation is mainly about discipleship. Through the confirmation process students will discover for themselves how their faith is calling them to be disciples of Christ into the world. The confirmation process ends with a worship service where the 3rd year students are confirmed and share their personal statements of faith.
Confirmation at Advent usually begins in 7th grade and ends in 9th grade. However, faith is a journey and a process in itself. Not everybody was baptized as an infant and brought up in a community of faith. In fact, it is not unusual to have one or two students in the confirmation classes who have not yet been baptized, but that’s okay. There is room to be flexible with the confirmation process. God meets us where we are so that means it won’t always be at the same place in life for everybody.
If you are someone interested in confirmation, but do not fit the “old rules” of Confirmation, Pastor Warner or Advent’s Youth & Family Minister, Casey Carlson, would be happy to meet with you and hear your faith story. Or, if you are in High School, unbaptized, but still interested in learning more about God in your life you are welcome to join others on Thursday evenings for Faith Journeys.
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