Welcome and Requirements
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Welcome
Welcome to Confirmation at Grace! Confirmation is a major milestone in the life of our 8th grade students. It is the opportunity for our students to learn more about Christianity, the Methodist tradition and ultimately confirm that faith as their own. It is a real choice that our students have the opportunity to make, and this program helps guide them in that journey. Over the course of the year we will dive into the scripture, explore the traditions of the Methodist church, engage the faith with both our minds and our hearts and have a lot of fun along the way. We will do this through Sunday morning confirmation classes, special services, and retreats. This is going to be a great year of Confirmation at Grace!
Confirmation Program
Sunday Morning Confirmation Class
Each Sunday Morning from September 11-February 26 we will meet from 9:45am - 10:50am for our weekly confirmation class. This is a very important time each week where we will work through our curriculum, have important discussions, and help the students think more deeply about their faith. In order to be confirmed students have to attend at least two-thirds of of Sunday morning meetings.
Retreats
We will have two confirmation retreats that will also play vital roles in the confirmation process of your student.
Spark Retreat - Our first retreat will be an introduction retreat where we will introduce our students to the concept of confirmation, set expectations, begin our study, build community and have a lot of fun. This will be from 5-9 on Friday night September 9 in the Loft
Ignite Retreat- Our second retreat will be part retreat and part pilgrimage. We will travel, February 17-20, 2023 to St. Simons Island for a long weekend of learning, visiting actual John Wesley sites, worship and growing deeper in our faith and relationships. During this retreat the students will participate in some very important parts of our program that will be critical to their confirmation experience.
*Students are strongly encouraged to attend both of these retreats as a part of the confirmation process. While both retreats are important the second retreat is critical to their confirmation process, please make both of these retreats an absolute priority for their confirmation year.
Confirmation Requirements
* Attendance for at least two-thirds of the Sunday Morning classes
* Attendance for at least the Ignite Retreat, both retreats are preferred.
We believe deeply in the importance of the Confirmation process and that it should be a priority in the confirmation year. Because of this students who do not meet these requirements will not be able to be confirmed and participate in the Confirmation service on February 26, 2023.
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