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What is Confirmation?

Confirmation  is a two-year discipleship journey where students in 7th and 8th grade are exposed to a survey of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation. In Addition, they will be introduced to some basic Church history and doctrine and will get a chance to know our pastors and mentors on a more personal level. Our number one hope for confirmation is that your son/daughter will grow in their faith and devotion to Jesus Christ.


“Retreat” Based

This year, we’d like to host six mini-retreats throughout the winter/spring. We do this because of the high value we place on learning in community and so that we might have fun in the process! Due to COVID, each retreat will be held in the gym. Here are more details on that:

  • One Saturday per month from 9-Noon

  • We’d meet in the gym with social distancing in place and masks required

    • We’d also keep the outside doors open for airflow and we’d have 2 air purifiers running the entire time

  • Each student would have their own table to work on

  • We’d cover 3 sessions per week


Typically, confirmation students get a mentor…during COVID, this will not happen 😔

In a typical year, we emphasize the importance of discipleship and mentoring as a part of our Confirmation process.  A mentor is simply someone who will spend time with a confirmation student in order to discuss the topics covered during each retreat.  We do this because students who are known well by a broad number of adults in their life have a better chance of growing and sticking with their faith throughout their life. Students/families suggest someone from the church who they would like to have as their mentor and I ask them on the students’ behalf.

Due to COVID, I am not going to ask people from the church to take on this role. Getting to know a mentor via zoom feels pretty difficult, especially for students who are on Zoom all day. Having said that, my hope is that second-year students will still be able to meet with their mentors (via zoom or in person) occasionally during the winter/spring.


A word about mentors

As with all adults who volunteer to work with our students, mentors need to be safe and trusted.  When we resume mentorship, each mentor will go through an interview process with Jeff and will have a background checked performed.  Once approved, mentors will be trained and equipped to work with your child.  We’re going to request that mentors meet with their student at the church for accountability purposes.  Preferably, we'd like for students to meet with their mentor on Wednesdays anytime from 4:00-8:00 pm while there are other people at the church.  If this time doesn’t work, there is always flexibility, this is just a suggestion.


More Details

Confirmation ends with a ceremony where the work the students have accomplished is celebrated!  In order to have integrity with this celebration, students must meet a set of minimum requirements.  While we would LOVE for every student to be at everything, we realize that this is nearly impossible.  Here are the guidelines to follow:

Confirmation Retreats

Students are required to be at all retreats unless otherwise discussed with Jeff at least a week before the retreat.

  • January 30, 2021

  • February 27, 2021

  • March 27, 2021

  • April 24, 2021

  • May 22, 2021

  • June 19, 2021

I’ve missed a retreat, now what?

All hope is not lost!  There are ways to “make up” your missed sessions.  

        1.  If you missed more than two retreats, students will meet with Jeff in order to go over the missed content.

Thanks for taking the time to read through this and talk about it with your kid!  
If you have any questions, feel free to email me.

-JeffG