I am in the process of organizing the Confirmation Class for the 2012-2013 year. This has brought back some memories of confirmation when I was confirmed and also my first couple of years when I was helping lead confirmation as a mentor at First Methodist in Mansfield.
It is such an honor to be a part of faith journey of sixth graders and up.
To teach them what we believe as Christians and as United Methodists and why we believe what we believe is a very powerful and amazing experience.
This year I have the honor and blessing of leading the confirmation class at St. Philip’s United Methodist Church as we are using the curriculum, “Credo: Know your Story, Confirm Your Faith, and Live Your Commitment.”
Know Your Story: Where do our beliefs come from? What is the story that leads us to where we are now? We seek God to guide and direct us through His word as we learn our collective story.
Confirm Your Faith: After we find our story and how are we are connected to we learn how in knowing that we learn how to confirm our faith in the author of our collective story.
Live Your Commitment: In knowing our story and confirming our faith we live it out!
I asked today that you pray for the mentors of this class and for the confirmands that will continue their faith journey with us this year. Pray also for the leaders, as in Dr. Dale Schultz, Rev. Steve Buchele and myself as we actively journey with these students over the next year. I am very excited to see what God does in us, through us, and even in spite of us.
Amen.