For the past 18 months our confirmation students (made up of our church’s middle schoolers), have been meeting together with their parents to study the background, structure, and content of the scriptures. In addition to their coursework, each student has to memorize the Apostles’ Creed, the 10 Commandments, and the Lord’s Prayer. Finally, each student was challenged to search the Word and discover a unique and meaningful verse that they would “adopt” as their own to memorize and carry with them as a “Life Verse”.
This past Sunday was their Confirmation Graduation, and along with presenting their memory verses, all of the students led the entire service from beginning to end. At Grace, we treat confirmation as that maker by which our young people are welcomed into participation with the rest of God’s church to become full contributors to the multifaceted expression of the gifts of the Spirit to edify the body of believers. We are so thankful for their hard work and commitment to live as Christians in an increasingly Christ-less world.
What a wonderful way to kickoff the New Year! Congratulations to each of them:
- Robert Applekamp
- Landon Jackson
- Caleb Langteau
- Elijah Langteau
- Gary Murray
- Ella Rossi
