Confirmation
A 3-Year Youth Ministry Experience helping equip YOU to say YES to God who said YES to YOU in your baptism. It’s about being a servant with a servant heart!
for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students
What does the Lord require of you, but to do justice,and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
Micah 6:8
Why Confirmation?
· Confirmation is about friends
· Confirmation is about loving the Lord
· Confirmation is about someone making you come and you leaving, wanting more
· Confirmation is about growing into being Lutheran
· Confirmation is about coming with questions and leaving with new ideas and perspective
· Confirmation is about being a servant with a servant heart
Confirmation Meets Wednesday Evenings:
6:00 - 6:30pm Pizza & Snack, Hang Time with friends, Music & Crafts
6:30 - 7:00pm Large Group Roundtables
7:00 - 8:00pm Small Groups
Orientation for Parents & Students:
Wednesday, August 28, 2019
Servant Events Scheduled for this year will include:
Fall Party with Clearbrook
Annual Thanksgiving Dinner
Feed My Starving Children
Students will all acolyte and get to choose to be on 2 of the following teams: greeter, usher reader, communion assistant (8th grade only), RiZen band, Fellowship Hour, Grapple, Sunday School or nursery team, or gardening team
Confirmation Retreat at Lutherdale
Friday, February 2, 2020 to Sunday, February 9, 2020
“(Un)lawful: Unpacking the 10 Commandments”
Lenten Dinner & Worship - Wednesday Evenings - February 26 to April 1, 2020
Dinner 6:00pm
Worship 7:00p.m.
Students scheduled to assist with worship should arrive by 6:45pm
Sunday, May 3, 2020 - 9:15am Worship Service - Affirmation of Baptism (8th Graders)
To Support the ministry, we ask the families to make a donation of $35 per student every year to help cover the many costs associated with this ministry. Additional donations to the ministry are gratefully accepted. No student will be turned away and friends are always welcome.
If you have any questions or concerns about the Confirmation program, please contact Melanie Potuznik at melanie.potuznik@cvlutheran.org
Meet Your Confirmation Coordinator:
Melanie Potuznik
BIO
Education: BA at St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN
Master of Divinity at Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
Interests/Hobbies: Running; walking in the woods with my family and dog, Coco; being outside; cooking
Passions: Africa, Sharing God’s love and encouraging people to serve
Goals for 2019-2020: Build community
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to serve. Thank you for entrusting me with your students’ learning and growth. Thank you for supporting your 6th, 7th and 8th graders on their faith journeys, and thanks a lot for bringing them (and their friends!) to confirmation/junior high youth group every week.