Youth at Kindred

Confirmation

WHO:  Two year of classes. Primarily 7th and 8th grade students; please check with the Pastor. 9th Grade youth affirm their Baptism in October after two years of classes and meeting with the Pastor in September and October to prepare a Faith Statement and Faith Project about their faith journey.
DAY: Wednesday
TIME: 7th and 8th grades 4:15 to 5:15 pm (check the calendar)
PLACE: Kindred Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall
WHAT TO BRING: a Bible (if you have one; we can give you a Bible if you need one), paper, pencil and a highlighter.

Baptism is at the heart of confirmation.  Confirmation is actually properly known as “Affirmation of Baptism”—the time when you become an adult and respond to God’s gift of salvation through Jesus Christ and his call on your life.  To register for confirmation classes, please complete the Confirmation Registration & Release Form below.

The 2022-2023 Confirmation Expectations handbook is available. Please look through and become familiar with it as it provides helpful information for confirmands and parents.

Faith Project

9th Grade confirmation students make a faith project in the fall before their confirmation which occurs the last Sunday in October on Reformation Sunday. All faith projects will be displayed for the congregation on Reformation Sunday.

What’s a faith fold?

A faith project is anything that can be made to represent the faith of the confirmand.

Think of a science fair display constructed of corrugated cardboard, about a yard high with three panels on it. Within the project, students express important elements of their faith. Students pick a theme for their faith project, identify topics that have helped them form their faith foundation, develop and write stories on each of the topics, create their faith project, and then spend time learning how to talk about those faith topics. The following items are ideas that can be included, but should not be the only part, in the faith project (bolded items are required for all faith projects):

• Title and Confirmand’s name
• Confirmation Bible Verse chosen by student
• Faith Web
• Faith Statement 
• Baptism (pictures, objects, candle, etc.)
• Favorite Bible Stories (3 to 5)
• Favorite Bible Characters  (3 to 5)

Below are examples of past faith projects: