Confirmation for those entering the 6th Grade for the 2009-2010 School Year will begin on Sunday, August 23, 2009 at 9:15am.  If you have a child (or know a child) going into the 6th Grade that will be participating in this important aspect of raising a child in faith, fill out the form below!

Confirmation is a time set-aside by the church to teach and nurture 6th grade boys and girls in the basics of the Christian faith and our understanding of that faith as United Methodists. The purpose is to prepare these young people to be able to decide for themselves if they are ready to make a personal commitment to God, Christ, and the Holy Spirit as well as the church.  Here at FUMC, we do Confirmation throughout the school year during the Sunday School hour (9:15-10:15am).

Check out this list of topics and some special events coming this school year in Confirmation:

• 1-Beginning the Journey / 2-What is Confirmation (led by Rev. Sims)

• 3-What Is a Christian? / 4-What Is the Church?

• 5-Our Jewish Heritage

• A trip to the House of Jacob Synagogue

• 6-The Church’s History

• 7-Our Common Heritage With All Christians

• A trip to a local Roman Catholic Church

• 8-Our Protestant Heritage

• 9-Our United Methodist Heritage

• 10-Our Heritage As a Local Congregation (usually involves a “trip” to our heritage room)

• 11-United Methodists Talk Funny

• 12-Worship (led by Jeff Ginn)

• 13-Our Hymnal (led by Kristen Gossett)

• 14-Holy Communion (led by Rev. Goodrich)

• 15-Baptism and Confirmation (led by Rev. Dillard)

• 16-The Social Principles

• 17-Mission and Outreach: Called Into the World

• 18-Faith: To Trust, To Believe, To Commit

• 19-How United Methodists Approach Belief (led by Rev. Sims)

• The Bible: 20-The Book for Christians / 21-Guide to Faith, Belief, & Life / 22-A Tool of Faith (led by Rev. Sims)

• 23-Who Is The God We Worship?

• Let Us Pray:  24-Talking With God / 25-Listening to God (led by Jeff Ginn)

• 26-In the Image of God / 27-What is Sin?

• 28-Who is Jesus? 29-What Did He Do?

• 30-Who is the Holy Spirit?

• 31-The End of the World and Life After Death

• 32-Our Historical Beliefs:  The Creeds

• 33-I Choose Jesus Christ

• 34-I Choose to Live as a Christian

• 35-I Choose Life in the Spirit

• 36-The Call to Christian Discipleship

• 37-The Vows of Confirmation

• 38-Our Decision to Claim the Name

• Usually in February, we will do an overnighter to the Dallas area, which includes an event with about 1,000 other confirmands from the North Texas Annual Conference, a mission project, worship at an African-American UM Church, fun events, and more!

• Usually in April, we will do a retreat at Camp Chaparral (near Iowa Park) to focus on our spiritual gifts.  There, the kids will also write their Affirmation of Faith.

Posted on August 19th, 2009 by tsims in Confirmation (6th Grade Sunday School)