Confirmation Christmas In April Retreat Was GREAT – April 17-18, 2010
One of the highlights of the Confirmation year is the “Christmas in April Retreat” where the Confirmands learn about and begin to discover their spiritual gifts for serving in the church. This year was no exception.
As a part of the primary program time, parents and grandparents came to share the experience with their 6th graders. Thus, all were able to consider the importance of every member of the body of Christ, the church. When one is not there, the tasks before us are more difficult – sometimes impossible! Plus, as members of the same body, we have to learn to work together in sharing and using our gifts for the good of all.
After supper, the eleven Confirmands worked on their own Affirmation of Faith in their own words, and this creed will be read for the first time in worship on Confirmation Sunday, April 25, 2010. Then, after a bit of free time, they watched the theatrical version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas and considered how John Wesley’s basic theology is summed up in that movie!
Special thanks go to six youth helpers (Andrew Beltchev, Drake Davis, Breanne Press, Hope Rouse, Courtney Tate, and Keeley Trevino) and three adults (Jeff & Holly Ginn and Wilma O’Connell) who worked with Rev. Troy Sims to make this event a success.
The Confirmands that attended this trip include Paul Acosta, Collin Brauner, Emma Knight, Mason Lamb, Lauren Meaders, Ali O’Connell, Millicent Paris, Cory Press, Myrah Rogers, Ashley Tate, and McKinley Thacker.
Check out the pictures below!
