Middle School Confirmation

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MIDDLE SCHOOL FAITH FORMATION (CONFIRMATION)

Grades 6/7/8
Wednesdays, Small Groups from 6:30 – 7:45 pm, Garden Room
Open Gym at 5 pm  |  Dinner Church at 5:30 pm

Dates to know:
Wednesday, Sept. 13: Dinner Church Intro and Parent/child orientation
Wednesday, Sept. 20: First session of the year
Friday, Oct. 15: Middle School Lock-In
Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023: Confirmation Day for current 9th graders
Wednesday, Dec. 13: Final gathering before Christmas break (off Dec. 21 and 28)
Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024: First session back after Christmas break
April 2024: Confirmation Overnight at Camp St. Croix (dates TBA)
Wednesday, May 1, 2024: Final session for the year
Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024: Confirmation Day for current 8th graders (more info to come)

6/7/8 Confirmation Basics
We are excited to welcome all 6/7/8 graders and their parents/guardians to our Confirmation Faith Formation Milestone! We use the word “milestone” because Confirmation is just one stop on a life-long faith journey.

What is Confirmation (and isn’t)?
Again, Confirmation is a milestone. It’s a water-stop along the marathon of faith. It’s a celebration of growth. Also known as “The Affirmation of Baptism,” basically, it’s also an opportunity for Christians to affirm for themselves in front of their faith community the growth that they have made in the promises that their parents, sponsors, and congregation made for them at their baptism. They are encouraged to take on the faith that was and continues to be gifted to them.

Schedule and Set Up for Wednesday Nights
God’s people have always celebrated the physical and spiritual nourishment of what happens around the Table. We are excited to return to Wednesday Night Dinner Church. We hope this format of worship and fellowship will continue to be a welcomed refresh to a busy world.

Calendars are full. Weekends are busy. Patterns and rituals, including worshiping as a family, have been hard to reset. Dinner Church offers a little different kind of space to build on Trinity’s values of dialog and discussion, room to accommodate our whole bodies, mingling with multiple generations, and a chance to lift our shared joys and challenges as followers of Jesus.

Dinner Church tentative schedule:
· 5-5:30 pm: Open Gym
· 5:30 pm: Catered meal with suggested donation
· 6-6:30 pm: Opening Prayer and Dinner Church for all ages and stages
· 6:30-7:45 pm: Confirmation for Grades 6-8
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The Confirmation Structure
Our system is a large-group/small-group set up, with a large group presentation followed by small group check in and conversation about the topic taught. We use Faith Inkubators’ Head to the Heart materials, which were initially created and established at Trinity. Each child is included in a small group of about 6-8 kids with a caring adult leader at the center. We strive for much more than simply instruction—we want kids to learn, of course, but we also want kids to connect with each other in small groups and share the Highs and Lows in their life. In short, we want our program to be about ministry as much as instruction.

More Information
If you’d like to dig deeper into the Confirmation milestone at Trinity, please contact Youth Faith Formation Coordinator Monty Lysne.