Monday afternoon saw one of the most important packages that I will receive all year arrive at the church office - the box containing the confirmation class curriculum that I will be using to teach our confirmands about the the faith that they will profess publicly for themselves on Confirmation Sunday (June 3, 2007). As I look through the books each year in preparation for our class, I am reminded again and again how much we allow ourselves to get away from the basics of the faith. In our time together as a class, we will be learning about God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit, the church, worship, the Christian life, the Scriptures, and many other things that are foundational in our Christian journey. As a part of the confirmation process, the class members may also approach some of you to find out where you are on some of these basic questions of the faith - I hope and pray that you will be open to sharing what your beliefs are, and open to learning from the class about what they are learning.
Confirmation is the continuation of the process begun long before we were born, when, as we are reminded in Jeremiah, God knew us before we were formed in the womb. Confirmation Sunday is a great day where young people publicly proclaim to the world that they belong to Christ, and Christ alone. My prayer is that we all, no matter where we are, are able to say with courage and conviction the same thing.
See you Sunday!
Lamar
Confirmation is the continuation of the process begun long before we were born, when, as we are reminded in Jeremiah, God knew us before we were formed in the womb. Confirmation Sunday is a great day where young people publicly proclaim to the world that they belong to Christ, and Christ alone. My prayer is that we all, no matter where we are, are able to say with courage and conviction the same thing.
See you Sunday!
Lamar
