LNPC Confirmation

Open to all, beginning as early as sixth grade, and including adults.
People progress both together and individually, through the topics and in the ways that make sense for them. 

Confirmation Goals:
  • That you trust you are loved by God always, no matter what
  • That you experience life within a church community that supports and loves you
  • That you understand yourself as a minister (participant in God’s ministry/action in the world)
  • That you wrestle with important ideas, engage doubts, and ask questions 
  • That you practice ways of being connected to God and others
  • That you recognize faith as a lifelong journey with no earthly arrival 
  • That you learn to keep asking:
  • Who is God and what is God up to?
  • What is a good life and how do I/we live it? 
  • That you can articulate some of your beliefs, along with your current wondering and growing
  • That you have a beginning sense of your own purpose and calling
  • That you are able to search for meaning
  • That you can think theologically, and have conversations about faith

Confirmation Checklist - To be confirmed at LNPC:
  • I have been baptized
  • I have read the whole bible (can be Action Bible, Walter Wangerin’s The Book of God, The Jesus Story Bible, The Peace Table, etc) 
  • I have had a Mentor/Prayer Partner in the congregation
  • I have explored The Apostle’s Creed
  •  I have explored The Lord’s Prayer
  • I have attended camp or a silent retreat
  • I have attended a church retreat
  • I have attended a funeral
  • I have volunteered in the wider community
  • I have interviewed someone I respect about their faith
  • I have identified two prayer practices I enjoy or connect with
  • I have identified two scripture passages that are meaningful to me
  • I have led some portion of worship service, designed a prayer station, or helped plan & lead a church event
  • I have had a How to Read the Bible session with LNPC
  • I  have done an Intro to Presbyterian Polity (in The Shape & Structure of Church class)
  • I have learned about the Sacraments (baptism and communion) & the basics of Reformed Theology (The Shape & Structure of Church class) 
  • I have been on at least one confirmation retreat, including:
    • I have done a (present, past, future) “life walk” 
    • I have shared “three songs that say something”
  • I have experienced worship with a faith tradition other than LNPC
  • I have created a Faith Statement
  • I have come to a session meeting for examination and shared my faith statement
  • I have had Faith Tenets & Big Questions Conversations about: 
  • -God                 -Jesus                      -The Holy Spirit       -the Church                            -the bible                 -sin          -other religions  
    -science           -politics                   -identity                  -the “end times”                   - money                    -sex          - death and the afterlife. This may take place through a faith book study, ie Being Disciples, by Rowan Williams, Why Christian, by Douglas John Hall, Can These Bones Live: A Theology in Outline, by Robert Jensen or The Love That Is God: An Invitation to Christian Faith by Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt.  A sex and sexuality class or retreat is included for youth).
  • I have been confirmed in a worship service.