Confirmation Class, 2015-2016 Dear Parent(s), I am pleased to invite your youth to participate in our 2015-2016 Confirmation experience at Trinity Heights United Methodist Church. I hope you will take a few minutes to talk with your youth about this opportunity, and if s/he is interested, please work together to return a completed registration form to me by this coming Sunday, August 23. As I have shared, confirmation is intended to help us explore Christian faith and make for ourselves the decision to be a Christian. In confirmation, most of us confirm the promise made by our parents when we were baptized, while some of us choose to be baptized into the faith for the first time. The back page of the youth letter includes information about the commitment we expect of all who want to take part in confirmation this year. These commitments are: • Classes: Attend at least 17 of the 22 class sessions in order to be confirmed in May. • Field Trips: Although not mandatory, I strongly encourage attending. • Service and Mission: We ask each confirmand to give at least 18 hours of service in our church (e.g. ushering; helping teach; etc.), as well as participate in at least 3 missions opportunities offered by our Youth Group or church. We will be providing the following resources to every confirmand: • Wesley Study Bible (New Revised Standard Vision) with his/her name imprinted on the cover. We intent to present the confirmands with these special Bibles during the 9am Traditional Worship on Sunday, September 6. • Credo Confirmation Journal • re: Form Traditions Methodist “Anti-Workbook” • three-hole punched handouts and worksheets • three-hole punched reading plans to help them engage their Bible On Confirmation Sunday we will also present confirmands with a United Methodist cross and flame (either as a pendant or keychain, per their choice).