"Our students spent a full half-hour focused on interpreting and communicating the ideas we discussed in Confirmation Class …
Confirmation: Hope for a Lost Sacrament?
"The Confirmation Project data is convincing. Healthy confirmation programs exist and they can be found in tiny congregations and …
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Mentoring: The Missing Key to Confirmation?
"This modeling of care for the other, illustrated by mentors in their care for confirmands, also teaches confirmands that we are …
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8 Questions to Ask Before Planning Confirmation Class
"How does your confirmation program fit into overall formation programming? What are strengths and weaknesses of existing …
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Burning Palms to Ashes with the Confirmation Class
"A somber, quiet ritual was transformed by the smiles and giggles of young people, fully present, enjoying the moment, burning …
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Saving a Sacrament: The Future of Confirmation in the Episcopal Church
"This study will settle the debate once and for all: confirmation is not a sacrament in search of a meaning. It is an opportunity …
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Inquiring Minds Want to Know: A Recipe for Confirmation
Home baked bread has been part of my life ever since I can remember. On Sundays my mother would take out the Joy of Cooking, turn …
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Our New Confirmation Class: “Create Dignity”
"I care very much who you are as human beings and so Confirmation this year will be focused on creating the dignity of …
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The Roots of Baptism (And Confirmation)
"Following their baptism, the new Christians were welcomed into the household of faith and participated in the community meal, the …
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