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Building Faith’s Top Picks for Confirmation Curriculum

Looking for the “best” curriculum for your Confirmation class? There are many options from a variety of publishers and denominations. The right choice depends entirely on your context and goals. Below you’ll find a list of Building Faith’s favorite curriculum options based on theology, availability, and pedagogy. The articles in our curriculum center can help you identify your needs, capabilities, and hopes. Looking for more support? Join our free weekly Office Hours or reach out via email to buildfaith@vts.edu.

How To Use This List

  • For each curriculum “top pick” we list the name, publisher, publication date (if applicable), age group, and a brief summary.
  • Click on the name of the curriculum to visit the webpage for the curriculum.
  • Click on the name of the publisher to learn more about the theological background of the curriculum and click on the denomination (if applicable) to read their statement of belief.
  • As always, when choosing a curriculum for your setting, take into account the theology, biblical interpretation, context, materials, and representation. Use the articles in our curriculum center to help discern which curriculum might be the best fit for your context.

Top Picks for Confirmation Curriculum (Updated September 2022)

Confirm
Publisher & Date: Cokesbury, 2016
Denomination: United Methodist Church
Age Group: Youth
Summary: This curriculum offers 39 sessions, organized into six units that cover church history, Methodism, church life and practices, core beliefs and theology, and calling. Lessons feature instructions and scripts for leaders, community-building and creative activities, discussion questions, and ways for youth to continue engaging the session topic during the week ahead. The resources include a director guide, teaching plans book, student guide, mentor guide, parent guide, and an accompanying DVD with videos for each session.

I Will, with God’s Help
Publisher & Date: Church Publishing, 2000
Denomination: The Episcopal Church
Age Group: Youth, Adult
Summary: This curriculum consists of six lessons that explore the Apostles’ Creed and Baptismal Covenant. It includes options for devoting 6 or 12 weeks to the confirmation program. Lessons incorporate tactile materials, activities, and worship along with group discussion. The curriculum offers a leader guide with detailed instructions and scripts, a mentor guide, and participant journals tailored to youth and adults.

Making Disciples
Publisher & Date: Abingdon Press, 2018
Denomination: United Methodist Church
Age Group: Youth
Summary: This curriculum uses a mentorship model for confirmation preparation. It consists of 13 sessions and engages both youth and mentor in a collaborative learning and formation experience through reflection, reading the gospel of Luke, writing, discussion, worship, and other activities together. Session topics encompass theology, worship, scripture, church life and ministry, and baptism. Curriculum resources include a coordinator’s guide, mentor guide, and confirmand’s journal.

My Faith, My Life
Publisher & Date: Church Publishing, revised 2014
Denomination: The Episcopal Church
Age Group: Youth
Summary: This resource is a book written for youth. It contains nine chapters that cover baptism, confirmation, and Episcopal traditions and practices, as well as core dimensions of Christian faith and life, including scripture, church history, and mission. Each chapter concludes with prompts for conversation and personal reflection. A separate leader guide provides options for developing a 6- or 10-session confirmation program using the book. Lessons offer suggested activities for each session, and they incorporate tactile materials, community-building games, and worship.

Professing Our Faith
Publisher & Date: Presbyterian Church USA Store, 2005
Denomination: Presbyterian Church USA (PCUSA)
Age Group: Youth
Summary: This curriculum is designed with options for a short 8-session program or a weekly academic year-long program with 35 lessons. It focuses on the Apostles’ Creed, Ten Commandments, and the Lord’s Prayer with attention to theology, sacraments, Presbyterian beliefs and polity, mission, and justice. Lessons include group games and activities for multiple learning styles, scripture, discussion questions, prayer, and activities for youth to do at home during the week. The curriculum consists of a teacher’s book and a student notebook.

Your Faith, Your Life / Tu Fe, Tu Vida
Publisher & Date: Church Publishing, English version revised 2017; Spanish version published in 2022
Denomination: The Episcopal Church
Age Group: Adult
Summary: This book is similar to My Faith, My Life for youth but written for adult readers. It covers similar topics in nine chapters, like baptism, reading scripture, church history, Episcopal traditions and practices, and mission. The adult edition incorporates narrative interludes between chapters as well as questions at the end of each chapter that invite holistic, multi-layered reflection on readers’ personal experiences.

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