Confirmation Day 1: Welcome!

• Explain that the exercise questions will be asked on Confirmation day
• Direct students to the questions and answers in the back of the Student’s Booklet

Booklet Song:

This precious lot was given me / When I began this journey / And made a sacred promise here: / Lord, Thine I would be only. / Thy footsteps I will follow, Lord, / Confess Thy name here in this world / From Thy blest kingdom, Jesus. (SHZ 298 v.1)

Booklet Text:

Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; (Ecclesiastes 12:1)

• Lessons are based on the Bible and Martin Luther’s Small Catechism
• Instruction on the practices in living Christianity
• Guidance on living a Godly life, including life in the congregation

• Confirmation school helps a youth to believe in God
• Confirmation is a continuation of the baptismal teachings
• On Confirmation day students will confess the faith in God and partake of Holy Communion
• Christian teaching is based on God’s Word
• The Holy Spirit is needed to open God’s Word
• The Holy Spirit is found in the congregation
• Student will understand that only in Jesus Christ can man truly know God.

   
• Remember Thy Creator in the Days of Thy Youth, S. Roiko, LLC Website, Summer Services, 2010        
   
• Remember Thy Creator in the Days of Thy Youth, M. Taskila, At the Crossroads of Choosing, p. 172;              The Choices of Youth, The Sheepfold Tender, pages 120-121