Confirmation Day 1: Welcome!
Lesson 1: The Most Precious Matter in our Lives
Objective: To know God and our Savior Jesus Christ is the most precious matter in our life.
Learning Outcome:Describe the purpose for my Confirmation school
Confirmation Exercise Questions
- 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
Reference Material
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)
Additional Reference Material
Scripture
Matt. 4:4; 6:21, 33; 13:44-46; Hos. 6:6; Heb. 11:1,6; James 2:19; John 10:9; 14:6; Rom. 5:1,2; 2 Cor. 4:6; Eph. 2:12,13; Col. 1:20-22; Heb. 7:25; 1 Pet. 3:18
Curriculum
- 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
Additional Lesson Points
- 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.