The document provides information about the confirmation process at DPC church. It includes: - An overview of the confirmation dates from January to June, including classes, a retreat, and the final confirmation ceremony. - An explanation that the purpose of confirmation is to help students articulate their personal faith and become fully incorporated members of the church through experiences focusing on Scripture, beliefs, and living as Christians. - The requirements for students, which are to attend classes, read the book of Luke, complete reflections, incorporate prayer, and discern their readiness for confirmation. - Requirements for parents to register, participate in events, pray for their child, and help ensure attendance at classes and retreats.

1. Welcome!
Confirmation 2016

2. Confirmation 2016
 5:00-5:10- Gather
 5:10- Welcome! Discuss Confirmation Process!
 6:00- Final Questions Depart

4. Summer 2016

5. Creation Fest
June 29-July 3

6. New Orleans Service Trip
July 10-17

7. The Great Escape
July 25-30

8. Confirmation

9. What is confirmation?
 The purpose of confirmation is to help student discern
and articulate their personal faith and to facilitate
their full incorporation as members of DPC through
experiences and instruction focused on Scripture, the
beliefs of our faith tradition, the nature of the church
and the shape of the Christian life.

10. Discuss for 5 minutes
each
 personal faith: What has shaped your personal
faith? What has been your faith journey? What shaped
your childhood faith? What does it mean for a student
to articulate their faith?
 full incorporation as members: What organizations
are you a member of? What does it mean for you to
be member for the organization?
 Christian life: What does the Christian life look like?
How do you live out the Christian life in your own life?

11. Discuss for 5 minutes
 What was your own confirmation experience like?
What do you remember from you own experience?

12. What do we do in the
confirmation process?
 Reflect on our own personal faith
 Reflect and read God’s story
 Reflect on the Great Ends of church or the purposes
of the church.

13. Reflect on our faith
 Teens will be required to write their own statement of
faith.

14. Reflect on God’s Story
 Teens will be required to read the entire book of Luke.
 We encourage parents and teenagers to read this
together.

15. Reflect on the Great
Ends of the Church
 Providing nurture, and safe place for the Children of
God.
 Preserve the truth of Christ crucified.
 Central to the life of the church is its worship.
 The Christian faith is primarily about sharing the good
news.
 Working for Justice for all people.
 Live Out the Kingdom of God, here and Now, for all the
world to see.

16. Dates
 January 10 ... 5-6:30 p.m.-
Parent and Student Gathering
 January 24 ... 5-6:30 p.m. –
Class
 January 29-31... Retreat
 February 14 ... 5-6:30 p.m.-
Class
 February 28 ... 5-6:30 p.m.-
Class
 March 13 ... 5-6:30 p.m.- Class
 March 20 ... 5-6:30 p.m.- Class
 April 10 ... 5-6:30 p.m. - Class
 April 24 ... 5-6:30 p.m.- Class
 April 30 ... Class Project Details
T.B.A.
 May 1 ... 5-6:30 p.m.- Class
 May 15 ... 5-6:30 p.m.- Class
 June 11 ... 6-8p.m.-
Confirmation Gathering
 June 12 ... 9:30 a.m. –
Confirmation in Worship

17. Requirements for Parents
 Register: http://dpcyouth.com/connect/register
 Participate in the confirmation/elder dinner
 Pray for your child
 Highly Recommend reading the book of Luke with
your child.
 Help to ensure students are at all classes and the
winter retreat. Confirmation is ultimately up to our
child.

18. Student Requirements
 Attend all classes (we do allow for 2 make ups)
 Attend the retreat January 29-31
 Read the book of Luke
 Turn in reflections on Luke
 Make prayer part of daily practice
 Be honest about my own readiness to participate in
confirmation

19. In addition
 Parent Confirmation Covenant- January 17th
 Youth Confirmation Covenant- January 17th
 If you have not all read filled one out Registration and
Health For for all Youth Activities. This is online
 Retreat fee of $140 due by January 22*
* Need based Scholarships Available

20. Email Josh for questions
 josh@dtownpc.org

21. Let us Pray