Christian Education > Confirmation > Confirmation Objectives > Attaining Our Objectives > Summary

In order to be confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church, the following requirements must be met:

• Regular worship attendance (at least twice monthly!)
  • Attendance and participation in every Wednesday evening class
  • Attendance and participation in every Sunday morning Bible study (during Sunday School hour September - May)
  • Worship Reflections (20/class year)
  • Worship attendance and participation during all Wednesdays of Advent and all 5 Wednesdays of Lent
  • Complete Thoughts on My Week for each week of class (September - May)

From time to time, students may be sick, and therefore may miss a Wednesday or Sunday class; students may be visiting other family or friends for a weekend or families may be out of town for a weekend or may worship elsewhere on a Sunday morning. If this is the case:

• Please notify the confirmation and/or Sunday school teachers as far in advance of the absence as possible! (You may leave a message on the church answering machine 641/444-4149 or contact the teachers directly)
• If you worship elsewhere: bring a bulletin from the church where you worshiped, and complete a worship note form to go with it (or your thoughts/comments on worship) staple the two together. (This will count as one of your 20/class year).

Students will be invited and encouraged to participate in Jr. High Lutheran Youth Organization activities and events; joint Jr./Sr. High LYO activities and events, and activities and events sponsored by select other organizations such as Riverside Bible Camp, EWALU Bible Camp, the Northeastern Iowa Synod, Waldorf College, Wartburg College, Luther College, and others.

Resources used for these studies are the student’s own study Bible, The Small Catechism (by Martin Luther), “Faith in Daily Life” pages; Everything We Do After we say “I Believe;” and What’s Up With That?: An Introduction to Faith in Daily Life. Large group activities and small group discussion will draw on resources found at www.herewestandconfirmation.org. Students will be encouraged to make use of the student website link at that same website, and may be asked to complete particular activities from that page to make up for missed class times.

The culmination of these intensive studies is in the fall of the 10th grade year when students engage in a review of their studies, write a personal statement of faith, and proclaim their faith on Reformation Sunday (the last Sunday of October). Affirm is the text used for the review process.