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Confirmation Reflection

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The confirmation class of 2013 was officially confirmed in May. These students were in a two year confirmation program after receiving feedback that the students needed more biblical knowledge. Their final year focused on the Re:Form curriculum, finishing with their confirmation service. After receiving feedback from the previous program, we have adjusted the Confirmation class that began in Fall 2015 to be one year long. This class will mainly focus on the Re:Form curriculum, including the Re:Form component for Methodism. We will also be visiting the Chicago Temple other places of worship in the Spring so the students can witness the diversity of churches and ways to worship. The Confirmation class will attend a Spring Retreat near the …show more content…

The team was composed of 7 youth and 5 adults. Our main project was participating in kids club, a program for kids to attend after boys and girls club. We also worked with a food pantry, a soup kitchen, and gardened at a local church. Throughout the week, the youth and adults learned about the Osage community and what it is like to live on an Native American Reservation. We also focused on the Upside-down Kingdom, learning that the Jesus’ kingdom is opposite of how society is now. In Jesus’ kingdom the poor are valued above rich, and those who are seen as outcasts are fully welcomed. When we returned from our trip we presented our week at a stockholders dinner and showed a clip of our trip during both worship services.

We plan to use YouthWorks again for the 2016 Youth Mission Trip. Currently we are planning to travel to Denver Colorado in June.

Outreach Through our Youth Mission Team, we have begun to reach youth and connect them to our youth group programs. We have been successful reaching the Jr. High age group, but do not have many High School students attending. My goal for the next year is to begin creating a program that retains our 8th grade students as they enter High School.

We are also continuing a Cooking class for Youth on Wednesday nights. This program was started last spring by Pastor Kelli and was very successful at reaching youth.

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