This week we are sharing two portraits, both of which hold high expectations for confirmands — but that is almost the only thing they have in common. In close proximity to Southern Methodist University, Union, a coffee house ministry in Dallas, Texas, reaches out to college age young adults. They invite young people to commit […]
Miss the Webinar? Watch Kate Siberine’s Presentation on Confirmation and Mentors Today!
You can view the recorded webinar below, in the featured resources section of our website, or on the Confirmation Project Podcast (we’re also on iTunes). Join the Rev. Kate Siberine for her engaging talk: As people of the incarnation, we learn to claim our discipleship by watching those who came before us claim theirs. This webinar explores the theological […]
Webinar on Youth Confirmation and Intergenerational Mentoring
Join us this Friday, May 13th, 1pm EST to learn from Kate Siberine about mentoring. As people of the incarnation, we learn to claim our discipleship by watching those who came before us claim theirs. This webinar will explore the theological and developmental need for intergenerational mentoring in youth confirmation and will offer some best […]
Two New Congregational Portraits
The two portraits that we are sharing this April have allowed their contextual reality to shape their confirmation program in meaningful ways. The intimate community of Peace Lutheran Church, where each youth and their home life is known by the pastor differs vastly from the Church of the Resurrection – whose confirmation class had over […]
Special What(ever) is True? Podcast Discussion
Our own Katie Douglass, director of the Confirmation Project, joined the podcast What(ever) is True? to discuss the statement “Confirmation is no longer an effective form of Christian formation and should be replaced.” We are pleased to co-release this podcast with the What(ever) is True? team. You can listen to the entire episode today on the […]
Confirmation and the Camp Experience: Two New Portraits
Going to camp as a part of confirmation is most common in the ELCA, however, our researcher and camp expert, Jacob Sorenson, found that four out of five denominations in our study are sending kids to camp for all or part of their confirmation experience. Unlike traditional classroom settings, camp provides liminal space where experiential […]
Two New Potraits
Our Portrait Gallery has added two new portraits featuring two congregations in the mountain west. You can read about Kate Siberene’s visit to St.Michael the Archangel Episcopal Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado to learn how this congregation is partnering with another congregation to offer meaning confirmation experiences for youth in this very religious environment. Our […]
Identity & Confirmation Webinar Posted and New AME Video
We are pleased to announce that the latest webinar entitled “Confirmation & Identity Formation: The Importance of Confirmation and Confirmation Equivalent Practices in the Era of Black Lives Matter” with the Reverend Shonda Nicole Gladden has been released (podcast forthcoming). Remember, you can access all of our past webinars on the Resources page of our website […]
Confirmation & Identity Formation Webinar Today
Today we will have a webinar with Rev. Shonda Gladden 1:00 pm EST Join us for a webinar with researcher Reverend Shonda Nicole Gladden. Shonda will be sharing her insights from The Confirmation Project research on “Confirmation and Identity Formation.” She is a mother and scholar practitioner serving as the Pastor of Allen Temple AME […]
January 29th Webinar
Webinar with Rev. Shonda Gladden Friday, January 29th, 2016 1:00 pm EST Join us for another webinar with researcher Reverend Shonda Nicole Gladden. Shonda will be sharing her insights from The Confirmation Project research on “Confirmation and Identity Formation.” She is a mother and scholar practitioner serving as the Pastor of Allen Temple AME Church […]