Confirmation Covenant

Please review the Confirmation Covenant that is attached in PDF form.

When you make public profession of your faith you are committing to continue in the covenant God made with you in Holy Baptism:
...to live among God's faithful people.
...to hear God's Word and Share in the Lord's Supper.
...to proclaim the Good News of God in Christ through word & deed.
...to serve all people, following the example of our Lord Jesus Christ, and
...to strive for justice and peace in all the earth.

2008-2009 Calendar

Put These Dates On Your Calendars!

Confirmation Online Registration!

Donation Drive for Homeless Youth
October 1-22
Opportunity to collect needed items and delever them 8pm, October 22 to Youthlinks.

 Service of the Cross in corporate worship
October 12, 2008
Students about to be confirmed will join parents for this service during corporate worship times.

Faith Walk/Family Celebration
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Students about to be confirmed and their families

Confirmation Sunday
Sunday, October 26, 2008

Mentor Meeting
Wednesday, October 29
All Confirmation mentor meet at 7:15pm in Harrisville to review responsibilities and materials for mentorship.

2008 Celebration of Confirmation "There's No Place Like Home"
Wednesday, November 5
A Partnership of Hope for Homeless Youth at the Convention Center. Travel by bus at 6pm. $10.

30 Hour Famine
February 20-21, 2009

Healthy Relationships Retreat - Wise as Serpents
March 20-22, 2009

Service Activity

Confirmation Service Projects

Each student needs to complete a minimum of 6 service projects for Confirmation. (This works out to 3 per year.)

These projects can be done

• with the large confirmation group
• within the small confirmation group
• within families

We encourage parents, mentors and other interested adults to participate. Drivers are always needed!

Large Group Opportunities:

What: Donation Drive
When: October 1- 22, 2008
Description: Collect toiletry items from your neighbors for Youthlinks to help homeless youth. Sort and deliver items to the shelter and have a tour. 

Small Group Opprotunities:

Some areas your small group can make a differences can be set up:

Children - Prepare & serve lunch at the Crisis Nursery, Saturday Sunday School at Marie Sanvick Center, Saturday Kids Club in North Minneapolis

Homelessness - prepare, serve & share a meal at a homeless shelter

Elderly - nursing home visit, deliver Easter baskets to homebound BLC members, yard work

Poverty - sort donations at variety of sites (On Call Ministry, ARC, Goodwill, LSS, etc)

Hunger - food shelf work (30 Hour Famine weekend)

Ministry Opportunities

Ministry Opportunities

Each student needs to do ministry INSIDE Bethlehem.Sign Up Here!

Acolyte/Crucifer - Provide up front leadership assistance by lighting the candles, carrying the processional cross on festival Sundays, assisting with communion distribution, and sometimes providing support during Baptism. One service a month at any of these worship times - 8, 9, 10:15, 11:30am & 7pm.  

Youth Band - 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month, 6:30-8:00pm. Learn about leading worship and performing music as a band.  

Youth Choir -  Jr. & Sr. High students grow musically through a variety of styles with and without instruments. Wednesday, 5:15-6:05pm, September-May. Youth choir sings one Sunday/month at 10:15 & 11:30am worship services.  

Sound Tech - Operate the sound system, including audio & video recordings, during worship services.   

Property Helper - Assist with property maintenace of the church grounds on a short-term basis, such as raking leaves or shoveling snow.  

Usher - An usher is a representative of the congregations & often the first person to meet & greet members & visitors to worship. Hand out bulletins, assist with offering, and greet people with a smile. 

Reading Lessons - A different reader is scheduled for each of the five Sunday worship services. Choose a service your prefer to read at and follow a schedule on a regular basis. A copy of the lesson for the day is mailed to each reader the week of his/her assigned Sunday.

Communion Assistant - Participate in the service of Holy Communion by assisting the presiding pastor in serving the bread and wine. Communion is served the first & third Sunday of each month for 8,9,10:15 worship. It is served weekly at the 11:30am & 7pm worship. In addition, special Holy Days such as Christmas, Ash Wednesday, & Easter need communion assistants. Choose a service time you prefer and follow a schedule on a regular basis.

Greeter/Hospitality - Serve on a team in a once a month rotation to welcome people as they come to worship. Individuals may choose to help at the Welcome Center by assisting people with directions or answering questions.

Nursery Assistant - The nursery offers a safe, clean, and loving environment for children age 3 months through 3 years old.

Early Childhood Sunday Helper - Help with 2-year-old Sunday School in a self-contained classroom where they learn Bible stories through a variety of learning stations. Assist with children age 2 thorugh Kindergarten in large and small group activities such as music, puppets, storytelling, crafts & games.

Elementary Sunday School Helper -  Sunday School for grades 1-6
One-on-One Assistant - accompany a Sunday School student who need extra support.

Workshop Assistant - assist the workshop leader with teaching a class. Not every workshop is taught ever session. The most common workshops are:

• Art - help prepare supplies, assist children & help with clean-up
• Cinema - serve popcorn, help with clean-up
• Computer Lab - assist younger children
• Cooking - help prepare ingredients, assist children & help with clean-up
• Drama & Storytelling - be an actor
• Games - help lead games
• Make-a-Movie - work with workshop leader to create a video with the kids
• Puppetry - assist workshop leader as needed
• Science - help prepare supplies, assist children and help with clean-up

Power Point Technician - run power point during opening music. Create new slides if needed.

VBS - Each June, children age 4 to 6th grade participate in a fun-filled week of Bible lessons and activity from 9 am to noon during Vacation Bible School. Volunteer to be a helper in a variety of creative, multi-sensory activities such as song-leading, games, drama, snacks or be a crew leader.

Movie-Maker - Create videos for Confirmation class

Library Assistant - Help out in the Library on Sunday mornings.

 

Contact gkoeberl@bethlehem-church.org if you have questions.

Retreats

Please fill out the attached Permission Slip and YMCA waiver for Friday, September 12!

The Junior High Fall retreat is one of the retreats to complete in the confirmation covenant. It is focused on living in community.

September 12-14, Friday-Sunday

Camp Ihduhapi, Loretto, MN

Please print out the attached Permission Slip and YMCA Camp Risk Waiver to be returned to Gena K. at Bethlehem Lutheran Church.

Cost: $90.00

Departure: 6:00pm, Friday, September 12, the Southlot

Return: 12:30pm, Sunday, September 14, the Southlot

If you choose to find your own way to camp be sure you are dropped off Friday at 8:00pm and picked up Sunday by 10:00am!

Camp Ihduhapi Contact Information: 612-822-2267, www.campihduhapi.org

THINGS TO BRING:

• Attached YMCA Risk Waiver filled out & Parental Permission slip filled out
• 2-3 blankets or a sleeping bag
• 2 sheets if using blankets, pillow, a towel/washcloth
• toiletries
• hats for sun
• 3-days worth of clothes (for indoor & outdoor use)
• a jacket
• 2 pairs of shoes (one that can get wet)
• flashlight
• water bottle
• Bible & Lutheran Handbook
• money for a fast food meal stop on the way there and snack money at camp (about $10 is pleanty)

PLEASE LEAVE ALL ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT (CD players/ipods, video games, etc) AT HOME. Any items that you bring, if they are lost, stolen or broken, you are responsible!