Confirmation Guidelines and Minimum Expectations

Confirmation Guidelines and Minimum Expectations

1. Establish an environment of open engagement and community where questions of faith, doubt, and struggle can be discussed and to see each other as resources.
2. Establish opportunities for relationship building between those in the class and those in the parish.
3. Form an intergenerational Christian Community of individuals seeking to deepen their relationship with Christ, the Episcopal Church and the church community by providing content and fellowship that facilitates their seeking, growth in faith.
4. Engage in Theological Reflection in order to deepen relations for this spiritual journey.   
5. Provide an opportunity for investigation of spiritual gifts and options for using those gifts either locally or to the church whole and beyond.
6. That individuals understand that confirmation is not the “end” of anything and have an understanding for the need for continuing their Christian Formation.
7. To be able to answer the question “what is confirmation” without saying “joining the Episcopal Church.”

Curriculum should include:

1. Overview of church history in context of other traditions;
2. Discussion of God, Jesus, Holy Spirit (Trinity);
3. Sin and Forgiveness;
4. BCP;
5. Bible including how it was formed, how Episcopalians read scripture;
6. What we Believe (creeds);
7. How our Worship is laid out;
8. Sacraments (Instructed Eucharist and Instructed Baptism, some basic terminologies, liturgical calendar);
9. What is spirituality and how it ties into all of this;
10. How the parish ties into the “bigger” church picture;
11. Spiritual gifts, what and how to use our spiritual gifts;
12. What are the responsibilities assumed when one is confirmed?
    
    If you have any questions or would like to learn more, please contact Sabrina Evans, Director of Christian Formation, directly via email at SEvans@epiok.org or via phone at (405) 232-4820.

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