INSPIRE seeks to make Confirmation a time of training from which the whole family can enjoy and grow, without undue burden on their busy schedules. The Wednesday night IGNITE service is for the whole family but, is specifically built to be part of the Confirmation curriculum. These Wednesday night activities include a family mealtime, a group learning hour for various age groups, and the highly creative and biblical IGNITE worship hour. This allows the family to arrive and leave together.
A confirmation tracker is a Google Sheet we have created to help your family and our staff keep track of where you are at in your progress towards getting confirmed. If you do not have a tracker, you must reach out to Kate and she will send you your individualized tracker. This is for you (the youth) to be working on and filling out as you complete the following requirements. If you have any questions on this tracker, please reach out to Kate for help!
Conferment Must have regular attendance to Ignite Youth Group from 6 p.m.-7 p.m. AND Ignite Worship Service from 7 p.m.-8 p.m.
Conferment must complete two separate service projects WITHIN Inspire (minimum of one hour each). Examples include, but are not limited to: helping with kids, serving food, running technology, singing/playing in the band, office work, etc.
Conferment must complete five separate service projects within the Bismarck/Mandan community (minimum of one hour each). Examples include, but are not limited to: Heaven's Helpers Soup Café, Closet 701, Carrie's Kids, etc.
ONCE YOU ENTER HIGH SCHOOL, you must attend a two-session class about confirmation, complete the parent questions, and turn them in to Kate. This class will be held during normal youth group time from 6 pm-7 pm in the Coffee Shop. This class will be held twice a year, once in the fall and once in the spring. You only need to attend this two-session class once. This class will take you through what confirmation is, what your next steps are, and what to expect when getting confirmed. Fall Class: First Wednesday in October and November (must attend both October and November sessions) Spring Class: First Wednesday in February and March (must attend both February and March sessions)
Once you have all of the above requirements completed, and your confirmation tracker is filled out in its entirety, you must schedule a meeting with Kate. This meeting will go through what your testimony should entail, how you'd like to give your testimony, what date you'd like to be confirmed on, what your confirmation bible verse is, etc.