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Confirmation

Confirmation takes seriously the promises that parents, godparents, and congregations have made at the baptism of our children. The confirmation journey (grades 6-9) includes in-depth learning of the 10 Commandments, Lord's Prayer, Creed, and Sacraments. The Bible is the main text for our teaching. Bringing God's Word to the questions and relationships of our youth today is the main goal.

Confirmation meets on Wednesday evenings September through May of each year. The Wednesday night sessions include teaching times by the pastors, skits, games and small group breakouts with youth leaders. There will also be a breakout time for parents.

Mentors, retreats, lock-ins, fun group-building events, and monthly service opportunities are all a part of the journey leading to Affirmation of Faith on Reformation Sunday of the 9th grad year (last Sunday in October). Confirmation at St. James is strongly focused on the whole community seeing Jesus at the heart of our relationships and faith community. Confirmation is God's promises and our promises lived out intentionally, powerfully, and with a lot of fun! We aim to Catch the Spirit!

The St. James now has a special group page on Facebook that will have pictures from events, information for the youth as well as a place for them to interact with each other. Check with Pastor Jill for more information about this group page, called St. James Jazz.

           2010 Confirmation Registration Packet (6th-8th grade)            2010 Confirmation Registration Packet (9th grade)

           Reflections on the OT Assignment                                             2010-2011 Revised Confirmation Calendar 8/30/10

Sunday School

The middle school youth will join the opening of "9:57" on Sunday mornings and then break out into their own group in the Bethlehem room.

Senior High Youth

The senior high youth at St. James are invited for social time at St. James the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. Various social and service outings are also scheduled throughout the year, from bowling to the haunted house at Valleyfair. Sunday mornings also offer the youth a chance to socialize and learn more about their relationship with God.

Each summer the senior high youth go on a mission trip. In 2009, the group is planning at trip to do service work in Grand Marais, MN. In 2008, the group went on a bigger trip to Colorado. The relationships between the youth and God are strengthened right before their eyes while on these trips.

The Senior High now has a special group page on Facebook that will have pictures from events, information, as well as a place for them to interact with each other. Check with Ryan Walesch for more information about this group page, called St. James Lutheran Church-Senior High Youth.

"Our youth group always has a lot of fun whether we are at an event or just chillin on Sundays."

"I really like going to youth events because everyone is so close and we always have so much fun with each other."

Click to view Mission Trip 2010 Pictures