(The following sermon was preached at First Lutheran Church, May 23 & 24, 2009.)
Scripture Lesson: John 17:6-18
When I was on my internship I was in charge of running the confirmation program. In our confirmation program, we actually required that our students over the course of the year do a little more than show up for an hour on Wednesday evenings. We asked that they help out with a worship service a few times a year, that they hand in a couple of biblical reflections, and that they perform some sort of service to the community two times a year in order to get confirmed. Our thinking was that the faith lives of our youth is an important element to their life in general. One evening, I had a parent who came up to me and informed me that they were pulling their child out of the confirmation program. When I asked why, the response was hardly surprising.
Scripture Lesson: John 17:6-18
When I was on my internship I was in charge of running the confirmation program. In our confirmation program, we actually required that our students over the course of the year do a little more than show up for an hour on Wednesday evenings. We asked that they help out with a worship service a few times a year, that they hand in a couple of biblical reflections, and that they perform some sort of service to the community two times a year in order to get confirmed. Our thinking was that the faith lives of our youth is an important element to their life in general. One evening, I had a parent who came up to me and informed me that they were pulling their child out of the confirmation program. When I asked why, the response was hardly surprising.
