Faith Formation: a background and introduction
I’ve been doing this for nearly thirty years if you count vicarage. In the Lutheran Church we confirm students at the eighth grade. Most congregations have classes for two to three years to help prepare youth for this step. According to Luther’s Small Catechism with Explanation [Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, MO, © 1986], “Confirmation [...]
Summer Sunday Bible Class
For the past several years, the Sunday morning Adult Bible Class has used the Gospel lesson for that particular Sunday as the starting point for its study that day. We’ll change that for this summer. We’ll go through what we, as Lutheran Christians, “believe, teach, and confess.” Our study will begin with a major point [...]