One of the great events in the life of the Church is the celebration of Confirmation, when young people are invited to learn about Jesus Christ and the Christian Faith, and who are then invited to confess Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord and give themselves to serve Christ through the Church.
When we baptize an infant or child in morning worship, we do so in anticipation of Confirmation when the young person may take one step into adulthood by accepting the Christian Faith as his or her own. This year we will be using the United Methodist material Claim the Name for Confirmation. Confirmation Class is open to all 6th, 7th, & 8th graders (talk to
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if you have a young person who is a little older).
Confirmation Class will be conducted on Sunday evenings from 5:30 until 7:00 p.m. beginning on March 21 and ending on June 6. There will be no Confirmation Class on Easter Sunday, April 4, nor on May 30 which is Memorial Day. Confirmation Sunday will be June 13, which is also Youth Sunday, when the young people of St. Mark's will lead worship.
If you would like to go through confirmation, or you have a young person in your family or know of a young person who would like to be part of the Confirmation Class,
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or call Malinda Whiteley in the church office at 858-273-1480 to sign up.
