Confirmation Class
Course Outline
2007-2008

Notes

• Save Palm Sunday weekend for the confirmand retreat weekend! Details coming from Father Russ later in the school year.
• Expect classes to run a full 45-60 minutes on Sundays, unless noted otherwise.
• Regular attendance is expected. However, note that students who miss a class can download handouts from the class web site.
• Confirmation candidates who are also acolytes should try not to sign up for 11:15 acolyte duty on days when Confirmation Class is meeting. (Alternatively, come to class in your robes!) Scouts and athletes playing club sports should inform their "den/pack/group leaders" and coaches that they have a regular commitment until 11:15am on Sundays. (Class will dismiss at 11:15am.)
• John and Richard would like to have an 8th grade parent coordinate our "Mac and Cheese Club": Once a month, as a service project, our students prepare several mac and cheese casseroles for our parish to serve at the Ronald McDonald House.
• Parents: Download a Letter to Parents.
• This web site will be updated as new handouts become available and as the Course Outline changes.

Date	Topic	Handout
9/16	Biblical and Historical Roots: Part I	Handout
9/23	Historical Roots: Part II	Handout
9/30	Historical Roots: Part III	Handout including assignment due 10/14
9/30	Mac and Cheese Club	Details TBA
10/14	Historical Scavenger Hunt Due! Prayer Book 101: What's in that little red book?	Main Handout Worksheet
10/21	More on the Catechism and the BCP	Handout
10/28	What do Episcopalians believe? The Creeds	Handout and Worksheet We also discussed this article.
11/4	Mac and Cheese Club	Details TBA
11/11	"Where do we find what the church believes?" worksheet due. More discussion of the Creeds and The Catechism	Handout
11/18	The Church Calendar: Advent begins our year	Handout Worksheet
11/25	Lectionary: Another way to reinforce the story of Jesus.	No Handout.
12/2	Mac and Cheese Club	Details TBA
12/9	Liturgical Spaces, Symbols, and Gestures (Fr. Russ)
12/16	Collects, prayers, and thanksgivings	Handout including assignment due 1/13/08
1/13/08	A collect is due! Holy Baptism and Confirmation (part 1)	Handout
1/20	Holy Baptism and Confirmation (part 2)	Handout
1/27	Holy Baptism and Confirmation (part 3)	Handout including Assignment Due Feb 10
2/3	Mac and Cheese Club	St. Barnabas Kitchen Time TBA
2/10	Confirmation Statement due Holy Eucharist (part I)	Handout
2/17	Holy Eucharist (part II)	Handout
2/24	Holy Eucharist (part III)	Handout
3/2	Mac and Cheese Club	St. Barnabas Kitchen, 7pm
3/9	Reconciliation of a Penitent and other Pastoral Offices
Friday 3/14 through Sunday 3/16	Confirmand Retreat, Memorial House, Rehoboth, DE
3/23	Easter Sunday
3/30	Church Music and the 1982 Hymnal (Michael Larkin)
4/6	Mac and Cheese Club	St. Barnabas Kitchen, 7pm
4/13	Christian Song or Poem due Faith, Reason, and the Episcopal Church
4/20	What does this really mean for me?
4/27	Final Review: Topic TBA
5/4	Rehearsal for Confirmation: Exact time TBA
5/4	Mac and Cheese Club	St. Barnabas Kitchen, 7pm
5/11	Presentation of Confirmation Candidates to Bishop Wayne Wright (Service at 10am--arrive by 9:30am to meet with Bishop Wright)

Supervising Clergy: Fr. Bob Broesler and Fr. Russ Bohner
Instructors: Richard Gordon and Scott Stanard
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Last update: February 24, 2008
 
St. Barnabas Episcopal Church
2800 Duncan Road
Wilmington, DE 19808
(302) 994-6607