YOUTH CONFIRMATION: IT'S A WHOLE NEW THING

This year Saint Michael and All Angles

Youth Ministry is excited to kick-off a brand-new confirmation program. It's A

Whole New Thing!

Christian Formation is primarily lived out in the home. As Youth professionals we know that as children age, they need additional help and support from other adults. This is a journey that is best lived out together, in conversation, with mutual support and encouragement. When Saint Michael made the decision to move Youth Confirmation from 6th to 8th grade, we took the opportunity to redesign many aspects of the program while maintaining other historically successful elements. Each change has been intentionally thought through and vetted by youth ministry professionals, clergy and most importantly parents and it is data driven!

We want and expect this Confirmation program to have a huge impact on our student's life and faith. We want this experience to be incredibly meaningful for the whole family. This is not a box to check. We are not interested in 9 months of classes that lead up to a worship service that results in graduating from church. That is not what Confirmation is about. We want Youth Confirmation to be a way for our students to develop a strong faith for themselves while also building a strong community with their peers, our Youth Ministry staff, and Saint Michael church.

In this new Covid-19 life, our class will be a little different than we had hoped this year but it will still be wonderful! Our class will meet on Sunday mornings online at 10 a.m. via Zoom, with their different Tribes (small groups) going into breakout rooms each week. We will have service projects throughout the year as well 25 THE ARCHANGEL | LATE FALL 2020 as trying to have a few in person events. The Youth Ministry staff 2020-21

is excited for this wonderful new program and look forward to building lifelong relationships with the youth and their families.

Please join us in praying for our incredible confirmands this year! We have included pictures of our Tribe Zoom calls so you can see their wonderful faces!

Blessings, Tiffany LaMotte, Director of Youth Ministry