Public questioning of our junior confirmands will be held Friday, May 11th at 7 PM, with light refreshments following.  Everyone is invited to hear a fine group of young Christians confess their faith in Jesus.

All 8^th graders who will be confirming their faith this May are invited to a special lock-in Friday, May 4 at 7:30 PM. We will review questions for “public questioning” on May 11, offer individual confession and absolution, and prepare you for the confirmation service on Sunday, May 20.  Please signup below.  Cost is $5 per child.  Parents can pick up their kids at 7:30am on Saturday, May 5.

In 2011 Pr. St-Onge is introducing a new religion curriculum for Memorial Lutheran School’s  7th grade class.  The workbook for the curriculum is available here, with the understanding that some items in the workbooks are in draft form and are not to be circulated.  If you wish to use this workbook, please contact Pr. St-Onge.  The curriculum incorporates both Old and New Testaments and Luther’s Small Catechism, as well as an approach that teaches the Bible’s authority in historical matters such as the creation of the world.

1st Quarter Workbook – Fall 2011

Public questioning of teens preparing to confirm their faith will take place on Friday, May 13 starting at 7:00 PM with a brief service of prayer.  Refreshments will be provided afterward in the Commons.

Memorial’s junior confirmation program is designed to prepare 7th and 8th graders to confess their faith publicly and be admitted to the Lord’s supper in late spring of their 8th grade year. 7th and 8th grade members who attend Memorial Lutheran School receive their instruction as part of the regular curriculum. Students who are members but do not attend the school receive instruction Sunday evenings from 5 to 6:30 PM. Both Pastor St-Onge and Pastor Murray teach the class, alternating years of instruction. Students will memorize the essentials of the Small Catechism including the 10 Commandments, the Apostles’ Creed, and the Lord’s Prayer and their explanations, and gain a deeper understanding of the Sacraments of Baptism and the Altar and of Confession and Absolution.

Download the junior confirmation 2010 memory work for each week. It is assumed that students will remember the memory work from past weeks as instruction goes on; the class will build on what has been learned previously.