[NQP] Guided by Truth: Enduring Faith® Confirmation Journal
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With Guided by Truth: Enduring Faith Confirmation Journal, students deeply consider their beliefs and better understand how Lutheran theology answers their questions about the Bible, Jesus, the Sacraments, and more—on their own schedules, but with structure and accountability.
It can often be complex to see if students are really understanding the Six Chief Parts of the Christian Doctrine. Some students know what all the “right” answers are, but, digging deeper, they aren’t sure how to apply those answers to their lives. Other students may be quietly confused. With this confirmation journal, students can work through lessons at their own paces, on their own schedules, and in their own homes. After each unit of lessons, confirmation leaders will give a unit check-in that provides accountability to the self-paced nature and gives an opportunity to make sure confirmands are really getting it.
Through this curriculum, students learn what they believe and are challenged to know why they believe it.
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Students will ponder important questions related to Luther’s Small Catechism, such as . . .
Who am I?
Who is God?
How do I live my life?
How do I interact with God, and how does God interact with me?
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How Guided by Truth Came to Be
The standard lecture-and-discussion Confirmation format at Trinity Lutheran Church wasn't working.
Trinity formed a committee and looked at how other churches their size were doing confirmation. They combined different approaches to form a confirmation curriculum that worked for them. One piece was particularly successful—a confirmation journal.
According to Pastor Lee Hopf, what worked well about the confirmation journal was how students could work at their own pace through the material yet still have accountability through unit check-ins. This allowed for students to have an opportunity to speak with a trusted adult about what they were learning and for parents to uniquely walk alongside their confirmands.
Now, more than four years later, this journal-style confirmation has yielded fantastic results.
“I have students from the first year talking to me about how they’re coming back and referencing their journal and everything they learned in that time. Now that they’ve had challenges in high school that have made them ask deeper questions of faith, they’re able to go back and look at this stuff and it makes more sense.”
Pastor Lee Hopf, Author and Field Tester
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