Contact: Pastor Rory Karg / rkarg@immanuel-lcms.org
The Junior
High Ministry at Immanuel is synonymous with its Confirmation Instruction. That
is, nearly all junior high students in grades 6, 7 and 8 are also involved with
the Confirmation program, which includes Sunday instruction, participation in a
small group for fellowship and service, and monthly activities scheduled for
all of the students together. The goals of our Confirmation Instruction, as
presented in our Parent Handbook, as follows:
- to nurture
and strengthen the faith of the student, leading toward public confession
before the congregation (Rite of Confirmation);
- to assist the
student in the integration of faith and life, that is, to challenge the student
to life choices that are consistent with who they are in Jesus
Christ, and to "fan the flames" of joy-filled responses
of stewardship and witnessing;
- to better
integrate our young adults into the life of the congregation; to help them to
understand the meaning and purpose of community, leading to greater participation
in Senior High Ministry; and
- to better
integrate the day school students with the non-day school students,fostering
friendship and meaningful relationships.
Strategies
that we use to achieve these goals include worship; Sunday instruction (9:30 –
10:15 a.m.); parental involvement; small groups, each with an adult mentor;
large group activities;, and a one-week camp experience each June.
