Credo: Confirmation Director's Tools for Small Churches is designed to meet the specific needs of churches with fewer than 150 members. The session plans include activities suitable for a wide age range and have been adapted for groups of 5 or fewer young persons.
Hear what the writers intended:
"Instruction is an important and essential part of any confirmation program.Through confirmation, young people claim the faith of the church. They must have a familiarity with what Christians (and specifically United Methodist Christians) believe, value, and do. Thus CREDO provides session plans for confirmation classes. But instruction is only one aspect of the confirmation program. The confirmation vows not only hold confirmands accountable to certain beliefs but are also a way of life and a commitment to Christ’s body,the church. In addition to learning about their faith, confirmands must also experience their faith and have a sense of how to live as a disciple of Christ in a covenant relationship with the church. They do this by attending and participating in weekly Sunday worship, by working alongside other Christians in service of God and neighbor, by participating in Christian education, by having relationships with other Christians that are grounded in mutual support and accountability, and by being engaged in the ministries of the church."
Thus CREDO emphasizes: Christian Education, mentoring relationships, worship, and service. Also, you will have scheduling options: 18 sessions in 36 weeks (a school year) to fewer sessions with retreats added. You will have more than enough material to tailor this study to your particular needs and setting.
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