Updated Confirmation Class Dates: Fall

Confirmation Class Dates: Fall

Assignment: Write your own Creed due on Nov. 15

Class II - Sunday, November 15 (9:15 AM) ~ Bible 101
Assignment: Birth Narrative Reflection

Class III - Sunday, December 6 (9:15 AM) ~ Book of Common Prayer 101
Assignment: Reflection on the Eucharist

Interfaith Movie with Food

A famous picture of the monk Thomas Merton with the Dali Lama.

We continue our exploration and understanding of other faiths on Saturday, November 7 at 6 PM.

We will watch Kundun, eat Tibetan food and discuss Buddhism.

More on the movie here and here.

More on Buddhism here and here.

More on Tibetan Buddhism and the Dali Lama here and here.

Fall Study: Week V

Thomas Jefferson

The readings for Week V:

Syllabus of an Estimate of the Merit of the Doctrines of Jesus

Letter from Thomas Jefferson to the Danbury Baptists

Letter from Thomas Jefferson to John Adams

Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Jefferson Smith

The Virginia Act for Establishing Religious Freedom

The Jefferson Bible (The Life & Morals of Jesus of Nazareth) - optional

Thomas Jefferson on Wikipedia (optional)

Fall Study: Week IV

George Washington

The readings for week IV:

George Washington, Proclamation: A National Thanksgiving

Letter To The Hebrew Congregations [of Philadelphia, Newport, Charleston, and Richmond]

Letter from George Washington to the United Baptist Churches in Virginia

Letter from George Washington to the Roman Catholics in the United States

Letter from George Washington to Benedict Arnold

Letter from George Washington to the General Assembly of Presbyterian Churches

Wikipedia page on George Washington (optional)

Fall Study: Week III

Abigail & John Adams

Readings:

Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams

Letter from John Adams to Benjamin Rush

Letter from John Adams to Thomas Jefferson

Bio on Abigail Adams from Wkipedia (optional)

Bio on John Adams from Wikipedia (optional)

Massachusetts Historical Website - Digital Archive of 1,100 letters between John & Abigail Adams

Fall Study: Week II

Here are links to the handouts for Class I:

Benjamin Franklin Lord's Prayer (1768)

Benjamin Franklin’s Creed (1790)

A prayer of Benjamin Franklin (1728)

More letters from Franklin

His Epitaph (1728)


also...

Remonstrance of the Inhabitants of the Town of
Flushing to Governor Stuyvesant, December 27, 1657

Confirmation Class Dates: Fall

Class I - Sunday, October 4 (9:15 AM) ~ This I Believe
Assignment: Write your own Creed

Class II - Sunday, November 8 (9:15 AM) ~ Bible 101
Assignment: Birth Narrative Reflection

Class III - Sunday, December 6 (9:15 AM) ~ Book of Common Prayer 101
Assignment: Reflection on the Eucharist

Fall Study: Week I

Our Fall Study on the Faith of the Founding Fathers & Mothers of our country.

Day I: Myth Busting & Setting the Scene

Remonstrance of the Inhabitants of the Town of
Flushing to Governor Stuyvesant, December 27, 1657

Next week: Benjamin Franklin

Confirmation: Assignment #1

Write your own creed - Due November 8

Your creed is your statement of faith - what you believe in.

It can look like a traditional creed:

Look here for the Nicene Creed.

Look here for the Apostles Creed.

Look here for a contemporary Celtic Creed.

or you can write in the style of "This I Believe:"

Albert Einstein

Sara Miles

Tarak McLain

The importance of this reflection is for you to begin to think about your faith and what you believe in.

It should fit on one side of a piece of paper.