Confirmation into Our Church

Well, DD has entered a new phase of life. She has begun confirmation classes at our church. Tonight, parents and children were required to attend. This is the beginning of 20 classes until Confirmation Sunday in April. As those of you who read DD’s entry on A Cup of Tea with Mom and Me, being confirmed at our church means a great deal to her.

The class started with a quiz:
1. In the Book of Genesis there are how many creation stories?
2. God asks Abraham to leave Ur and travel to what land?
3. Even before he had 12 sons God changes Jacob’s name to?
4. King David conquered what city and made it his capital?
5. King Solomon built the first one of these buildings?
6. The first five books of the Bible, also known as the Torah, are:
-Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Joshua, and Deuteronomy
-Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy
-Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Judges and Deuteronomy
7. What two Sacraments are celebrated by Protestants
- Holy communion and Baptism
-Holy communion and Confirmation
-Holy Communion and Holy Orders

There is more but I will not bore you. They then made us compare our scores with our children.

Fortunately, I beat dd. Not all parents did.

Over the next 20 weeks, DD will have to write an apology, do research on an important religious figure, attend a retreat, read a book on the history of Christianity, and pass periodic quizzes. And worst of all, I have been tapped to teach next week’s class. DD is not too thrilled with this and I just hope that I can do it justice. I have to instruct ,with the help of one of the dad’s thank goodness, on the architecture of the church and on how our church works. When she has survived all this, she will be a full member of our church.