The lessons are followed by prayers and challenges for the week ... "It's never happened before, that kids are explosively happy in confirmation class," he said. "I have had parishes tell ...

For many students in the community, the beginning of the school year also means the start of confirmation classes. Confirmation is a sacrament or rite practiced by several church denominations.

the class included two half-day retreats. Topics covered included old and new testaments, Methodist history, sacraments, Wesleyan theology, prayer and living out faith. Confirmation preparation ...

He plans to take youth in his confirmation class on a nine-month journey to ... to participate in the church’s ministries by their prayers, presence, gifts, service and witness, he said.

There have been over 100 confirmation classes in the storied history of Lancaster’s Congregation Shaarai Shomayim, one of the oldest Jewish congregations in America. But one seems to stand out ...