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Messiah
Lutheran Church (LCMS)
2727 Five Mile Rd. NE
Grand Rapids, Michigan
49525
Prayer of the Season:
O Lord, make us have perpetual love and
reverence for your holy Name, for you never fail to help and govern those
whom you have set upon the sure foundation of your loving-kindness; through
Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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Junior Confirmation Classes
Jr. Confirmation's goal is that those who have gone through
instruction in Luther's Small Catechism would grow to have a firm faith
in Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord. Faith is the goal of this instruction,
a faith based on the truths revealed in the Holy Scripture. We want our children
to know not what human wisdom teaches but that which the Holy Spirit teaches.
Jr. Confirmation Class consists of students in the 7th & 8th
grades. Catechumens go through a two year period of instruction in Luther's
Small Catechism utilizing the PathLight instructional materials.
After satisfactorily completing the instruction students may become communing
members of the congregation.
Memorization is an important part of instruction in Jr.
Confirmation. Over and over again the Bible speaks of knowing Scripture,
having it in one's heart. Memorization of texts of Scripture and the Six Chief
Parts of The Small Catechism provides the framework and basic building
blocks of faith. See the article Why Memorize? for further explanation of
our rationale for memorization.
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