Confirmation Updates: January

2025 Schedule

Below is the updated 2025 schedule for Sunday Forum and Wednesday night Classes. Mark your calendars with these important dates!

January

1/8 - No Class

1/12 - First Sunday Forum of 2025

1/15 - No Class, Leaders' Training

1/17-19 - No Forum, WINTER RETREAT

1/22 - No Class

1/26 - Forum

1/29 - First Wednesday Class of 2025

February

2/2 - Forum

2/5 - Class

2/9 - Forum, Youth Sunday (FLY)

2/12 - Class

2/16 - No Forum, Presidents' Day Weekend

2/19 - No Class

2/23 - Forum, June Mission Trip Meeting #1

2/26 - Mystery Night (Offsite with FLY)

March

3/2 - Forum

3/5 - No Class, Ash Wednesday Worship

3/9 - Forum

3/12 - Class

3/16 - Forum, June Mission Trip Meeting #2

3/19 - No Class

3/23 - Forum

3/26 - Class

3/30 - No Class or Forum, Spring Break

April

4/2-4/6 - No Class or Forum, Spring Break

4/9 - No Class, Leaders' Training

4/13 - No Forum, Easter Egg Hunt

4/16 - No Class, Holy Week

4/20 - No Forum, Easter Sunday

4/23 - Class, 8th grade Invite Night to FLY

4/29 - Last Sunday Forum of 20

4/30 - Last Wednesday Class, Confirmation Walk-Through for 8th graders

May

5/4 - Confirmation Sunday

2025 Acolyte Sign Up

We are in need of more acolytes for Sunday worship from now until May, especially for 11:00 worship. Please sign your student up for two open dates in 2025 by following the links below. Thank you!

8:30 Acolyte Sign-up

11:00 Acolyte Sign-up

You will receive a reminder from the church office during the week of the Sunday your student is scheduled. On the day your student acolytes they should arrive 10-15 minutes early to get their acolyte robe ready and check in with the pastors for a refresh of duties (esp. helpful for first time acolytes!) or to find out any additional instructions. We will work with any student who wasn't able to be at the training and hasn't previously acolyted to train them before they serve in worship.

Winter Retreat Information

If you're going on the Winter Retreat, here's everything you need to know before you go!

Winter Retreat departure - Friday, Jan. 17

Confirmation and FLY will be leaving for the Winter Retreat on Friday, Jan. 17 at 6 pm. Please try to arrive at Faith at 5:50pm so that we can load the bus and leave for the retreat as close to 6 pm as possible. Students need to eat dinner BEFORE they arrive at Faith. Our first meal together will be Saturday breakfast and we ask that students please don’t eat on the bus. There will be plenty of time for snacking on Friday night when we arrive at Camp Wonderland.

What to bring to the Winter Retreat 

Students need to bring the following items to the Winter Retreat:  

• $ for lunch on Sunday 
• A drink to share with everyone (bottled water is a great option)
• A NUT FREE snack for everyone to share (individually packaged snacks are best – the more the merrier!)
• Cards / Games to play during free time (optional) 
• Water bottle 
• Toiletries (Shampoo, soap, toothbrush, toothpaste, brush, comb)     
• Warm, comfortable clothes for Saturday / Sunday 
• Pajamas 
• Closed-toed shoes 
• Slippers (You won't be able to wear shoes / boots indoors and the floors get really wet!)
• Warm winter clothes (Coat, Gloves, Scarf, Hat, Snowpants, Boots). Note: We WILL be outside - regardless of the temperature! 
• Flashlight 
• Helmet (Optional but required if students want to play Broomball during free time)

Students do NOT need to bring any of the following to the Winter Retreat:   

• Phones – we have a no phone policy on this trip to help us focus on our community over the weekend
• Bedding (Pillow, sheets, blanket, towel and washcloth will be provided and we will NOT have room on the bus for these items).    
• Electronics: including but not limited to iPads, laptops (We want students to be focused on their community, not worried about what's going on at home. Plus, we don't want these items to get lost. If students bring any of these items, an adult leader will be happy to hold onto them until we return to Faith on Sunday.)  
• Jewelry: We'll be doing lots of activities and we'd hate for jewelry to get lost. 
• Students' gear needs to fit into a medium sized (or smaller!) duffel bag. (Please try not to bring a hard suitcase or rollerboards! They're too difficult to fit on the bus!) 

Returning to Faith on Sunday, Jan. 19

We'll return to Faith on Sunday, Jan. 19 after closing worship at Wonderland Camp. We'll stop for lunch on the way home (students need to bring money) before returning to Faith around 2 pm. 

How to contact us during the Retreat

We will be using Remind to communicate during the Winter Retreat. To join our Remind chat, send @wr25cf to 81010. We will send pictures and let you all know when we arrive through the chat.

In case of an emergency, please contact Deacon Kayla or Pastor Julie. Deacon Kayla’s number is 231-233-8178. Pastor Julie’s number is 630-776-2597

If you have any questions, send me an email at pastorjulie@faithonline.org.

Yours in Christ,

Pastor Julie Peterson