Peace’s Middle School Youth program is for kids in 6th – 8th grade. The cornerstone of this program is Confirmation, a three-year program that follows the school year.
You can register here for Sunday School, Confirmation, and/or High School Youth all in this one form.
Remember to check the bulletins, Partners newsletter and our upcoming events page for additional opportunities for service fellowship and more!
If you have questions or need a schedule, please contact Pastor Joe Orner at 952-944-6510 or [email protected].
Confirmation
Confirmation is on Wednesdays, 6:30-7:30pm
Beginning September 13th, 2023
Confirmation is central to our congregation’s mission of “Growing a community that nurtures a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ.” Confirmation gives us the opportunity to form community while we strengthen our relationships to God and one another.
Throughout our three-year program, we hope Peace is and will continue to be a community for your student to question, challenge, celebrate, and experience all of the amazing ways that God shows God’s love for us.
The Bible is full of amazing stories from our ancestors in the faith, yet sometimes they can seem strange and distant when we read them today. But questions and conversations regarding conflict, family, leadership, social justice, doubt, and hope have never been more relevant! As we explore both the Old and New Testaments and dig into our theme, “My Story,” we’ll continue to discover together how our stories are all tied in with God’s story.
Confirmation will meet weekly on Wednesdays from 6:30-7:30pm beginning September 13. All 6th-8th graders (members and non-members) are welcome to register!
—Pastor Joe Orner
Retreat
On February 24th, our Confirmation students will experience a day-long retreat at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter. In correspondence to this year’s theme, “God’s Story, My Story,” our day will be spent learning about how God’s story doesn’t have an ending—it’s still being written through each and everyone one of us, by the power of the Holy Spirit. In addition to the learning, the students will enjoy a campus tour, games, the Gustavus cafeteria, a surprise activity, and more! We will meet at Peace at 7:30am and will return to Peace at 7:30pm.
Service
Middle School Youth can participate in a number of congregational service projects. All Confirmation students are expected to participate as a service assistant twice during the year. They can greet, assist with ushering, lector, and assist with communion.
Outside service projects can range from food packing events such as Harvest Pack, Feed My Starving Children to organizing donations at Arc Value Village.
Sunday Discussion Group
6th-8th Grade Youth, we have a Sunday morning discussion group just for you! Starting on Sunday, September 18 and once per month thereafter, we will meet in the partitioned area facing the patio from 10:45am-11:45am and talk about interesting, thought-provoking questions.
Fellowship
We plan fun events for our Confirmation students too! Those can range from puzzling our way out of an escape room to mini-golf to a weekend Confirmation retreat.
Watch for more information in our Sunday bulletin, Partners newsletter, Children, Youth and Family Blast, or check our website!