Based on careful research, there are certain things we want to nurture and see evident in those who desire to be confirmed:

·  Trusting in a personal Christ

·  Understanding grace and living in grace

·  Communing with God regularly

·  Demonstrating moral responsibility

·  Accepting responsibility in a  congregation

·  Demonstrating unprejudiced and loving lives

·  Accepting authority and being personally responsible

·  Having a hopeful and positive attitude

·  Participating in the rituals of a Christian community

·  Engaging in mission and service

Our efforts to prepare children for confirmation are rooted in outcomes not completion of requirements. 

Research also tells us that for faith to take root: 

1. Parents must be involved in growing with their children and as an example to their children.

2. Children need to develop a sense of being part of the congregation and of one another.

3. Children must learn how to practice the faith.

4. It takes longer than two years to nurture faith that lives.