Confirmation | St. Matthew's Episcopal Church

Up to date information about the Confirmation Journey can be found on this page, including schedules, resources, & reflections. Information about Confirmation for the 2023-2024 school year is coming soon!

At St. Matt's, Confirmation is a journey. Confirmands (someone seeking Confirmation) spend a year learning about the Christian faith, the Episcopal Church, and the world around them. We want our kids to know and understand our particular tradition, and to be able to respond in love with their words and actions. We also want them to be confident in God's love for them, our love for them, and to know that they belong at St. Matt's. This means we keep a careful eye on the pressures and anxiety they face in school and at sports, and we want to create a space for them where they can ask questions and explore. To help, Confirmands are matched with Mentors from within our community, to help them start to make the leap into our community of faithful adults. Confirmands participate in worship by learning to Lector and they have many opportunities for formation, fellowship, and service. It is a time when the confirmands reaffirm the promises that were made for them when they were baptized and receive the laying on of hands by the Bishop.

Typically, Confirmands are in eighth grade, but this year we have combined 8th and 9th grade. It's perfectly fine for someone to wait if they aren't ready. At the end of the year, it's very important to us that Confirmands make their own decision about whether or not they are ready to be confirmed. Are they ready to spend their life following after Jesus? Following the Way of Love?

Youth older than 8th grade and adults are invited to prepare for Confirmation and/or Reception into the Episcopal Church by contacting Rev. Marissa.

Confirmation - October 2023

Confirmation - October 2023

Our first Confirmation gathering will be this Sunday, October 1st and 11:30am after church. Parents and kids are invited for a time of information and conversation. We will wrap up by 12:30 and we will have some food/snacks to help you get throug...

Children & Youth Sept 2023

Children & Youth Sept 2023

Church School kicked off this past week! We'll have church school on the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and (when there is a) 5th Sunday of the month. For a while, we'll be experimenting with a different pattern on the 1st Sunday. We'll be keeping kids in wors...

Confirmation: Mentors & Companions for the Journey

Confirmation: Mentors & Companions for the Journey

Dear friends and members of St. Matt's, Confirmation is coming! After taking a year off due to the pandemic, wanting our kids to have the opportunity to be in person and visit other houses of worship, we're excited to welcome 8th and 9th grade...

Confirm Not Conform: This Year's Confirmation Curriculum 2021-2022

Confirm Not Conform: This Year's Confirmation Curriculum 2021-2022

Each of our sessions will also be based on one of the lessons provided by Confirm not Conform (CnC for short). Confirm not Conform was developed by St. John's Episcopal Church in Oakland, California over the course of about 8 years. For mor...

Confirmation Journey Beginning October 6th!

Confirmation Journey Beginning October 6th!

For this year's 8th and 9th graders, The Confirmation team is thrilled to be reaching out and looking ahead to our bright and full confirmation preparation program year. We are blessed to have the current 8th and 9th graders journeying through th...

A Teachable Moment: Baptism and Confirmation

A Teachable Moment: Baptism and Confirmation

This Sunday, June 13, a number of St. Matthew’s youth will commit their lives to follow Jesus Christ. As you participate (in person or via livestream) please note an important difference in today’s service. One of our confirmands (and...

Worship on the Third Sunday after Pentecost: June 13th, 2021

Worship on the Third Sunday after Pentecost: June 13th, 2021

Join us this Sunday, June 13th at 10am as The Rt. Rev. Bishop Ian T. Douglas celebrates the Baptism and Confirmation of our youth. The service will live stream on our website and on Facebook . A virtual coffee hour (Zoom) hosted by Bishop Dou...

Request from our Confirmands to Help Open Door

Request from our Confirmands to Help Open Door

Our Confirmands are collecting peanut butter and jelly (please note: we are collecting containers of peanut butter and jelly NOT not ready-made sandwiches or bread) for Open Door Food Pantry. To learn more about the project and how it started wat...

Confirmation Schedule for May & June

Confirmation Schedule for May & June

Hi Confirmands, Mentors and Parents, You will receive an email in the next day or two that details more of the below, but here is the schedule moving forward to mark your calendars for confirmation . Tuesday May 12th: 7-8pm (mentors i...

Confirmation Worship Trip Recap - Our Lady of Fatima - January 04, 2020

Confirmation Worship Trip Recap - Our Lady of Fatima - January 04, 2020

This past Saturday a number of confirmands and mentors joined the Presbyterian confirmands in worshipping at Our Lady of Fatima Roman Catholic Church in Wilton. Respectfully, all of us sat together and participated in the Mass through the hymns a...

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