Young people who would like to publicly confirm their faith are invited to do so in the fall of their sophomore year.   During the summer and fall leading up to the Rite of Confirmation, students tie together all they have learned and experienced throughout their four years in the confirmation program.  They:   
          
          *Write a Statement of Faith Click here for "This I Believe" outline
          * Meet for half an hour with a pastor  
          * Celebrate communion with their family
              at the confirmation banquet  
          
Confirmation happens on the two Saturdays closest to Reformation Day, October 31, the day that Martin Luther pounded his 95 Theses on the door on Wittenburg Church, thereby beginning the reformation and thus the Lutheran Church.  (But you probably already learned all that in eighth grade confirmation . . . )  

WHAT IS THE RITE OF CONFIRMATION ALL ABOUT? The Confirmation Rite is often called Affirmation of Baptism because when a person is confirmed they really are "affirming" (saying yes) to their baptism.  In other words, they are saying "Yes, I want to be a child of God."  Many people say that privately; some people say "yes" to God daily; but at the Confirmation Rite the person says "yes" publicly, in front of relatives, friends and really, the whole world.