Confirmation Curriculum: Prayer (Week 22)

This week marks the last post related to a 24 week series of lessons intended for use in a confirmation class with youth.  Tim Ladwig’s The Lord’s Prayer and When Daddy Prays by Nikki Grimes are used in this session.  Although we have only posted four sessions out of the 24, you can get an [...]

Confirmation Curriculum: Sin (Week 19)

This is the third in a series of lessons written by MDiv/MACE student Katie Todd for a 24 week confirmation curriculum with youth.  In this session (one of two) that focuses on sin,  sections of Lois Lowry’s The Giver as well as scenes from the movie Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone are used to [...]

Confirmation Curriculum: Providence (Week 17)

Over the last two weeks, we’ve posted material developed by Union-PSCE student Katie Todd for a 15-24 confirmation curriculum.  (The first two postings can be found here and here.) This is the second session we’re posting, although it is week 17 in the series!   Before You Were Mine by Maribeth Boelts is used in class [...]

Confirmation Curriculum: Creation (Week 3)

Last Thursday, we posted the rationale and background for a 15-24 week confirmation curriculum written by Katie Todd, MDiv and MACE student at Union-PSCE, Charlotte.  Over the next four weeks, we will share samples from that curriculum so that you can see how she incorporates children’s literature into the session plan.  This week’s session, the [...]

Confirmation Curriculum using Children’s Literature

Katie Todd, MDiv and MACE candidate at Union-PSCE in Charlotte, developed a 15-24 week confirmation curriculum for 13 – 16 year olds that incorporates picture books and books for adolescents!  Written and used in a Presbyterian Church (USA) congregation, the sessions focus on some of the central theological themes in the Reformed tradition as well [...]