Middle School Ministry

(6th-8th Grade)

At Resurrection Lutheran Church, our Middle School Ministry is rooted in scripture, service worship, and fellowship, to help foster a transformational relationship between youth and Jesus Christ. We live into this through two specific ministries. Confirmation and Youth Nights.

The Confirmation Mural: Desert Psalm

This year, our Confirmation students created a mural that visually represents the book of Psalms. For three months, the youth studied the Psalms and created images representing an individual Psalm they chose. Then, through the guidance of Angie Hitt, a local high school art teacher and muralist, the youth created a design for this mural that included elements of each of the youth's Psalms and insights from their studies. Click below to see the final product and to hear the youth read the Psalms that inspired this mural!

Desert Psalm

Confirmation

What is it we will be learning?

Through the talent and religious education background of the leadership they are creating a three-year cycle curriculum that will be relevant, faithful, challenging and current to the needs of the youth. In the course of three years, we will cover the Old and New Testaments, The Small Catechism, Lutheran Theology and how we integrate our faith into our daily lives.

Youth also will be receiving a Bible when Confirmation begins. Everyone receiving the same Bible will help us as we work through the material. It is expected that youth will bring this Bible every week to class.

How will we be learning?

We will be engaging in a variety of facets for learning and growing. We know that faith is formed through personal, trusted relationships that are usually found in the home and that faith is caught more than it is taught. In order to create space for those relationships and to catch the faith we need to take away distractions, spend quality time together, and connect people together. On Sunday mornings, the program will be in the Outreach building and will follow the schedule below.

Confirmation Extravaganza

1st Sunday of the month 9:15 AM - 1:30 PM

During these hours, youth will worship together, share a meal, play together, have time for learning taught by the Pastoral and Youth Ministry Teams and spend time building lasting relationships with one another in small groups.

Mentor Sunday

2nd Sunday of the month 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM

Youth will be paired up with adults from the congregation, enjoying a devotional that is prepared for them, focusing on them getting to know each other, and sharing their faith with one another. Parents cannot be the mentor for their youth, but can be for another youth.

Buddy Sunday

3rd Sunday of the month 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM

Once a month, youth will have the opportunity to be a mentor for our Sunday School kids. On this day, we will gather at the CDC, and be paired one on one with a Sunday School student to walk through the lesson with them.