Confirmation Class
Each year, the Church conducts a confirmation class for those young people who have completed eighth grade and are interested in formally joining the Church. The class meets weekly, typically on Sunday afternoons, for fun and learning. The class starts in the fall and proceeds through the spring, culminating in Confirmation Sunday in the spring, when the class members are formally welcomed into Church membership.
This year, the confirmation class will be taught from the fall through the spring by Rev. Chip Low and church members Pam Darreff and Dave Monk. Activities include classes on the Presbyterian seal and how God has called us to live our faith by serving dinner at the Jan Peek House, helping with the Food Pantry, a retreat with other youth at the Holmes Conference Center, and attendance at services at Temple Beth Am in Yorktown, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, and the Hudson Valley Islamic Center among other things. Confirmation Sunday will be April 29th.
Confirmation includes Sunday morning worship attendance and the list of events below which is updated regularly.
Report on the Shrove (Not Shrub!) Tuesday Pancake Supper
Many people have been quietly puzzled by the name “Shrove” Tuesday. Super Bible Man tried to end the confusion by renaming it “Shrub,” but fortunately, Amazing Grace was around to tell us that “shrove” is from the Old English word “shrive” which means to confess our sins and be forgiven. Somehow the other names such as Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday are a little easier to fit in with a Pancake Supper.
On Tuesday, February 22, our confirmation class cooked up a delicious pancake supper under the direction of Heidi Haring. In Fellowship Hall, the students in Kathy Anderson’s Grades 6, 7, & 8 church school class served the dinner to the sounds of Dixieland Jazz hymns amid festive Mardi Gras decorations. About 80 members of our church family came to share in the food and fellowship making this a wonderfully successful gathering.
Kathy Anderson, Education Commission Co-Chair
Confirmation Schedule
Sunday, September 25th – Parent Meeting at 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, October 2nd – Group Building and Confirmation Introductions
Friday, October 7th – Midnight Run
Sunday, October 9th – no class
Sunday, October 16th – 9:30 a.m. water walk & 4:30 p.m. class @ FPCY
Sunday, October 23rd – Class @ FPCY at 4:30 p.m.
Sunday, October 30th – Dinner & a Movie of Harry Potter (class cancelled due to snowstorm)
Sunday, November 6th – Class at FPCY @ 2:30 p.m. (note earlier start time)
Saturday, November 12th – Attend Service at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church @ 5:30 p.m.
Meet at the church at 4:30 p.m. We meet with the officiating priest ahead of the service at 5:00 p.m.Sunday, November 13th – No class
Sunday, November 20th – Interfaith Thanksgiving Service at 7:00 p.m. at the Shrub Oak United Methodist Church
Sunday, November 27th – No class
Sunday, December 4th – Class @ FPCY at 4:30 p.m.
Friday, December 9th – Visit Temple Beth Am Service
Meet at the church at 6:30 p.m.Sunday, December 11th – Congregational Meeting after second service; no class in the afternoon
Sunday, January 8th – Rock Climbing at the Cliffs @ Valhalla, 3-5 p.m.
Meet at the church at 2:00 and Bring $15 and the waiver. Download the waiver: www.thecliffsclimbing.com/waiver.pdfSunday, January 15th – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Interfaith Service at Antioch Baptist Church, Bedford, NY at 4:00 p.m.
Meet at the church at 3:15 p.m. Find information at theantiochchurch.net/news.htmlSunday, January 22nd – Class @ FPCY at 4:30 p.m.
Sunday, January 29th – Class @ FPCY at 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday, January 31st – Life Online: Social Media and Cyberbullying, 7-9 p.m. @ FPCY
Sunday, February 5th
9:30 a.m. Interview Elders/Deacons Annual Meeting @ noon No afternoon classSunday, February 12th -
9:30 a.m. Interview Elders/Deacons 4:30 p.m. ClassSunday, February 19th - no class
Tuesday, February 21st - Serve Pancake Supper @ FPCY from 5-7 p.m.
Wednesday, February 22nd – Ash Wednesday service
Sunday, February 26th - Class @ FPCY at 4:30 p.m.
Sunday, March 4th – Class @ FPCY at 4:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 10th – Food Pantry @ FPCY
Sunday, March 11th – Class @ FPCY at 4:30 p.m.
Friday, March 16 to Saturday, March 17th – Confirmation Retreat at Holmes Conference Center
Sunday, March 18th – No Class
Friday, March 23rd – Visit Shrub Oak Islamic Cultural Center
Time TBD. We’ll spend time observing a prayer service, talking with the Imam and eating together with our hosts.Sunday, March 25th – Class @ FPCY at 4:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 1st – No Class
Sunday, April 8th – No Class (Easter)
Sunday, April 15th – Last Class @ FPCY at 4:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 22nd – Lunch and Meeting with Session
Sunday, April 29th – Confirmation Service @ 10:45 a.m. service
Updated 1/19/2012
