What is Own Your Faith?

Affirming yourBaptism, or “Confirmation” is a big part of the Lutheran tradition. Own Your Faith is the final phase of our process for Confirmation. It is designed for high school freshmen and is the next step in your spiritual journey.

For many of you, when you were a baby, your parents brought you to the baptismal font and made a promise to God and the congregation. They promised to help you serve, worship and learn about God. Now it’s your turn. In a sense, you have been “borrowing” your parents’ faith while you’ve been a child. Now that you are entering high school it is a time for you to step back from it all and ask yourself a very important question, “Is this really MY faith?” “Do I really believe this, or is this something my parents wanted me to do?

9th Graders and guardians, we hope you can join us for an overview and orientation for your final year of Catechism at Grace Lutheran Church. After 3 years participating in small groups and events at Grace on Wednesday nights, 9th Graders final year of catechism is to work one-on-one with a mentor. Together they will be discussing questions of identity and faith and doubt. These one-on-one conversations happen on your own time, and we provide all the materials you need to have these important conversations.