Things I learned in Confirmation
The act by which persons who were baptized as infants or young children affirm their faith for themselves. Hint: This Sunday is....
What is Confirmation?
A body of believers. The visible extension of Christ in the world today.
What is the Church?
The founder of the Methodist Movement.
Who is John Wesley?
The liturgical season before Christmas which is a time of expectant waiting and preparation for the birth of Christ.
What is Advent?
The two elements served at Communion.
What is bread and the cup? Juice, wine, etc.
The 4 sections of the Wesleyan Quadrilateral.
What are Scripture, Tradition, Experience, and Reason?
People who are ordained and appointed to lead the local church in Word, Sacrament, Order, and Service.
What is an Elder?
The name of John Wesley’s brother who wrote more than 5000 thousand hymns that used familiar tunes to express Methodist beliefs.
Who is Charles Wesley?
The liturgical color of Christmas.
What is white?
What is the official symbol of The United Methodist Church?
What is the cross and flame?
The 3 types of grace we believe in as United Methodists.
What are Prevenient Grace, Justifying Grace, and Sanctifying Grace?
People who are ordained and called to a lifetime ministry of Word, Service, Compassion, and Justice. Hint: Rev. Martha is one of these!
What is a Deacon?
The mother of John Wesley, who had 19 children and devoted an hour of attention a week to each individual child.
Who is Susanna Wesley?
The season that lasts 40 days and begins with Ash Wednesday and ends during Holy Week.
What is Lent?
Those who are invited to partake of Holy Communion in The United Methodist Church.
Who is everyone (all who love God, who earnestly repent of their sin, and seek to live in peace with one another)?
The 2 sacraments of The United Methodist Church.
What are Baptism and Communion?
From the word laos, meaning “people of God” and used to describe members of a congregation or parish who are not ordained.
Who are laity?
The name others used to describe John Wesley's Holy Club at Oxford.
The seventh Sunday after Easter which celebrates the gift of the Holy Spirit and the birthday of the Church.
What is Pentecost?
Examples of this are: prayer, searching the Scripture, meeting with others to stay accountable, worshipping together, fasting, receiving Holy Communion.
What are "Means of grace"?
The 3 General Rules.
What are Do No Harm, Do Good, and Stay in Love with God?
This ordained person is the leader who oversees the pastors and churches in one geographic area called a Conference (i.e. Tennessee-Western Kentucky).
Who is a Bishop?
John Wesley described his heart to feel this way when he had a profound spiritual experience at the meeting on Aldersgate Street.
What is strangely warmed?
What do we call the liturgical season which spans from after Pentecost to the beginning of Advent. Hint: the color of this season is green.
What is Ordinary Time?
Name one of John Wesley's Rules for Singing.
What is ....?