Because of confirmation I now am closer to God.  I now understand what the Holy Trinity is.  I believe that God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit makes up the Holy Trinity.  I understand what Jesus was trying to teach mankind and how he died to forgive our sins.  Now that I know more I can say my faith has grown during this year.  I have liked doing Confirmation because I learned, had fun, and got free food.  Another thing I liked was doing the leave clean up.  I now know I will help with things like that again.  I also liked learning about the churches history and going to the German night at a different church.  I still have a couple of questions still unanswered.  One of them is what happens when you die (but I am willing to wait to find out).  Also where do animals go when they die?  Finally what does God look like?  I expect me to be a better person by doing things to help others and doing what is right.  This is my statement of faith.

What a surprise confirmation class was this year.  Before I started I thought it was going to be boring and a waste of time.  But I had a great time with all of the kids, and I learned a lot.  Before confirmation I believed in Jesus, but now I feel that I am a lot closer to him.  One thing that helps me believe that, is just thinking what Jesus went through just for us.  He went through a lot of pain, even though he was doing nothing wrong.  People were scared of him because he had some powerful powers, and people didn’t want him to have power over them.  Now I know without Jesus in my life, I would be nothing.  He helps me through hard times and forgives me when I do something wrong.  I expect God to help me through hard times, and try to keep everyone as safe as possible.  But I expect even more out of myself.  I expect myself to pray to God, and thank him for everything he has done.  I also expect to go to church every time I can.  Community service is another thing I expect out of myself.  During confirmation, we raked leafs, helped with a breakfast, and helped at a school carnival.  Coming to church as much as possible has helped me meet a lot more people.  Being in confirmation, has answered a lot of my questions, but I still wonder how Jesus was able to heal all of those people, and help so many more.

The progress taken place this year, through Confirmation class, has changed my life tremendously.  It has opened up a whole new beginning for my life in the church.  Confirmation not only built the strength of my faith, but also strengthened me as a person and my relationship and understanding with God.  What started out as a struggle with my understanding of God and my faith is what quickly grew into a whole new meaning.  My understanding if God has grown from, what I will admit was not listening or trying to understand he meaning of God, into understanding the whole relationship between God, Jesus and the holy spirit.  My relationship with God has prospered and grown throughout the church.  While being a part of a church as a young child, I honestly had no interest in participating.  After going through the many struggles as a church, we finally came together and were successful in finding a pastor, Rev. Allen Mothershed.  Allen expressed, through his scripture readings and stories, the meaning of God and Jesus Christ to me.  I have grown into loving and caring for the church and its meanings.  I try to carry out the message, each week, with me for the rememberance of God.  Through Confirmation, I have connected with the other confirmands, discussing faith and meanings of Jesus Christ.  I feel like there is a bond between the church and I, expressing my faith.  Coming to church has become a need in life.  Church cleanses me and brightens up the day.  I feel that I can pray, whenever something has not gone correctly.  This helps me relieve my senses and connect with God.  The connection I have with God and my faith changed my life.  Confirmation strengthened my relationship between my confirmands, church members, and I.  I’m glad I got to know each and every person individually.  I’ve learned how much some of us have in common, understanding and discussing God and our faith.  This really helped me get to understanding more about myself and God.  I also got more involved in the church and I enjoy helping out.  I hope to see everyone around church, enjoying the messages in the sermon as much as I do.  I hope they take in the meanings and stay involved through church, keeping their faith and relationships strong!

Over the last couple of months, I have gained knowledge about God and our church.  Confirmation has been a journey on knowing my relationship with God.  I have learned that God is a big part of my life.  He’s helping me realize that my church family is always there in whatever happens.
 
As the months passed when I was in confirmation was a learning experience on my part as well as my leaders.  My relationship with God has strengthened as confirmation taught me about Him.  Many of the stories in the Bible really made me think about the reasons and how willing God was to give his life up for us.  The concepts we talked about were the ones that made me think at night and just wonder about.
 
Confirmation has allowed me to think and know about the things that are important to me and others in church.  The past few months many changes between God and I have occurred now I know more about Him.  I understand the reasons he does things the way he does for me and everybody else.