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Confirmation Class 2008-09
Souper Bowl of Caring Quiz
1. How many people in the United States live in households considered to be food insecure?
a) 7 million
b) 16 million
c) 24 million
d) 35 million
2. What percentage of US cities is not able to provide adequate quantity of food to those in need?
a) 16%
b) 29%
c) 45%
d) 59%
3. True or False? The United States has the highest wage inequality of any other industrialized nation?
4. How much money did it cost to purchase a 30-second commercial during the 2007 Super Bowl?
a) 1.5 million
b) 2.2 million
c) 2.6 million
d) 3 million
Answers
1. D - 35 MillionThe number of people in the United States that live in food insecure households would fill over 500 NFL stadiums.
The Food Research and Action Center: Household Food Security in the United States 2005
2. C - 45%Despite the fact that we live in one of the wealthiest nations in the world, many of our cities are not able to help their citizens meet their basic needs. This is where the local food banks and ministries have to step in. Your donations will be sent directly to the local charity chosen by your youth to help people in need.
The United States Conference of Mayors: 2006 Hunger and Homelessness Survey
3. TruePeople can work full-time at minimum wage and still not make enough money to maintain a basic standard of living--buying food, paying their rent and medical bills, buying clothes for their children and affording a car so they can travel back and forth to work.
Bread.org
4. C - 2.6 MillionThis is a day when millions of dollars are spent to enjoy the Super Bowlexperience. It is also a day that we can choose to turn our thoughts anddollars towards those without a bowl of soup to eat.
CNN Money.com
1. How many people in the United States live in households considered to be food insecure?
a) 7 million
b) 16 million
c) 24 million
d) 35 million
2. What percentage of US cities is not able to provide adequate quantity of food to those in need?
a) 16%
b) 29%
c) 45%
d) 59%
3. True or False? The United States has the highest wage inequality of any other industrialized nation?
4. How much money did it cost to purchase a 30-second commercial during the 2007 Super Bowl?
a) 1.5 million
b) 2.2 million
c) 2.6 million
d) 3 million
Answers
1. D - 35 MillionThe number of people in the United States that live in food insecure households would fill over 500 NFL stadiums.
The Food Research and Action Center: Household Food Security in the United States 2005
2. C - 45%Despite the fact that we live in one of the wealthiest nations in the world, many of our cities are not able to help their citizens meet their basic needs. This is where the local food banks and ministries have to step in. Your donations will be sent directly to the local charity chosen by your youth to help people in need.
The United States Conference of Mayors: 2006 Hunger and Homelessness Survey
3. TruePeople can work full-time at minimum wage and still not make enough money to maintain a basic standard of living--buying food, paying their rent and medical bills, buying clothes for their children and affording a car so they can travel back and forth to work.
Bread.org
4. C - 2.6 MillionThis is a day when millions of dollars are spent to enjoy the Super Bowlexperience. It is also a day that we can choose to turn our thoughts anddollars towards those without a bowl of soup to eat.
CNN Money.com
Curriculum for the
Confirmation Class of 2008-09
Spring/Summer 2008
March 7:
Confirmation Kickoff - "What is Confirmation Anyway?" Parish House from 6:30 – 8:00
March:
Pizza with Peter Parish House
March 22: Easter Sleepover in the Parish House*
March 28: Chabad Jewish Center of Ridgefield
April Pizza with Peter
April 6: Buddhist Faith Fellowship Flower Festival Wesleyan**
May 3: Church Tag Sale Volunteer
May 4: Chinese Alliance Service at Brookfield Cong'l Church
May 18: Labyrinth Dedication
May: Pizza with Peter
July 13–19: Mission Trip to Philadelphia
August 15-17: Volunteer Time at our booth at the Bridgewater Fair
September through December: Sunday School Sessions
January through May: Service Project/Church Service/Conversations/Guest Speakers
Fall/Winter 2008
Sept 14: Homecoming Sunday
Sept 21: Walking the Labyrinth
Sept 28: Breakfast with the Bible.
Oct. 5 Worship scavenger hunt from your pew.
Oct. 12: Dissecting the worship service
Oct. 19: Death and Resurrection Session. After church we will hike at Steep Rock
Oct. 26: What’s Halloween have to do with religion?
Oct. 31: Trunk-or-Treat
Nov. 2: Saints and Gifts of our church; Plan Christmas Mission Event
Nov. 9: Ministry Continue working on implementing Christmas Mission Event
Nov.16: Pizza with Peter and the BIG THREE...God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit...or is it the Holy Ghost?
Nov. 23: Advent begins next Sunday...What are you waiting for this Advent?
Nov 30: Advent...Happy New Year!?!
Dec. Mission work
Dec 24: Christmas Eve Service of Lessons & Carols
January-May 2009
~Meet a member from each of our church committees
~Attend a committee meeting of your choice
~The differences in Christianity...i.e. Catholic, Episcopalian, Baptist
~Comparisons of Religions
~Guest speakers
~A class service project
~Confirmation!!
Winter/Spring 2009
March 1: Mardi Gras Celebration! Can all this partying have anything to do with Religion??
Apr. 5: Palm Sunday
Apr 5-10: Holy Week
April 12: Sunrise Service/ Easter Service
May 2: Confirmation Dinner
May 3: Confirmation
May 17: The Faith Journey Continues....Pizza with Peter
MENTORS
Please try to do something at least once a month with your confirmand. It’s all about spending time with each other, making a connection and developing a lasting relationship.
Mentors are welcome to any of the outside of classroom activities.
Notes on 2008 activities
* Easter Sleepover in the Parish House (March 22, 2008):
We are getting excited about the Easter Eve party and sleep-over for our confirmation class. We have lots of great things planned including pizza, movies, baking for sunrise service, decorating Easter eggs, a treasure hunt for prizes, and an Easteregg hunt. Please arrive by 6:30 PM and bring the following things with you: sleeping bag, pillow, warm clothes for Easter Sunrise Service, flashlight (for hunting for eggs), toiletries, camera (optional). On Easter morning we will walk to the pavilion and serve the scones that we have made. Parents may pick up either at the pavilion or the church (sunrise service is 6:45 AM), so pickup will be at approximately 8 AM. During the walk to the pavilion there will be an Easter egg hunt along the way. Confirmands may invite their mentors to stop by on Saturday night or to join us for the "hunt" on the way to sunrise service. We will be leaving the church by 6:15 AM. Please let Peter know if you are unable to attend. Think Spring and wish for warm weather!
** Buddhist Flower Festival (April 6, 2008):
We will leave the Bridgewater Congregational Church at 8:00am. We will meet our friends from the Brookfield Congregational Church in their parking lot by 8:30am to depart for the Buddhist Flower Festival at the Mansfield Freeman Center for East Asian Studies at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. Preparation: Please wear comfortable clothes (pants) and bring a fresh flower with you for the festival. You can learn more by visiting their web site: www.buddhistfaith.tripod.com/pureland_sangha or search: Wesleyan Buddhist Flower Festival. Sunday's festival will celebrate the story and significance of the historical Buddha's birth over 2600 years ago; including the washing of the baby Buddha and a flower offering. The discussion topic is "Born for a Purpose, Living Our Purpose" (Giving Direction and Meaning in our 21st Century Lives).
Confirmation Class of 2008-09
Spring/Summer 2008
March 7:
Confirmation Kickoff - "What is Confirmation Anyway?" Parish House from 6:30 – 8:00
March:
Pizza with Peter Parish House
March 22: Easter Sleepover in the Parish House*
March 28: Chabad Jewish Center of Ridgefield
April Pizza with Peter
April 6: Buddhist Faith Fellowship Flower Festival Wesleyan**
May 3: Church Tag Sale Volunteer
May 4: Chinese Alliance Service at Brookfield Cong'l Church
May 18: Labyrinth Dedication
May: Pizza with Peter
July 13–19: Mission Trip to Philadelphia
August 15-17: Volunteer Time at our booth at the Bridgewater Fair
September through December: Sunday School Sessions
January through May: Service Project/Church Service/Conversations/Guest Speakers
Fall/Winter 2008
Sept 14: Homecoming Sunday
Sept 21: Walking the Labyrinth
Sept 28: Breakfast with the Bible.
Oct. 5 Worship scavenger hunt from your pew.
Oct. 12: Dissecting the worship service
Oct. 19: Death and Resurrection Session. After church we will hike at Steep Rock
Oct. 26: What’s Halloween have to do with religion?
Oct. 31: Trunk-or-Treat
Nov. 2: Saints and Gifts of our church; Plan Christmas Mission Event
Nov. 9: Ministry Continue working on implementing Christmas Mission Event
Nov.16: Pizza with Peter and the BIG THREE...God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit...or is it the Holy Ghost?
Nov. 23: Advent begins next Sunday...What are you waiting for this Advent?
Nov 30: Advent...Happy New Year!?!
Dec. Mission work
Dec 24: Christmas Eve Service of Lessons & Carols
January-May 2009
~Meet a member from each of our church committees
~Attend a committee meeting of your choice
~The differences in Christianity...i.e. Catholic, Episcopalian, Baptist
~Comparisons of Religions
~Guest speakers
~A class service project
~Confirmation!!
Winter/Spring 2009
March 1: Mardi Gras Celebration! Can all this partying have anything to do with Religion??
Apr. 5: Palm Sunday
Apr 5-10: Holy Week
April 12: Sunrise Service/ Easter Service
May 2: Confirmation Dinner
May 3: Confirmation
May 17: The Faith Journey Continues....Pizza with Peter
MENTORS
Please try to do something at least once a month with your confirmand. It’s all about spending time with each other, making a connection and developing a lasting relationship.
Mentors are welcome to any of the outside of classroom activities.
Notes on 2008 activities
* Easter Sleepover in the Parish House (March 22, 2008):
We are getting excited about the Easter Eve party and sleep-over for our confirmation class. We have lots of great things planned including pizza, movies, baking for sunrise service, decorating Easter eggs, a treasure hunt for prizes, and an Easteregg hunt. Please arrive by 6:30 PM and bring the following things with you: sleeping bag, pillow, warm clothes for Easter Sunrise Service, flashlight (for hunting for eggs), toiletries, camera (optional). On Easter morning we will walk to the pavilion and serve the scones that we have made. Parents may pick up either at the pavilion or the church (sunrise service is 6:45 AM), so pickup will be at approximately 8 AM. During the walk to the pavilion there will be an Easter egg hunt along the way. Confirmands may invite their mentors to stop by on Saturday night or to join us for the "hunt" on the way to sunrise service. We will be leaving the church by 6:15 AM. Please let Peter know if you are unable to attend. Think Spring and wish for warm weather!
** Buddhist Flower Festival (April 6, 2008):
We will leave the Bridgewater Congregational Church at 8:00am. We will meet our friends from the Brookfield Congregational Church in their parking lot by 8:30am to depart for the Buddhist Flower Festival at the Mansfield Freeman Center for East Asian Studies at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. Preparation: Please wear comfortable clothes (pants) and bring a fresh flower with you for the festival. You can learn more by visiting their web site: www.buddhistfaith.tripod.com/pureland_sangha or search: Wesleyan Buddhist Flower Festival. Sunday's festival will celebrate the story and significance of the historical Buddha's birth over 2600 years ago; including the washing of the baby Buddha and a flower offering. The discussion topic is "Born for a Purpose, Living Our Purpose" (Giving Direction and Meaning in our 21st Century Lives).