Education Hour
Join us on Sunday mornings from 9:00am - 9:45am for our rotating classes on various aspects of Christianity such as Scripture, Theology, Church History, and Anglicanism.
Confirmation Syllabus
The Place for Confirmation in Discipleship
Discipleship for Christians is not an optional add-on, but part of the DNA of the Christian life. It begins at birth, if you were born in a Christian family and baptized as an infant, and it continues until you leave this earth or Christ returns in glory.
Much of Christian teaching and learning takes place in the family and is to be backed up by the various forms of Church school for both young and old. One part of this ongoing discipleship is Confirmation, which involves teaching the basics of what a Christian should know, based on the Catechism. The Catechism can well be used in appropriate ways at all stages of our discipleship-but does have a particular place in preparation for those to be confirmed by the Bishop, assisted by parents, god-parents, and the entire congregation.
Should a congregation have the will to take discipleship seriously then it will also take Confirmation seriously, and keep careful records of who has been confirmed and who has not, lets we send our sheep out among wolves only to be slaughtered. – Bishop John H. Rodgers Jr.
Course Description and Goals
This course offers an opportunity for non-Christians to learn the essentials of faith and put their trust in Jesus as Lord. It offers the opportunity for Christians who have never been confirmed or received into the Anglican communion to be confirmed or received. It also offers ongoing discipleship to Christians already in the Anglican tradition. For the latter group, the course will provide refreshments and clarifications of theological truths. All attendees should expect to learn some new theological insights, because every catechist (teacher) presents these essential topics of the Christian faith through his or her own unique God-given teaching style.
I. Attendance
Members of the course planning to be confirmed or received will be expected to attend all of the classes. Life will inevitably get in the way and some attendees will need to miss a class from time to time. You may miss 25% of the classes (4 classes) and still be confirmed or received. We will be attempting to record each session so that absences can be made up, but technology doesn’t always cooperate.
II. Memorization
Traditionally confirmands have been required to memorize creeds, prayers and texts that are essential to our lives as Christians. As part of our time together we will be memorizing the items listed below.
1. The Apostles’ or Nicene Creed - October 12
2. The Lord's Prayer – October 26
3. The Ten Commandments – November 16
4. CASKET EMPTY or similar mnemonic device for the metanarrative of Scripture – January 25
5. Present The Gospel in 2-3 minutes as if someone who didn’t know it were asking you. – February 15
6. The Comfortable Words (Matt 11:28; John 3:16; 1 Tim 1:15; 1 John 2:1-2) – March 1
III. Course Books
All books are recommended, but not required for the course. Every Anglican should own at least one Book of Common Prayer. The 2019 BCP is not sold on Amazon. You’ll need to go to Anglican House Publishers to purchase one.
2019 Book of Common Prayer
1662 IVP Book of Common Prayer
To Be a Christian: An Anglican Catechism
New City Catechism: Devotional
Additional books, articles, and other resources will be mentioned and recommended throughout the course.
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September 28 – God and Creation I
Our Holy Triune God
ACNA Catechism Q 137: What is confirmation?
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October 5 - God and Creation II
Article I of the 39 Articles – Of faith in the Holy Trinity
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October 12 - Fall, and The Law I
New City Catechism Q's 7-19
October 19 - Fall, and The Law II
ACNA Catechism Q's 310, 329, 320, 357 - Murder, Adultery, Sexuality, Chastity, and God's Law
10 Commandments Memorization
Do Christians Have to Obey the Old Testament Laws?

Article IX of the 39 Articles - Of Original or Birth Sin
October 26 – Christ, Redemption, Grace I
New City Catechism Q's 20-29
ACNA Q's 107 (Forgiveness) and 56 (Mary the Theotokos - God-bearer)
Article II of the 39 Articles – Of the Word or Son of God, which was made very man
November 2 – Christ, Redemption, Grace II
Chalcedonian Creed/Definition
ACNA Catechism Q 2 - What is the Gospel?
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Nov 9 - Christ, Redemption, Grace III
New City Catechism Q’s 25 - 31
Article XVIII of the 39 Articles – Of obtaining eternal salvation only by the name of Christ
ACNA Catechism Q's 80 and 116 - judgement and the resurrection
Article III of the 39 Articles – Of the going down of Christ into Hell
Article IV of the 39 Articles – Of the resurrection of Christ
November 16 – Scripture, Creeds, and Confessions I
CASKET EMPTY
Article VI of the 39 Articles – Of the sufficiency of the Holy Scriptures for salvation
Sola Scriptura - Scripture Alone
Article VII of the 39 Articles – Of the Old Testament
ACNA Catechism Q's 29 and 30 - The inspiration of Holy Scripture
J. I. Packer: Don’t Like the Term Biblical “Inerrancy”? Fine. But What about the Concepts?
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November 23 - Scripture, Creeds, and Confessions II
What is the Apocrypha?
Read: Sirach 50:22-24, Sirach 42:14, I Esdras 3, and 3 Maccabees
ACNA Catechism Q's 18 and 19 - Creeds
Article VIII of the 39 Articles - Which creeds has this church received?
College of Bishops Resolution Concerning the Nicene Creed (BCP 768) - Filioque clause
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January 18 – Justification and Sanctification
NCC Q’s 32 - 35
Article IX of the 39 Articles - Of original or Birth-Sin
Article X of the 39 Articles - Of free-will
Article XI of the 39 Articles - Of the justification of man
Sola fide - Faith Alone
Do Paul & James Disagree on Justification
Article XII of the 39 Articles - Of good works
January 25 – Justification and Sanctification II
Article XIII of the 39 Articles - Of works before justification
Article XIV of the 39 Articles - Of works of supererogation
Sola Gratia - Grace Alone
Article XV of the 39 Articles Of Christ alone without sin
Solus Cristus - Christ Alone
February 1 – The Holy Spirit, Prayer, and Sacraments I
New City Catechism Q’s 36 - 47
ACNA Catechism Q's 121, 123, 129, 124, 125 - sacraments
Article V of the 39 Articles - Of the Holy Ghost
Article XXIV of the 39 Articles - Of speaking in the congregation in such a tongue as the people understandeth
Article XXV of the 39 Articles - Of the Sacraments
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February 8 – The Holy Spirit, Prayer, and Sacraments II
ACNA Catechism Q 146 and 147 - Marriage
XXVI of the 39 Articles - Of the Unworthiness of the Ministers, which hinders not the effect of the sacrament
XXVII of the 39 Articles - Of Baptism
Infant baptism vows from liturgy (BCP 163-165)
J.C. Ryle on Baptism & Regeneration
Martin Luther, "Concerning Rebaptism" (1528)
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February 15 - The Holy Spirit, Prayer, and Sacraments III
XXVIII of the 39 Articles - Of the Lord’s Supper
XXIX of the 39 Articles - Of the wicked which eat not the body of Christ in the use of the Lord’s Supper
XXX of the 39 Articles - Of both kinds
XXXI of the 39 Articles - Of the one oblation of Christ finished upon the cross
February 22 – The Church, Anglicanism, and Life Everlasting I
NCC Q’s 48 - 52
ACNA Q 119 – What do you know about the unending resurrected life of believers?
ACNA Q 120 – How should you live in light of this promise of unending life?
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March 1 – The Church, Anglicanism, and Life Everlasting II
Why Anglicanism?
Rooted, Reformational, Roomy
Fundamental Declarations of the Province
Article: Staying Put (First Things)
Article: Protestant & Catholic: What’s the Difference? (TGC)
March 8 - The Church, Anglicanism, and Life Everlasting III
Confirmation liturgy
The Anglican Formularies
The rest of The 39 Articles
Rule of Life & Serving Christ’s Church
Soli Deo Gloria - Glory to God Alone