I just incurred the wrath of my 2nd year Confirmation class by telling them that they had to pass a Confirmation test to be confirmed. They get a re-take if they don’t pass it the first time and I promised that it wasn’t going to be wicked hard. I want to basically know that they learned something in Confirmation and have the information to make the choice about whether or not they want to be confirmed.

I told them what a third of the points are going to be: the Lord’s Prayer, the 10 Commandments, the Apostle’s Creed, and “who is Jesus/why is He important?” (If they can’t answer those questions, I cannot confirm them with a clear conscience. Those are, like, the BARE ESSENTIALS of Lutheranism.) The rest will be short ID’s on people (Noah, Mary, Abraham, Adam, Eve, Paul…), terms (baptism, confirmation, Holy Spirit, Trinity…), and Holy Days (Easter, Pentecost, Good Friday…). There will also be questions like “how are we saved” (by grace through faith) and stuff on things they should know as Christians.

Anything else I should ask? 🙂