What an impact those men had on their generation and on our lives. Without God there is no future because God has already created the future. Baptism represents new life. Confirmation represents new life. New life means we believe in the future because God is already there.
Confirmation is more than just new life.
Throughout church history and even the traditions of this church, the emphasis and content of confirmation has changed. Instruction is very important to understanding faith. As ordained pastors, Bob Coleman and I are mandated by our Book of Discipline to admonish the congregation and the parents of children presented for baptism of their responsibility for Christian nurture of the child. It is our duty, all of us, to provide training for the children of the church throughout their childhood and to keep accurate records of children on the preparatory roles. We are to lead them to a personal commitment to Jesus Christ as Lord and savior, to an understanding of the Christian faith and to an appreciation of the privilege and obligation of baptism and membership.