2021-2022 Confirmation Schedule and Memory Work
Memory work is DUE on the date listed below
September 2021
8th
No Memory Work - Introduction Night
15th
1st Commandment - You shall have no other gods.
What Does This Mean? We should fear, love, and trust in God above all things.
Genesis 50:20 - As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.
22nd
2nd Commandment - You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God.
What Does This Mean? (Part 1) We should fear and love God so that we do not curse, swear, use satanic arts, lie, or deceive by His name
Genesis 1:26 - Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
29th
What Does This Mean? (Part 2) but call upon it in every trouble, pray, praise, and give thanks.
Exodus 20:2 - “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.”
October 2021
6th
3rd Commandment Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.
What Does This Mean? We should fear and love God so that we do not despise preaching and His Word, but hold it sacred and gladly hear and learn it.
Deuteronomy 6:4 - “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.”
13th
4th Commandment Honor your father and your mother.
What Does This Mean? (Part 1) We should fear and love God so that we do not despise or anger our parents and other authorities,
Mark 2:27 - And he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.”
20th
No Confirmation - PIR Days
27th
Ephesians 2:8-9 - For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
November 2021
3rd
Romans 5:1 - Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we
have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
10th
What Does This Mean? (Part 2) but honor them, serve and obey them, love and cherish them.
Romans 13:1 - Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.
17th
No Memory Work - Review Night
24th
No Confirmation - Happy Thanksgiving!
December 2021
1st
5th Commandment You shall not murder.
What Does This Mean? We should fear and love God so that we do not hurt or harm our neighbor in his body, but help and support him in every physical need.
Matthew 5:22 - But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to the hell of fire.
8th
6th Commandment You shall not commit adultery.
What Does This Mean? We should fear and love God so that we lead a sexually pure and decent life in what we say and do, and husband and wife love and honor each other.
Matthew 5:28 - But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
15th
7th Commandment You shall not steal.
What Does This Mean? (Part 1) We should fear and love God so that we do not take our neighbor’s money or possessions, or get them in any dishonest way,
Ephesians 4:28 - Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need.
22nd
No Confirmation - Merry Christmas!
29th
No Confirmation - Happy New Year!
January 2021
5th
What Does This Mean? (Part 2) but help him to improve and protect his possessions and income.
Matthew 5:37 - Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil.
12th
8th Commandment You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
What Does This Mean? (Part 1) We should fear and love God so that we do not tell lies about our neighbor, betray him, slander him, or hurt his reputation,
Romans 12:15 - Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.
19th
What Does This Mean? (Part 2) but defend him, speak well of him, and explain everything in the kindest way.
Luke 10:27 - And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.”
26th
9th Commandment You shall not covet your neighbor’s house.
What Does This Mean? (Part 1) We should fear and love God so that we do not scheme to get our neighbor’s inheritance or house, or get it in a way which only appears right,
Romans 6:23 - For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
February 2022
2nd
No Confirmation - Ash Wednesday
9th
What Does This Mean? (Part 2) but help and be of service to him in keeping it.
1 John 4:10 - In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
16th
10th Commandment You shall not cover your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.
What Does This Mean? (Part 1) We should fear and love God so that we do not entice or force away our neighbor’s wife, workers, or animals,
Genesis 3:15 - “I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.”
23rd
What Does This Mean? (Part 2) or turn them against him, but urge them to stay and do their duty.
Genesis 6:5 - The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
March 2022
2nd
Luther’s Morning Prayer (Part 1) I thank You, my Heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Your dear Son, that You have kept me this night from all harm and danger; and I pray that You would keep me this day also from sin and every evil, that all my doings and life may please You.
Genesis 12:2 - And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
9th
Luther’s Morning Prayer (Part 2) For into Your hands I commend myself, my body and soul, and all things. Let Your holy angel be with me, that the evil foe may have no power over me. Amen.
Genesis 21:5 - Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.
16th
Luther’s Evening Prayer (Part 1) I thank You, my Heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Your dear Son, that You have graciously kept me this day, and I pray that You would to forgive me all my sins, where I have done wrong, and graciously keep me this night.
Exodus 7:5 - The Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I stretch out my hand against Egypt and bring out the people of Israel from among them.”
23rd
No Confirmation - Spring Break
30th
Luther’s Evening Prayer (Part 2) For into Your hands I commend myself, my body and soul, and all things. Let Your holy angel be with me, that the evil foe may have no power over me. Amen.
Judges 17:6 - In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
April 2022
6th
No Memory Work - Review Night
13th
No Confirmation - Happy Easter
20th
Confirmation IS Meeting - No Memory Work
27th
Confirmation IS Meeting - No Memory Work
May 2022
4th
Confirmation IS Meeting - No Memory Work
11th
Confirmation IS Meeting - No Memory Work
18th
Pizza Party Night @ Powder Keg!!!