Confirmation

   When persons who were baptized as infants are ready to profess their Christian faith, they participate in the service, which United Methodism now calls Confirmation. This occasion is not an entrance into Church membership, for this was accomplished through baptism. It is the first public affirmation of the grace of God in one's baptism and the acknowledgment of one's acceptance of that grace by faith. This moment includes all the elements of conversion-repentance of sin, surrender and death of self, trust in the saving grace of God, new life in Christ, and becoming an instrument of God's purpose in the world. The profession of Christian faith, to be celebrated in the midst of the worshiping congregation, should include the voicing of baptismal vows as a witness to faith and the opportunity to give testimony to personal Christian experience. (http://www.umc.org/site/c.lwL4KnN1LtH/b.1697421/k.65F6/Confirmation_Overview.htm)

   FUMC has Confirmation classes for youth at various times. Please see the Youth Director for more information.

Communion

   We invite young children to receive Communion! As The United Methodist Book of Worship puts it, "All who intend to lead a Christian life, together with their children, are invited to receive the bread and cup." We remember that when some of Jesus' disciples tried to keep children away from him he said: "Let the little children come to me; do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs" (Mark 10:14 NRSV).  United_Methodists_and_Communion_Some_Questions_and_Answers.htm