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| l. to r.: Anna Ivanov, Abby Warner, Sofia Geminetti, Samuel DiPalma, Langston McArthur, Nathan Anderson |
Confirmation started in September and met on Wednesday nights until the end of March. We had the awesome opportunity to partner with Faith Community Church to do a joint confirmation class.
Six students from Hebron (pictured above) and two students from Faith (Joe Mitlo and Benjamin Davidson) made the decision (after weeks of classes, memory work, a test on the Gospel of Mark, volunteering at PitCare, and writing a statement of faith) to confirm their faith in Jesus by joining the church. On March 27 the students stood in front of the elders of both Faith Community and Hebron to read their statements. They talked about what they believe about who the Father is, who Jesus is, who the Holy Spirit is, what the Bible is, who/what the Church is and how they started to believe. The elders of Faith Community and Hebron welcomed the students as members into the body of believers. It was an amazing night watching God’s Church work together as one, encouraging students in their faith.
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| Jay Mitlo, Pastor of Faith Community Church, gives a word of encouragement to the 2017 Confirmation Class |
On April 2 at the 10:45 service our six new family members were introduced to the congregation. We know that God uses people to show Jesus to others, so we were very thankful for the work of Bill and Sherill Martin as they taught this year’s confirmation class, proclaiming the Word of truth into students’ lives. We also wish to thank the leaders for patiently walking alongside of students and pointing them to Jesus (Erika Geminetti, John Sciullo, Hunter Mitlo, Ian Slippy, and Gia Zazzera). God used these teachers and leaders to change students’ lives and He uses you, as a congregation, as you continue to pray that God would use Hebron students to show Himself to the world.
We believe that God will use these students in amazing ways; and we want to AFFIRM who they are in Christ to help them MOBILIZE their faith into action and confirmation is a big part of that. Thank you for your support and care as God continues to show up in mighty ways in the lives of students.
