I am such a geek for moments like this... but we had to take a photo op with Mr. John Wesley (aka Reverend Bert Kite, our District Superintendent) and our 2013 Confirmation class this morning! I mean how many confirmation classes get a visit from the one and only John Wesley, founder of the Methodist movement?!?!?!
Not enough or too many depending on who you ask! ha ha!
There you have it: 18 new members of the Body of Christ hanging out with the John Wesley who challenged them on making the decision for faith as being the biggest decision they will ever make; invited them to live lives of personal and social holiness; and told them amazing stories about his life and field preaching.
It was awesome!!!!
At least to me (it was awesome) but then I am a complete goober when it comes to church history, Methodism and who we are today and United Methodists. Yes, it was my bright idea to invite our District Superintendent (who by the way has been doing this impersonation preaching/teaching ministry for the past 20 years) to teach our confirmands and then also to stay and preach for the morning.
What warmed my heart even more was the joy of sharing this with previous confirmands (our 7th through 12th graders) who joined us for class this morning! Here are our older students in a photo op with John Wesley!
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Hey- I'll do anything to change up the experience of confirmation and make it better! Or at least different! :)
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Did Bert see these? He should add these to his collection!
We will be sending these to Bert in his Thank You Card from the class!
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