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For an overview of the Claim the Name confirmation program, scroll through the chart below. Click on the links or icons to find out more about each resource.
 
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Claiming the Name:
A Theological and Practical
Overview of Confirmation
Learn the "why" as well as the "what" and "how" of confirmation.

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Questions Parents Ask About Confirmation
An easy-to-read handbook for pastors to give to parents of confirmands.

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 Praises for Claim the Name
"Claim the Name is a fine resource for the young people of our church, whose deep interest in their Wesleyan heritage speaks volumes in a culture of homogenized folk religion. With these new publications in hand, we have no excuse not to hand on the fullness of the gospel as believed and practiced by the people called Methodists."

-David Lowes Watson,
Director of the Office of Pastoral Formation, Nashville Episcopal Area of The United Methodist Church

 

Grades 6-8
FOR LEADERS: THREE CHOICES
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Confirmation 8-Week Step-by-Step Teaching Plans

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Confirmation Teaching Plans for 6-15 Weeks

Choose this one if your church has a confirmation program up to fifteen weeks long. Adapt it for longer programs, if desired. New edition contains Claim the Name Student Book Leader Guide and Answer Key at no additional cost.

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Claim the Name:
Confirmation Teaching Plans for 39 weeks
Choose this one if your church desires a school-year-long confirmation program. Select among the topics to custom-make a shorter program, if you so desired. New edition contains Claim the Name Student Book, Leader Guide, and Answer Key at no additional cost.

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Claim the Name:
Student Book Leader Guide and Answer Key

Identifies which student book pages go with activities in both the 6-15 Week and the 39 Week Teaching Plans, gives several options of ways to use the student book, and provides answers to the information questions.

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FOR YOUTH:
Claim the Name: Student Book

Colorful, write-in workbook with activities related to all three teaching plans, the eight week, the 6-15 week and 39 week teaching plans; plus two bonus chapters: "A Brief History of 2,000 Years as the Church" and "Bible Significa," a learning game.

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Keepsake Books
Give out the five little books as keepsakes at specific points over the weeks.

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About That Name
(Christianity, the church, and confirmation)

What's in a Name?
(United Methodist heritage)

The Name I Claim
(To trust, to believe, to commit)

The Name Above All
(Sin, salvation, Jesus)

Proclaim the Name
(My confirmation)

  

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Multimedia Teaching Tools

Claim the Name Multimedia Teaching Tools provides Confirmation leaders with audio and visual aids that will help youth better understand United Methodist history, tradition, and principles

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A Visual Treasury of United Methodism
Show everyone the richness of our heritage and the excitement of the church today.

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TalkPoints for Mentors & Youth
Give them something to talk about that will have lasting effects.

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TalkPoints for Parents & Youth
Involve parents in meaningful ways with their son or daughter's confirmation program.

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Retreats for Continuing the Journey
Choose from four retreats especially for grades 6-8, or use all four!

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Teaching Plans for Including Youth With Special Needs

This downloadable resource provides material for use with groups of special- needs students in confirmation class or Sunday school class. 

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Grades 9-10


Praises for Claim the Name
"I like the format of Claim the Name. I think that it is especially appropriate for the age level. I have found that it doesn't require a lot of preparation. It is easy enough to read to not be burdensome, yet you have presented the meat of the doctrine. I especially like the way theological terms are presented-you explain the concept, then introduce the word."

Steve Chenoweth, Associate Pastor

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Retreats for Continuing the Journey

Choose from four retreats especially for grades 9-10, or use all four!

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Grades 11-12
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Faith Exploration for Older Youth and Young Adults
Provide an opportunity for older youth and young adults to re-examine the faith and renew their commitment. Confirmation is a repeatable rite.

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Retreats for Continuing the Journey
Choose from four retreats especially for grades 11-12, or use all four!

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