Confifmation

All of you (8th graders) just had your confirmation retreats. Which as it looked like, was the time of your life. I don't know if any of you noticed this, but you all made allot of progress throughout the day. When you first came in you were not very energetic, and didn't even want to dance. However you started to slowly but surely gain energy (i think allot of this occurred durring the ski race). However most importantly many of you began to open the door to Jesus. In my group especially, many of you opened up and shared many stories about your faith. Which i beleved started to grow. This occored at both retreats, and i am proud to say that many of you told me and other leaders that you plan to come back and help after you make your confirmation. That is exacly what i wanted to hear because, as you all know your formal religiious education is coming to an end very shortly. And I am afraid to say that for many of you your church experince ends after confirmation. Which saddens me, because Church can be a fun place as you all learned yesterday. (if you had the time of your life yesterday, come to our youth group monday nights from 7-9 in the old church). However as I explained in my talk, fun is not always everything, and church can be a great tool to help you stay on the right path in life. The church can be there for you to help you with any difficulty you are facing in your life. So i am praying that this you do not end your church experince after your confirmations, but rather let it be a beggining point not an end for your spiritual experience.