Middle School

During the Middle School years, we encourage our youth to begin to claim their faith and prepare them for their confirmation class. To that end, we provide strong adult leadership to help them explore Christian self-identity and personal relationship with God; be able to express the doubts and concerns about matters of faith; and begin the process of growing into their baptism. This class is called “Rite-13” because the young people turn 13 years of age sometime during this two year class.

Rite-13 begins by helping the youth focus on themselves and others in the group. It moves on from there to cover the Bible, the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer, types and forms of prayer, Images of God, Compassion, and Acts of Mercy, Faith and Trust. By the end of this course, the students are ready to move on to the Confirmation Class.