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Communion before Confirmation
Pre Meeting - with Parent (or supporting adult) and Child
To include
 a brief outline of the coursefind out why the child wants to take communion before confirmationworking out a suitable time to a course to run that suits all partieschecking the child fits all the criteriaTopic 1 Communion: What's it all about?
Topic 2 Belonging to God's Family
Topic 3 The Bible
Topic 4 Praying
Topic 5 Church
Topic 6 Communion: How?
10 min. homework to do with parent … so parent / supporting adult is involved
Homework to do with supportive adult is
After pre meeting….find your copy of your baptism certificate and photocopy it. Find the names of all your godparents.
Topic 1 Ask supportive adult `When did you first take communion?' Topic 2 Ask supportive adult `if they've ever chosen to do the right thing, even when its hard, because they are part of God's family.'Topic 3 Ask supportive adult `What's your favourite part of the Bible?'Topic 4 Ask supportive adult `What do you pray for?' `When do you pray?' Topic 5 Ask supportive adult `What the best thing about our church?'Topic 6 Ask supportive adult `to chat with you about 3 things you've found out on the course'First Communion
Follow up meeting … what now? A chance to re-emphasise commitment to coming to church, and find out how they felt first communion had gone. This is an attempt to build strong links with the family and church.
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