Here We Stand Confirmation

Ground-breaking Lutheran confirmation

Why choose Here We Stand Confirmation?

Online planning tool

Uses an innovative online planning tool to help the confirmation leader quickly plan and prepare for each lesson.
Make connections with others

Materials support relationship-building between students and mentors.
Lutheran Study Bible

The Student Book references Lutheran Study Bible (NRSV), which features introductions, maps, notes, and articles.
Affordable for congregations

The only purchases you make are your subscription, based on average weekly confirmation attendance, and one Student Book and Lutheran Study Bible per student.

How it works

Gather, teach, connect, send

Each lesson follows the same basic pattern, which models the familiar pattern for worship—gathering, word, meal, sending.

GATHER: Look at today’s Bible text, lesson focus, big question, key words, and opening prayer.
TEACH: Open the Bible and Small Catechism with students.
CONNECT: Start with the group connection to make life applications, and continue on with the Student Sheet activities for Bible, cartoon, Student Book, and life connections.
SEND: Conclude with a wrap-up, closing prayer, and blessing.

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Scope and sequence

Here We Stand offers sessions in three flexible units. Download the two-year or three-year scope and sequence.

Getting Started with the Bible

Luke 1:4; John 1:1-14; John 20:31; 21:24; Romans 15:4;
2 Timothy 3:16-17

Creation

Genesis 1–2

The Human Condition

Genesis 3–4

The Flood

Genesis 6–9

Abraham and Sarah

Genesis 12:1-3; 13:14-16;
15:18-20; 17:1-5, 15

Sarah, Hagar, and Abraham

Genesis 12:1-4a, 10-20; 15:1-6; 16–18; 21:1-21

Isaac and Rebecca

Genesis 22:1-18; 24:10-53,
62-67; 25:1-18

Jacob and Esau

Genesis 25:19-34; 27:1-45; 28:10-22; 32:22—33:4

Joseph

Genesis 37–50

Moses' Birth and Call

Exodus 2; 3:1-12; 4:1-17

Moses and Pharaoh

Exodus 2:23-24; 5:1-9; 6:1-9; 7:14—12:32; 12:33-42;
14:21-31

Wilderness to Land

Exodus 16:1-15;
Joshua 24:14-18;
Deuteronomy 6:4-9

The Ten Commandments

Exodus 20

Judges

Judges 4; 13:1-7; 15:4-5,
9-16; 16

Ruth

Ruth 1–4

Samuel and Saul

1 Samuel 3:1-10; 8:4-9; 19-22; 9:27—10:1; 10:10; 15:26-28

King David

1 Samuel 16–17; 18:10-16;
2 Samuel 2:1-7; 5:1-10; 7:1-17;
Isaiah 9:6-7

David and Nathan

2 Samuel 11:14-27; 12:1-25

Solomon

1 Kings 3:5-28; 4:29-34;
5:10-12; 6:12-13; 7

A Split Kingdom

1 Kings 11–12; 2 Chronicles 33; Amos 6:1-7

Exile and Return

Ezekiel 5:5-8; 36:22-32; Zechariah 1:1-6

Esther

Esther 3:1—8:8

Prophets of Israel

1 Kings 11:1-13; Amos 1:1;
5:21-24; 8:1-18; Hosea 1:1-9; 4:1-3; Jeremiah 11:18-23;
15:15-21

Prophets of Judah

Isaiah 5:1-7; 9:2-7; 10:1-2;
1:16-20; Jeremiah 31:31-34;
7:1-15, 23-26

Daniel

Daniel 1, 3, 6

Job

Job 1:1; 2:11-13; 9:2; 41:12-34

Psalms of Praise

Psalms 100, 111, 117, 150

Psalms for Help and Trust

Psalms 22, 23, 74, 121

Psalms of Creation

Psalms 8, 19, 104, 139

Proverbs

Proverbs 1:7; 2:1-6; 3:1-6

Song of Solomon and Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes 1:1-11; 3:1-14; 4:9-12; 11:7-9; 12:9-13; Song of Solomon 5:9—6:3

Uncomplicating the Bible

Leviticus 19:18; Deuteronomy 6:4-9; Matthew 5:27-30; Luke 10:25-37; John 20:30-31; Romans 15:4

The Annunciation

Luke 1:26-56

The Birth of Jesus

Luke 2:1-20

The Magi

Matthew 2:1-23

Simeon and Anna

Luke 2:21-38

The Wilderness Temptations

Luke 4:1-15; Matthew 4:1-11; Mark 1:12-13

Jesus’ Nazareth Sermon

Luke 4:14-30; Matthew
13:54-58; Mark 6:1-6

Jesus Calls the First Disciples

Mark 1:14-20; Luke 5:1-11

The Beatitudes

Luke 6:20-26; Matthew 5:3-12; Luke 4:18-19

The Gerasene Demoniac

Luke 8:26-39; Matthew
8:28-34; Mark 5:1-20

The Feeding of the Five Thousand

Luke 9:10-17; Matthew
14:13-21; Mark 6:32-41;
John 6:1-14

The Transfiguration

Matthew 17:1-8; Mark 9:2-8; Luke 9:28-36

The Sending of the 70

Luke 10:1-16; Matthew
8:19-22; Mark 10:7-16

Healing the Bent-Over Woman

Luke 13:10-17

Zacchaeus

Luke 19:1-11

The Good Samaritan

Luke 10:25-37

Parables of Lost and Found

Luke 15

The Rich Man and Lazarus

Luke 16:19-31

Sheep and Goats

Matthew 25:31-46

The Parable of the Vineyard

Luke 20:9-19; Matthew
21:33-46; Mark 12:1-12

The Last Supper

Matthew 26:20-29; Mark 14:12-16; Luke 22:14-38

The Crucifixion

Matthew 27; Mark 15;
Luke 23; John 19

The Resurrection

John 19–20

The Road to Emmaus

Luke 24:13-35

Pentecost

Acts 2:1-21; John 14:25-28

The Baptism of the Ethiopian

Acts 8:26-40

The Call of Saul

Acts 7:58—8:1; 9:1-30

The Philippians Hymn

Philippians 2:1-13

The Love Hymn

1 Corinthians 13

Paul and the Resurrection

1 Corinthians 15

The Book of Revelation

Revelation 1:1-11; 21:1-4; 22

Martin Luther and the Reformation

Matthew 16:13-20; Luke 4:18-19; Romans 3:21-26; Ephesians 2:8-9

Introduction to the Commandments

Deuteronomy 30:15-20; John 15:8-17; Joel 2:12-14

Exploring the Commandments: Part One

Exodus 3:13-15; 32:1-20; Leviticus 25:1-12; Isaiah 43:1-7

Exploring the Commandments: Part Two

John 2:1-12; Matthew 5:17-48; 2 Samuel 11:1-27

Exploring the Commandments: Part Three

Luke 16:19-31; 1 Kings 3:16-28

Exploring the Commandments: Part Four

Matthew 6:19-21

Law + Gospel and Sinner + Saint

Romans 5:1-11; Matthew 22:34-40

Love Your Neighbor

Luke 10:29-37; Matthew
5:43-47

Stewardship of Creation

Genesis 1:28-31; 3:17-20; Psalm 148; Romans 8:18-25; Revelation 5:11-14; 22:1-5

Stewardship of Money

Matthew 6:1-4, 19-21;
2 Corinthians 9:6-15;
Luke 11:37-42; 1 Timothy
6:6-10

World Religions

Genesis 17:1-7; 21:1-21; Isaiah 11:1-10; Matthew 15:21-28; Acts 10:1-35

Christian Denominations

Matthew 16:13-20; John 17:6-21; Ephesians 2:1-22

Serving Others through Vocation

Colossians 3:12-17

Theology of the Cross and Theology of Glory

1 Corinthians 2:1-13

Connecting with God through Prayer

Psalms 23; 51; 150;
Luke 11:1-13

Forgiveness

Matthew 6:9-15; 18:23-35; Mark 11:25; Luke 23:34a; Colossians 3:13

Lutheran Worship Practices

Exodus 8:1; Colossians
3:15-17; 2 Samuel 6:14-15

Saved by Grace through Faith

Ephesians 2:8-9; John 3:17; Acts 6:8; 7:54-60

Sharing Your Faith

Acts 16:11-15; John 3:1-17; Matthew 28:16-19

Creed Overview

Deuteronomy 6:4; Mark 12:28-34

Exploring Article One

Genesis 1:1—2:25

Exploring Article Two

Matthew 1:18-25

Exploring Article Three

John 14:15-17; Acts 2:1-13

The Greatest Prayer

Matthew 6:5-15

God’s Kingdom and Will

Luke 1:46-55; 17:20-21; Mark 14:32-36

God Gives and Forgives

Exodus 12; 16; Matthew
18:23-34; Luke 6:35-36;
22:14-23

Temptation, Trial, and Deliverance

Luke 4:1-15; 11:1-4; Exodus 15:1-18; Matthew 6:9-13;
1 Chronicles 29:11-13

The Sacrament of Baptism

Matthew 3:1-17; Mark
16:15-16; Matthew 28:19-20; Colossians 3:1-14

Word with Water

Matthew 28:16-20; Genesis
6–9; 2 Kings 5:1-14;
Romans 6:3-11

The Sacrament of Communion

Exodus 12:1-36; Matthew 26:17-29; Luke 22:19-20

Take and Eat

John 6:48-51

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