Week of June 30
Confirmation Preview
Parents of 7th, 8th, and 9th graders – mark your calendars! Sunday night, July 14, at 6:00pm we will be hosting a Confirmation Preview. We want to share with you our vision for confirmation moving forward here at Atonement, and get your feedback.
Some of this will mean dealing with details – things like how we will start to adjust the ages of confirmands from primarily 8th and 9th graders down to 7th and 8th graders… and like moving confirmation from Sundays at noon to Sunday evenings (ideas we’ve already heard some support for). And we plan to have a tentative schedule for the coming year to share with you, because we know some of you like to plan ahead!
We also want to share some other fun things we plan to integrate into our confirmation and youth experiences on Sunday nights – which includes more FUN activities, as well as more opportunities to make a difference for those around us.
Most importantly, we want to connect with you and share with you why and how we hope to help you connect more deeply with your youth, and with God. We believe the home is the most important, and most effective, place for growth in the faith to happen… and we believe it is easier than it sounds.
If you can’t be with us on July 14, we will share an update about what happened that night after the event. We are also planning on another preview night for adults and youth later in August. If you can make it, we hope you do come both to learn about the plans for this fall as well as to share your input!
Sunday night, July 14, at 6:00pm. We look forward to seeing you there!
God’s Peace,
Pastor Gene and Sarah
Our youth and leaders are getting so excited to attend the ELCA Youth Gathering in New Orleans this July! We now know our hotel is on Bourbon Street - how fun - and that we'll have a little extra time to see some of the amazing things this city has to offer. We appreciate all of your prayers and support as we get ready to go. Stay tuned for more details as we get closer to going!
We will be doing a service trip to Minneapolis this summer. We’ll be leaving Sunday, July 21st, and after a short van ride, will be attending a Brewers game in Minneapolis. After the game, we’ll arrive at our ‘home’ for the next few days in the Twin Cities. After days of service through Youthworks Monday and Tuesday, we’ll head back to Muskego on Wednesday the 24th.
NEW Church Management Program-REALM
You should have received an email invitation to join our new church directory and management program, Realm. This email is coming through Realm. If you can’t find your email invitation, you can also sign up here. Realm is going to be our one-stop shop for Atonement info--join today and get the Realm app, too (Click here for iOS and click here for Android)