Rooted begins in the fall and runs each Sunday Morning during the 10:30AM service.
Rooted is our new confirmation ministry at HOPE Church for students in grades 8-10th. It is a two-year journey through the Old Testament and New Testament designed to help students know God's Word, ask good questions, and discover what it means to follow Jesus.
Why change Confirmation?
We believe students need more than information about Christianity. They need the tools and confidence to engage their faith for themselves.
Rooted is designed to help students:
Know how to engage God’s Word
Wrestle with real questions about their faith and about the Bible
Connect Scripture to their everyday lives
Keep growing in faith long after Rooted is over
The 3 R’s of Rooted
Relationship with Each Other
You’ll build relationships with the other Rooted students and have the opportunity to grow together along the way.
Relationship with Adults & Peer Mentors
You will get to know some of the adults and older students here at HOPE, including both staff and volunteers.
Relationship with Jesus
A relationship with Jesus is the most important relationship you will ever consider. In Rooted you will be encouraged and challenged to enter into a personal relationship with God through Jesus Christ and grow in your relationship with Him. Our desire is that you would know how deeply He loves you and that you would grow in your love for Him.
What kind of stuff will we do?
Memorization
Yes, you get to do the memory work! It is good for the brain and good for your life. Memorizing God’s Word is really a great privilege -honest.
Writing
This will help us learn better about ourselves in God’s story. The focus will be reflection in our faith journey not academic perfection. We will, however, stress academic integrity.
Questions
Most weeks we will ask a tough question together and learn how to search the Bible for answers together in small groups. We will close with a short teaching from the Bible and discuss what we learned.
Encouragement
We want Rooted to be a place where people feel known, supported, and encouraged. We’ll look for opportunities to encourage one another, celebrate each other’s wins, and be there when things are hard.
Prayer
Prayer is not simply something we learn about; it is something we do. As we grow in our relationship with God, we will learn to seek Him through prayer and make it a regular part of our lives.
Teaching & Discussion
Each week, we’ll spend time learning about who God is and what He says about you. Our goal isn’t simply for you to learn the “right” answers or repeat things back to us, but to genuinely know God and understand how much you matter to Him. There is so much to discover about who God is, and we’re excited to explore that together as we learn how knowing Him shapes the way we live and follow Him.
The Bible
Our main resource is the Bible. It is an amazing collection of books given to us by God! It is unlike any other book, and our hope is that all of us will learn how to read it, understand it, and use it well to shape the way we live.
Rooted Schedule
Every Week:
10:30am: Welcome & Practice Memory Work Together
– Start with a question and a list of Scriptures
– Dive into Scripture
– Come back together for teaching
11:30am: Rooted Ends
September 13: Rooted (Children’s Center)
September 20: Rooted (Children’s Center)
September 27: Rooted (Children’s Center)
October 4: Rooted (Youth Center)
October 11: NO ROOTED (Youth Fall Retreat)
October 18: Rooted (Youth Center)
October 25: Rooted (Youth Center)
November 1: Rooted (Youth Center)
November 8: Rooted (Youth Center)
November 15: Rooted (Youth Center)
November 22: Rooted (Youth Center)
November 29: Rooted (Youth Center)
December 6: Rooted (Youth Center)
December 13: Rooted (Youth Center)
December 20: Rooted (Youth Center)
December 27: NO CONFIRMATION (Christmas Week)
January 3: Rooted (Youth Center)
January 10: Rooted (Youth Center)
January 17: Rooted (Youth Center)
January 24: Rooted (Youth Center)
January 31: Rooted (Youth Center)
February 7: Rooted (Youth Center)
February 14: Rooted (Youth Center)
February 21: Rooted (Youth Center)
February 28: Rooted (Youth Center)
March 7: Rooted (Youth Center)
March 14:Rooted (Youth Center)
March 21: Rooted (Youth Center)
March 28: NO CONFIRMATION (Easter)
April 4: Rooted (Youth Center)
April 11: Rooted (Youth Center)
April 18: Rooted (Youth Center)
April 25: Rooted (Youth Center)
April 29: Rooted (Youth Center)
May 2: Rooted (Youth Center)
May 9: Rooted (Youth Center)
May 15: Rooted Celebration Weekend
9am-12pm: All Student Rehearsal
12pm-2pm: Families invited for a meal and Student Memory PresentationMay 16: Rooted Celebration during both morning services
If you have any questions about Rooted, please contact Mia Tobiason at mtobiason@gfhope.org
Troian Hartwell at tHartwell@gfhope.org or the office at hope@gfhope.org or 701.772.1884