Early Teens & Middle School

Students

5th & 6th Grade students meet for Bible Study in SC Classroom 196 to walk through key stories and concepts of Scripture throughout the year in experiential ways! For more information, email Audrey Duensing-Werner.

Parents

5th & 6th Grade parents are encouraged to join the Parent Bible Study in the Student Center classroom 198. For more information, email Audrey Duensing-Werner.

Students

Confirmation Instruction is an important milestone in the life of a 7^th-8^th grader. It’s a natural step in a student’s life to grow and nurture their spiritual development in a more significant way and to learn and understand the Biblical narratives and how they are a part of God’s great story. At Gloria Dei we offer two-year Confirmation Instruction during the school year from 9:45am-10:45am in the Student Center Gym.  For more information, email Audrey Duensing-Werner.

Parents

For those of you that have been a part of Gloria Dei’s Confirmation Instruction in the past, we have changed it up a bit and although it will look a little different, it will still offer great teaching, parent/student faith talk conversations, and small group connections.  Beginning this fall, we’ll be joining both 7^th and 8^th graders together, along with their parent(s). We have designed the ministry to be an A year and a B year. During our A year (2023-2024), we walk through the Catechism and the Doctrine of the Lutheran Church.  In the B year (2024-2025) we walk through the Old Testament and the New Testament.  Our Confirmation class will be taught by Bret Schroeder, one of our amazing Lutheran South teachers. 

PARENT INVOLVEMENT

We expect a parent (s) or a significant faith mentor to be a part of the Sunday morning experience along with the student.  We will have intentional weekly sharing with your student so it’s important that they have an adult with them each week.

To sign up see Events

For more information, email Audrey Duensing-Werner.

So we’re changing the name from Impact night to “Friday Night Frenzy.”  Because, well, it’s on Friday. The 2nd Friday of every month, except for September where we'll join Middle Schoolers for Urban Air fun.  For those of you new to Friday Night Frenzy (FNF), it is designed just for fifth and sixth graders and their friends. It’s a crazy amazing night of fun food and going crazy for Jesus (Underground Church is our fav game).

We play hard! We laugh hard! We eat a lot of awesome food! We connect with old friends and make new friends. And we especially connect with Jesus.

Friday Night Frenzy is amazing! You won’t want to miss them. For more information, email Audrey Duensing-Werner.