My child has my permission to go with Mt. Horeb Church Student Ministries to the event listed above. I understand that this permission slip is for this event only. The completion of this form gives permission to seek any medical assistance that may be needed while with this group. Please type your name in the space below to verify that you agree to provide current medical/insurance documentation and medical attention for your child should the situation require it.

Please have your student read and understand the following:

• Represent yourself, your family, and Mt. Horeb with a high standard of moral excellence.
• Respect others and their belongings. Harassment and theft will not be tolerated.
• Respect the authority of the Student Ministry Staff and all adult chaperones.
• Absolutely no use/possession of vapes, drugs, alcohol, illegal, or questionable material.
• Use of cell phones, iPod, MP3 players or gaming devices will be at the staff's discretion.
• Reading material must be appropriate.
• No guys in girls’ rooms or vice versa.
• No students are allowed to leave the premises of the event, unless accompanied by 2+ Safe Sanctuary trained adults, with permission from Student Ministry Staff.

On the Bus (if applicable):
• No guys and girls sitting together on the bus after dark.
• Keep the bus clean. Put trash in the receptacles at the front of the bus.

Dress Code:
• No spaghetti straps, strapless shirts, tube-tops, or midriffs.
• No t-shirts that portray inappropriate/provocative language or message.

Social Media:
• No posting of pics without consent of persons in the picture.
• No posting of pics within the cabin/hotel of persons in their sleepwear/changing clothes.

THE RULE OF GRACE
Everyone makes mistakes.
However, if a rule is willfully broken, one of the Student Ministry Staff will sit down with the student, review the Student Contract and contact parents/guardians. The Student Ministry Staff reserves the right to determine what is and what is not appropriate and may send a student home at the parent’s expense.

We CANNOT and WILL NOT TOLERATE blatant disobedience of rules, theft, or drugs and alcohol.

Emergency Contact Information:
Trevor Miller: (803) 687-2424
Jessica Coates: (803) 673-9340
Mt. Horeb Church: (803) 490-0200

Once your student has read and fully understands the above rules, please ask them to enter their name below as verification that they have read the Student Contract.

Please let us know in this section if there is any special information we should know about your student prior to arrival at the Confirmation Retreat.

Confirmation marks a very significant time in your life and faith. Throughout this experience, you will be given opportunities to grow in your faith and knowledge of Jesus Christ, which will help you to eventually make your own profession of faith if you have not already done so. As part of Confirmation, parents, leaders, and students are asked to enter into covenants with God and with one another. Confirmands (students) are asked to covenant to the things listed below.
• Pray for my own faith journey, and for my peers, Mentors, and teachers
• Fulfill, to the best of my ability, all of the requirements of Confirmation so that I may grow in my knowledge and understanding of God, and to ask questions about faith, God, and the church.
• Be present at all scheduled Confirmation sessions, Confirmation Retreat, Confirmation Ceremony, and Confirmation Service.
• Acknowledge that there is only one regular Confirmation Session absence allowed, with the understanding that there will be a required make-up assignment/session covering the content missed. More than one absence and/or failure to complete make-up assignments will prohibit me from being confirmed. I understand that if that happens, I will still have the opportunity to seek membership at Mt. Horeb Church by participating in one of the regular Membership Classes.

• If I make a profession of faith during this Confirmation experience, or if I have made one prior to this experience, I will write a Statement of Faith describing that commitment (details to come)
• At the end of confirmation, I will meet with my Confirmation Mentors to review and discuss my Statement of Faith.
• I will respect all of the teachers, Mentors, and my peers throughout this experience, understanding that we are here for the special purpose of learning more about our faith.

Through teaching, mentoring, and relationships with their peers, students in Confirmation are given the opportunity to explore and grow in their faith. Confirmation is an extremely important component of spiritual formation in the life of the church, as it helps confirmands make their own declaration of faith. As a result, we ask that students, Confirmation Mentors, and parents or guardians enter into covenants. Parents and guardians are asked to covenant to the things listed below.
• Pray for my student and their adult Confirmation Mentors and teachers throughout the Confirmation process.
• Act in obedience and love as a faithful witness to Jesus Christ, as God continues to use me in the life of my student and in the lives of their friends and peers.
• Be in conversation with my student about what it means to be a follower of Jesus Christ.
• Make arrangements to have my student at all scheduled Confirmation sessions, Confirmation Retreat, Confirmation Ceremony, and Confirmation Service.
• Acknowledge that there is only one regular Confirmation Session absence allowed, with the understanding that there will be a required make-up assignment/session covering the content missed. More than one absence and/or failure to complete make-up assignments will prohibit my student from being confirmed. I understand that if that happens, my student will still have the opportunity to seek membership at Mt. Horeb Church by participating in one of the regular Membership Classes.