As you continue on your journey, we recommend that you keep a journal of your reflections. That way, when you decide to visit with trusted friends and family or with your Rector, Vicar, or Head of Congregation, you will have these reflections to take with you and guide your conversation with them.

Highlight or write down the ones you feel competent in as well as the ones that are areas of growth for you. Reflect on the ones you identify.

Threshold I: Claiming

Characteristics: curious, seeks understanding, desires affiliation and sense of belonging
Focus: Energies, primarily self-introspective, to gain grounding and become rooted in a new faith

• Who am I as a Christian?
• How do I hear and discover what being a Christian means for me?
• How do I hear and discover what being an Episcopalian means for me?

Pedagogical Stage: BLOOM’s TAXONOMY: Remembering, Understanding

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SIGNS WITHIN THE FAITH COMMUNITY (Formation)
I feel confident and competent in and am able to:

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Scripture:

• Hear and claim the Christian Story as my own.
• Know that the Bible is the foundational text of the Christian faith.

Episcopal Tradition:

• Recognize that the Episcopal way values scripture, tradition, and reason as its foundation.
• Understand Episcopal identity as defined by the Book of Common Prayer (BCP), the liturgical calendar, and particularly the Baptismal Covenant.
• Participate in my faith community.
• Recognize the various roles that help make a faith community.
• Learn to pray as a means of being in relationship with God.
• Try worshipful experiences.

Theology:

• Claim my belovedness in God.
• Appreciate the limits of my humanity and welcome the grace that God offers.
• Understand that baptism is the beginning of a journey, confirmation involves a personal decision to continue that journey, and the journey changes with life and as one’s faith matures.
• Recognizes that Theology is the systematic study of human experience of God.
• Aware that the Baptismal Covenant, Book of Common Prayer, and scripture are foundational sources of inspiration and formation.

Representing Christ:

• Wonder about the meaning of life.
• Recognize my gifts given to me by God.
• Question who I am.
• Desire a relationship with God.
• Understand prayer as a spiritual conversation.
• Seek others to share spiritual conversations.

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SIGNS IN THE WORLD (Evangelization)
I feel competent and confident in and am able to:

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Scripture:

• Recognize scripture and God’s story in the world.
• Hear how others make connections between My Story and God’s Story.
• Curious about how scripture speaks to current circumstances and global concerns.

Episcopal Tradition:

• Recognize holiness in life’s patterns, practices, and rituals.
• Identify the patterns, practices and rituals that inform my living as a faithful and ethical person.
• Learn about how the Episcopal church responds to issues of social justice and stewardship.

Theology:

• Recognize and explore the interrelationship between faith and other disciplines.
• Wonder how God is incarnate in all of life’s big questions and the world’s great challenges.
• Acknowledge the existence of evil.
• Explore turning to God in times of challenge and uncertainty.

Representing Christ:

• See God in all people.
• See the world through the life and teachings of Jesus.
• Think differently about decision-making because of my faith.
• Listen and participate respectfully when various perspectives are presented respectfully.
• Recognize responsibility to vulnerable people and places.

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As we move forward, remember you are discerning…listening…exploring for the purpose of calling and clarification…hoping for a greater depth of meaning, belonging, and purpose than you are currently experiencing.

You are wondering about deeper participation in the life of the church and your community and ways of practicing a Christian life of faith.

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