In 2017 and 2018 Farum Parish in collaboration with Sibelle Tvermoes held a series of workshops for confirmands. In 2017 we held 9 four hour workshops and in 2018 we held 4 two hour workshops.

Our confirmand classes are very large, as many as 35 pupils per class, so we divided the class into two groups. Half the class received instruction from the pastor while the other half worked on creative processes with Sibelle Tvermoes. Half way through, they switched and the program was repeated.

Our workshops had three themes : creation, faith, and friendship.
The confirmands made clay sculptures when working with the theme of creation and painted with acrylics for the other themes. Sibelle’s approach is meditative. She manages to create a contemplative space for even the most unruly children. The focus of our workshops was on the process rather than the product.

When the children were working creatively, meditative music was played that matched their musical interests and helped create a space of stillness and contemplation.

Sibelle provided all the materials herself (clay, paint, paper, etc.), which was extremely laborsaving for us. Prior to the workshops themselves we discussed the contents of the three themes with Sibelle. The courses were excellent and we saw how the children came in contact with themselves through the creative process.

I give Sibelle my very highest recommendation. She has extensive experience working with confirmands and their parents, and her workshops with creative processes would also be extremely relevant and inspirational at nursing homes or other institutions.

Dorothea Glöckner
Pastor, Farum Church