Registration in the Service Portal

The guardian registers the youth for confirmation school through the Vantaa parishes' service portal. When using the service for the first time, you must log in with strong authentication via online banking credentials or a mobile certificate. At the same time, the guardian will create a username and password for the registration platform. The username and password created during registration will be needed later to pay for the confirmation camp fee. Please save the username and password for later use!

Important Notes for Registration

  • If you want to attend a Finnish-speaking Confimarion School, please do so by contacting your local parish. You can check your local parish through this linkLinkki avautuu uudessa välilehdessä.
  • Registration for the International Confirmation School through this link.
  • If the youth opts for a Finnish confirmation school, read the following instructions carefully:

Discuss suitable confirmation school options at home. Try to choose camps at different times of the year (winter break, Easter, early summer, mid-summer, late summer). When registering, choose at least five camps that have suitable schedules. You may select more than five camps, but at least five must be chosen to proceed with the registration. We cannot guarantee that the youth will be placed in the first choice, but everyone will get a spot from one of their choices.

Requests for a Specific Group

If there are special reasons for choosing a particular confirmation group (e.g., international-level competitive sports), please provide the information in the additional information section or contact the parish confirmation school workers.

NOTE: We can only consider very strong reasons and justifications, as there are over a thousand participants attending confirmation camps annually in Church in Vantaa.

If there are any challenges in the young person's life (e.g., illness, learning challenges, bullying, etc.), the confirmation leaders should be aware of these. The camp aims to ensure the well-being of the youth. Answer "yes" to the relevant question on the registration form, and we will contact the guardian before finalizing the group members. This way, the young person's situation can be taken into account when assigning them to a group. All confirmation camps aim to consider the needs of the young person whenever possible. Support for attending confirmation camp is available. In the city camp or Vantaa parishes’ special support camp, the young person's needs can be considered more individually.

Using the Friend Code

  • Many of the youth wish to attend confirmation camp with a friend. In this case, the friend code is used during registration. Here are the instructions for using the friend code:
  • The friend code can be used by a maximum of three people. Agree with the group of friends and guardians on five confirmation camp options that suit everyone's schedules.
  • Choose who among the friends (maximum three people) will register first. Their guardian will complete the registration normally.
  • After the registration, the guardian will receive a confirmation email containing the friend code. This code is passed to one or two other friends.
  • The remaining friends in the group will register for the camp using the friend code. The guardian selects the "register with friend code" option during the registration. A field will appear where the friend code is entered.
  • Once the friend code is entered, the registration system will automatically select the same camp options as the first registrant. Do not change the selections!
  • The system will automatically place the friend-coded individuals into the same camp group when assigning groups.

NOTE: If the young person and their friend live in different Vantaa parishes (e.g., Vantaankoski, Hämeenkylä, Tikkurila, Korso, Rekola, Hakunila, Vanda Svenska), they need to register in both parishes separately. The registration must be done for each parish, and each will have its own friend code. The young person and their friend will receive a confirmation camp spot from one of the parishes.

When and How to Know Your Confirmation Group?

The confirmation groups will be assigned after the registration period ends. Therefore, the order or speed of registration does not matter.
Confirmation group information will be announced at the end of November. The information about the assigned group will be sent to the guardian’s email. We will also email the guardians about other confirmation-related matters. Please ensure that the guardian's email is correct during the registration.

Be sure to fill in all the information carefully when registering!
 

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