Mercy 2/8/11

This evening our topic was Mercy: replacing punishment with kindness or when someone else gets me out of trouble at his own expense. In relation to the Gospel, truth condemns and mercy frees. We also discussed how we can apply mercy with our brothers & sisters and with how we should show mercy to those who are annoying to us.

During the evening, the girls were split up into five groups and given a parable from the Bible illustrating God's mercy to transform into a skit.

To make it more hilarious, each of the teams were given a bag of random costumes they had to wear & use in their skit.

Abby & Katelyn planning their skit...

Haleigh & Sarah cracking up during skit rehersal...

Karen goofing off while Taylor & Jessica busily plan...

Rehearsing the parable of the Unmerciful Servant..

In a big group, there are lots of ideas to discuss..

Jenna, Martha, Sylvia & Katie performing...

Katie as the prodigal son...

Shelby performing as a Pharisee...

McKenzie as the humble tax collector and Rachel as the narrator...

The parable of the lost sheep...

Heather & Kalei...

The journeyman who was attacked by robbers (aka.. Sarah)

The Pharisee passing on the other side of the road (Kalei)...

The Good Samaritan (Brooke)...

Taylor & Karen...

Jessica (the king) and Jenna (the servant)...

"Please have mercy on me!"

Jenna & Cecily

You may be able to tell from the pictures, we enjoyed lots of giggles and fun with these skits. There are quite a few actresses in our group! We got lots of great pictures of the skits & none of everything else. The meeting ended with small groups & tea.

Our next meeting will be on February 22nd. See you soon!

Presenting the Gospel 1/25/11

Last night we enjoyed lots of giggles and good fellowship as we discussed practical ways to share the Gospel. I shared the 3 main points that are important to share when presenting the Gospel to someone:

1. Their Sin, Their Need
2. The Savior, Jesus Christ
3. Their Response

I shared with the girls practical ways to prepare for opportunities to share your faith & ideas for creative ways to share the Gospel.

Martha, Sophie & Cecily...

We finished the lesson by going through a tract with diagrams that are helpful to use when sharing the Gospel.

After the lesson, the girls split up into partners & practiced sharing the Gospel with each other using the tracts we had just discussed.

Karen shares the Gospel with Amber...

Sophie explains the Gospel to Cecily...

Kalei going through the tract with Elsah...

Then, I asked for three volunteers who wanted to try a challenge. On their turn, I would give each girl a random object & 2 minutes to explain the Gospel. After each of the girls did their presentation, everyone voted on which presentation helped them understand the message clearly.

Sarah started with a glass of water & talked about being clean & pure like that glass of water. (Unfortunately we didn't get any pictures of her)

Next, Elsah used a watch to talk about eternity, a place where their is no time.

Finally, Shelby used an eraser to talk about how Jesus erases our sins.

It was a very expressive, passionate group so there was lots of laughter throughout. ;)

This was our last meeting with Elsah & Myra who are headed to another assignment with the military. We will miss you girls a lot - thank you for sharing your joy, enthusiasm & friendship with our group. You will be missed by everyone & we look forward to hearing from you soon! :)

We ended the meeting with small groups & tea time.

Our next meeting will be on February 8th, 2011 from 6:15-8:15pm. We will be starting at 6:15 with a game so please make every effort to be there on time or a little early. All pen pal forms & cards need to be turned in by this meeting.

See you soon!