Accepting the Way God Created You 11/23/10

Last night the topic for our meeting was accepting the way God created you. Each of the girls were challenged to accept God's plan for their lives & find security in Him. I encouraged the girls to remember how each detail of their lives was planned by God & that as His creation, He sees them as beautiful. When we decide to be discontent with some physical feature, its like telling God He didn't do a good job when He created us. Instead, we should learn to accept these "unchangeables" and live our lives with purpose.

Each of the girls made a "paper doll" which they customized to look like themselves. Then they glued it to a piece of paper & added a Bible verse which says: "I praise you because I, (insert name here), am fearfully and wonderfully made. I know that full well." Psalm 139:14 They were all encouraged to put these up somewhere in their room as a reminder of how beautifully God has created them.

Projects in the works...


Kendra & McKenzie with their completed look-alikes...

Sisters, Kalei & Shelby with their paper doll twins...

Sophie & Cecily with their projects...
Another activity of the night was a brief lesson on modesty & then a clothing exchange. Each girl brought some items she wished to get rid of & the girls "bought" clothes from each other with little plastic coins.

Each girl made a sign with the name of her store to display with her wares...

Karen, looking at shirts...
Some of the older girls taking some time to visit...
Brooke looking through some clothes...
Amber & Arianna inspecting some items...
Martha picking out a shirt...
Everyone seemed to have a wonderful time & came away with a few treasures. Our last meeting for the semester will be on December 7th. For those who will still be in town, we will also have a Christmas tea on the 21st. Happy Thanksgiving!

10/26/10 Developing a Disciplined Walk With God

This week we had a great meeting as we discussed developing a disciplined walk with God.

As always, we started our meeting with singing...

This week we sang "I Will Live for You" and "Who Will Shine God's Light?"
During the lesson I challenged to girls to make spiritual disciplines a regular part of their day so that they can grow in their relationship with the Lord.

After the lesson, I announced the new small groups the girls will be in for the rest of the school year. The purpose of these groups will be to foster closer relationships & provide a place for discussion of each lesson. Each group is named after a woman of the Bible.

The Mary Group...

The Rebekah Group...

During their small group time, each young lady decorated a small notebook which she will be using to record her Bible reading for the next two weeks.

After small group meetings, we had a Bible sword drill competition between the groups. Each of the verses related to one of the suggested spiritual disciplines from the lesson. In the end, the Esther group won the contest.

Brooke..

Karen..

Today was a special day because it was Amber's birthday. Her mom came in with a cookie cake at the end of our meeting & we all sang to her.

The new 11 year old!!
We ended the meeting with tea, dessert & fellowship.

Abby..

Jessica, Jenny & Katelyn

Jenna & Gretchen..

Brooke, Camryn, Sylvia & McKenzie
I look forward to seeing everyone at our next Bright Lights meeting on November 9th!