Orderliness

Monday we discussed a topic that may not seem that important, yet without it, we become much less effective in fulfilling the tasks God places before us. This topic is orderliness! During the lesson, we discussed the importance of orderliness in our homes with our possessions, in our time, in our thoughts & in our appearance.

For the activity, the girls divided into groups & discussed the solution to a typical organization problem. Then, each group prepared a presentation of their solution in either a news broadcast, infomercial or documentary format.

After their presentations, girls went to small groups where they discussed the practical ways to apply orderliness to their lives.

We ended with tea & dessert. This week, in addition to the other desserts, we had a special, decorated cookie cake that the B family provided!

See you for our next meeting in a couple of weeks!

Preparing to be a Wife & Mother

Monday was our first meeting back together after our break over the holidays. What a joy it was to see everyone again & get started for the semester! We began our new set of lessons with the topic of "Preparing to be a Wife & Mother."

I shared the vision for our God-given role as women and the exciting potential we have to impact many for the kingdom of God when we choose to embrace the jobs God has chosen for us. We also talked about the importance of beginning to prepare for these jobs now while we're young so that by the time God brings along our husband & family we will be able to serve well.

During the lesson, I had the girls throw out various skills that would be important as a wife & mother. Then, I had them share important character traits for a wife & mother to possess while I recorded them onto the dry erase board.

After making our lists, we used them to discuss how many areas we have to grow in as we prepare. We should have not problem keeping busy between now & then! ;)

At the end of the lesson, I encouraged the girls to be aware of the independent mindset that the world promotes for us as young women. I encouraged to truly seek the Lord about their future & pursue His heart for their seasons of preparation between now and the day they are married.

Once the lesson ended, the girls broke up into teams and worked together to create a skit. Each team chose one of the character qualities from the board to base their skit on. The skits had to demonstrate a situation in which a wife/mother would need to demonstrate that character quality & also show what would happen if she had not developed that quality in her life. ;)

As ususal with skits, there was much laughter as the girls acted out the various scenarios.

We ended the meeting with small groups followed by tea time!

We will see you all again for our next meeting on February 4th!

Receiving Rebuke

Last night the church was bustling yet again, with a large group of energetic young ladies! To begin our meeting, the girls broke up into groups and prepared "Proverbs" to present to the rest of the group.

These presentations, which were rather amusing at times, were on topics including correct table manners & interacting with siblings.

Towards the beginning of the lesson, we had a rather abrupt & rude interruption by some pretty strange looking characters. ;)

They seemed to think they had the liberty to be in our meeting room doing whatever they pleased & got pretty offended when I told them they were wrong.

Our lesson for the evening was on receiving rebuke. Rebuke is whenever someone tells you that you are wrong. The Lord uses rebuke in our lives to help us grow to be more like Him.

A young lady who is seeking to apply wisdom in her life will respond to rebuke with humility while a young lady who is walking the way of folly will reject rebuke.

Once the lesson was completed, the girls split up for small group discussion, prayer & fellowship.

Finally we ended with tea & fellowship!

We'll see you all for our next meeting on October 29th!