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Nat

iona

l G

irls

Min

istr

y

Wom

en o

f Gra

ce

P.O

. Box

711

Win

ona

Lak

e, I

n 46

580

F

ive

year

s afte

r she

drea

med

of d

evel

op-

in

g a

men

tori

ng

min

istry

for g

irls,

Nic

ole

Mill

er h

as c

ome

on

boar

d as

our

firs

t Girl

’s M

inist

ry C

oord

inat

or.

Nic

ole

was a

stud

ent a

t Gra

ce C

olle

ge, s

tudy

-in

g yo

uth

min

istry

, whe

n sh

e sa

t dow

n an

d sta

rted

putti

ng to

geth

er th

e be

ginn

ings

of a

pl

an to

hel

p te

enag

e gi

rls re

cogn

ize th

e wo

rld’s

lies

and

be

stren

gthe

ned

by G

od’s

tru

th. I

n G

od’s

am

azin

g tim

ing,

He

conn

ecte

d he

r with

the

Wom

en o

f Gra

ce U

SA a

nd S

MM

m

inist

ry fo

r Girl

s. Si

nce

then

she

has b

een

serv

ing

as a

mem

ber o

f the

SM

M c

abin

et a

nd

writi

ng G

irls o

f Fai

th c

urric

ulum

for j

unio

r an

d se

ior h

igh

girls

. In

augu

st 20

09 sh

e to

ok

a ste

p of

faith

, qui

t her

full

time

job

as c

oord

i-na

tor f

or a

n al

tern

ativ

e sc

hool

, and

star

ted

raisi

ng su

ppor

t to

beco

me

Girl

s Min

istry

Co-

ordi

nato

r. In

add

ition

to w

ritin

g cu

rric

ulum

, sh

e wi

ll be

com

mun

icat

ing

with

chu

rche

s and

he

lpin

g to

equ

ip le

ader

s. N

icol

e gr

ew u

p in

Be

rne,

Indi

ana

wher

e sh

e at

tend

ed B

ethe

l Br

ethr

en C

hurc

h . S

he c

urre

ntly

live

s in

Syra

-cu

se, I

ndia

na. S

he is

a g

radu

ate

of G

race

col

-le

ge w

ith a

deg

ree

in P

sych

olog

y.

Nic

ole

Mil

ler

F

GB

C G

irls

Min

istr

y C

oord

inat

or

“It’s

eas

ier t

o bu

ild a

gi

rl th

an re

pair

a

wom

an”

Girl

s of

Faith

Abo

ut U

s SM

M b

egan

in 1

913

in P

hila

delp

hia,

Pe

nnsy

lvan

ia. M

ary

Bau

man

sta

rted

a sp

ecia

l cl

ub fo

r the

girl

s in

her

chu

rch.

She

love

d al

l of

the

girls

and

wan

ted

them

to g

row

up

to

know

Jes

us. T

hey

calle

d th

eir c

lub

the

"Sis

terh

ood

of M

ary

and

Mar

tha.

" Li

ttle

did

Mar

y kn

ow th

at h

er id

ea w

ould

one

day

in

clud

e th

ousa

nds

of g

irls.

Mak

ing

the

right

cho

ices

is h

ard

and

ofte

n co

nfus

ing,

esp

ecia

lly fo

r girl

s w

ho li

ve in

a

wor

ld w

here

the

truth

is b

eing

cov

ered

ove

r w

ith th

e w

orld

’s li

es. G

irls

of F

aith

can

hel

p yo

u pa

ss o

n to

juni

or a

nd s

enio

r hig

h th

e tru

th to

gui

de th

em th

roug

h th

e ch

alle

nges

of

thei

r tee

n ye

ars.

Tog

ethe

r you

will

exa

min

e to

pics

of i

nter

est t

o te

ens

whi

le u

ncov

erin

g th

e w

orld

’s li

es v

s. G

od’s

trut

h, s

tudy

ing

the

lives

of a

wom

an o

f the

Bib

le, w

ho d

ealt

with

th

e sa

me

issu

e, a

nd ta

king

per

sona

l ste

ps to

m

ake

the

truth

a g

uide

post

for l

ife.

Th

e Girl

s of F

aith

Cu

rricu

lum

:

Gra

ce 9

Top

ics In

clude

:

Eac

h un

it co

ntai

ns fo

ur le

sson

s:

Th

at G

od's

Wor

d m

akes

it v

ery

clea

r tha

t the

old

er w

omen

sho

uld

be in

vest

ing

in tr

aini

ng th

e yo

unge

r w

omen

. (Ti

tus

2)

Th

at th

e yo

unge

r a g

irl is

whe

n sp

iritu

al tr

aini

ng b

egin

s th

e m

ore

bene

ficia

l it w

ill b

e.

Th

e G

irls

of F

aith

cur

ricul

um c

an b

e us

ed fo

r sm

all-g

roup

dis

cipl

eshi

p or

one

-on-

one

men

torin

g.

Prin

tabl

e le

ader

inst

ruct

ions

, les

sons

and

jour

nal

page

s ar

e al

l inc

lude

d on

the

CD

. Th

e m

ater

ials

are

bei

ng fi

eld-

test

ed b

y a

num

ber o

f gr

oups

in v

ario

us s

ettin

gs. A

CD

targ

etin

g G

rade

9

is c

urre

ntly

ava

ilabl

e.

Po

pula

rity

Pu

rpos

e

You

are

uni

que

B

elon

ging

to G

od’s

fam

ily

G

od a

s a

prio

rity

Pr

ayer

Bib

le re

adin

g

Bec

omin

g lik

e C

hris

t

Endu

ranc

e

Wee

k 1:

Top

ic in

trod

uctio

n

(sug

gest

ions

are

pro

vide

d to

intro

duce

the

topi

c in

a

fun

way

and

to h

elp

the

girls

iden

tify

thei

r cur

rent

pe

rspe

ctiv

e)

Wee

k 2

: Wor

ld's

Lie

s ve

rsus

God

's T

ruth

(U

ses

Scrip

ture

pas

sage

s to

sho

w G

od's

pers

pec-

tive

on th

e to

pic)

Wee

k 3:

God

's G

irls

(a

ddre

sses

the

topi

c fr

om th

e pe

rspe

ctiv

e of

a

wom

an o

f the

Bib

le)

Wee

k 4:

My

Faith

(h

elps

the

girls

dec

ide

how

they

will

app

ly in

thei

r ow

n liv

es w

hat t

hey

have

lear

ned)

We B

eliev

e:

•62%

of

all g

irls

fee

l ins

ecur

e or

not

sur

e of

th

emse

lves

(st

rugg

le w

ith lo

w s

elf-

este

em)

•The

top

wis

h am

ong

all g

irls

is f

or th

eir

par-

ents

to c

omm

unic

ate

bette

r w

ith th

em, w

hich

in

clud

es m

ore

freq

uent

and

ope

n co

nver

sa-

tions

abo

ut w

hat i

s ha

ppen

ing

in th

eir

own

lives

•Par

ents

’ wor

ds a

nd a

ctio

ns p

lay

a pi

vota

l rol

e in

fost

erin

g po

sitiv

e se

lf-es

teem

in g

irls

•75%

of g

irls

with

low

sel

f-es

teem

repo

rted

enga

ging

in n

egat

ive

activ

ities

suc

h as

dis

or-

dere

d ea

ting,

cut

ting,

bul

lyin

g, s

mok

ing,

or

drin

king

whe

n fe

elin

g ba

dly

abou

t the

mse

lves