GEMS GIRLS CLUB

Girls Everywhere Meeting the Saviour

THURSDAYS

Sept. 28, 2023-Apr. 25, 2024
7-8:30pm

Ages 7 – 13 (or Grades 2 – 8) are welcome.

GEMS is a relationship building, club program created especially for girls!

Girls in grades two through eight are welcome to join. At the club, they have the opportunity to participate in:

  • Making new friends and being part of a caring small group
  • Getting to know Jesus
  • Participating in dynamic worship
  • Learning actions and creative movements to songs
  • Studying God’s Word–the Bible, and learning how to apply it to her life
  • Developing important life skills through badge activities
  • Making crafts that encourage others
  • Participating in service projects that make a difference in other’s lives
  • Finding answers to challenges that face girls today

The purpose of GEMS Girls’ Clubs is to bring girls into a living relationship with Jesus Christ. To help foster this all-important relationship between each girl and Christ, other relationships are nurtured as well – between girls, and between girls and their counsellor (leader).

Girls in clubs are organized into small groups with one leader or counsellor for each group of six to eight girls. It is through these small groups, and the weekly interactions that take place in the club, that faith is nurtured and developed, and long-lasting friendships are made.

The ministry of GEMS Girls’ Clubs has been serving churches for over 50 years! During these years, thousands of girls’ lives have been changed forever. Today, there are over 23,000 girls who are members of GEMS Girls’ Clubs, with 5,200 women enthusiastically serving as their counsellors and mentors.

The ministry is non-denominational with club participation in several different denominations and non-denominational churches and Christian organizations throughout Canada, United States and the world! The culturally relevant curriculum is developed from a reformed perspective.

Program Contents

The activities in the GEMS Clubs are based on three age-appropriate levels, with a focus on a yearly theme.

AWARENESS LEVEL: 2nd-3rd grades

Girls participate in organized activities through which friendships naturally begin to develop.

Awareness Level activities teach:

  • Who God is
  • Sharing with others
  • Stories from the Bible
  • How to help others
  • Being considerate

Girls also increase in their knowledge and understanding of God and how special it is to know Him and have Him in our hearts. A fun, engaging magazine called Sparkle is available with age-appropriate stories, recipes, Bible lessons, crafts and games.

DISCOVERY LEVEL: 4th-6th grades

Girls begin to understand that God has created them for a purpose and that they can make a difference in the world by using the gifts and talents God has given them.

Activities include:

  • Earning badges to help discover talents and develop new skills
  • Learning to worship with regular opportunities for singing and creative movement
  • Discovering more about who God is through His Word and His World
  • Participate in service opportunities

Discovery level girls also receive an award-winning, monthly magazine called SHINE brightly, filled with inspiring stories, quizzes, crafts, life lessons from the Bible, recipes, music and much more!

ADVANCED LEVEL: 7th-8th grades

The small group experience of the club setting continues to provide girls with a “safe environment” in which feelings and questions can be openly shared.
Girls learn about:

  • God’s perspective on inner and outer beauty
  • How to come face to face with God
  • How to have joy even in difficult times
  • Techniques for overcoming worry and doubt
  • How to stand strong against peer pressure
  • The importance of being physically and spiritually fit
  • How important it is for God to be in their lives every day and that His help is necessary for making wise decisions

Shine brightly magazine is also available to all Advanced Level girls.


OUR MISSION is to help bring girls into a living dynamic relationship with Jesus Christ.

OUR VISION is to see girls around the world actively and enthusiastically expressing love for God & others–girls equipped, motivated, and passionately engage in living out their faith.

OUR GOAL for every club meeting is to grow bigger hearts. Together, we will learn how to love and care for God, one another, other people, and ourselves. We’ll do this by learning about Jesus Christ, what He has done for us, and His plans for each of our lives.


LINKS

More information about the whole GEMS Ministry is available on their amazing website at www.gemsgc.org

For more information contact: actongems@hotmail.ca