Bellevue Bright Lights: 2012 Fall Bright Lights Kickoff Meeting!

Sunday, September 23, 2012

2012 Fall Bright Lights Kickoff Meeting!

We had our Fall Kickoff today! We're restarting the curriculum from the beginning because there are several new young ladies. Our meeting today was on being Strong for the Lord in your Youth. Thankfully, I learned alot from last year's meetings and have become much more efficient in using our time and in presenting enough material to be challenging, but not overwhelming. I have to laugh as I think back to that first meeting last year! Just having come off of being in women's ministry for many years, I didn't understand little girls couldn't handle 5 pages of outline notes and 2 hours of teaching! Oh my. Thankfully the Lord was very good to me and gave the girls the grace they needed to endure my learning curve of switching ministries from women to young ladies :)

Here's the game plan for this year in terms of schedule: @ 15 min. for worship, 45 min. for teaching, 30 minutes each for activity and tea.

Something new for our group, but something that's been on my heart for a long time...having the older gals minister to the younger gals by being small group breakout leaders! We did it today and it was WONDERFUL! I am proud to announce the birth of the Ruth Group and the Selah Group. It was exciting to see the older girls take charge and step up to encourage the younger ladies...there was lots of good talking, laughing, and sharing going on - it was so neat to see the of the willingness of our older gals to serve our group in a new way. Isn't that one of the great hopes for this little seed of a Bright Lights group here in Bellevue? That the older gals will perhaps consider starting their own BL groups some day, once they've completed the program themselves?

The two small group breakouts...

Adorable baby sister of one of our Bright Lights!

Activity today was stamping bookmarks which we'll be laminating and finishing off with tassels at our next meeting. I hope these girls like stamping, because I've got a bunch that I'd like to use over the year for different projects :)

Couldn't resist - cute baby again!!

Here's my hubby, the resident grill master, showing off one of his many grilling

Iron Chef poses! Finishing off the day with good food and being outside in the beautiful weather was such a blessing :)

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What is a Bright Light?

It is a girl who has given her life to Jesus Christ, trusting in Him alone for salvation and for the grace to live each day according to His will. It is a girl who knows how to respond "just right" to people and circumstances, demonstrating godliness in her actions and attitudes. It is a girl who has Biblical convictions and commitments (holiness), and is able to go through her teenage years strong for the Lord without stumbling as many do. It is a girl who touches the lives of others by her servant’s spirit, her radiant countenance, and the message of eternal life through Jesus Christ (testimony). God wants bright lights! There is a great need for more of them in this generation of darkness.

What does a typical meeting look like?

What is a Typical Meeting Like? If you were to attend a Bright Lights meeting, what would it be like? At each meeting the leader shares a lesson covering important topics that are essential for girls in order for them to be strong for the Lord in their youth, such as:

Developing a Close Relationship with Parents
Gaining a Clear Conscience
Spending Time in God’s Word Everyday
Keeping Yourself Pure from Polluting Influences
Accepting the Way God Created You
Choosing Wise Friends
Contentment
Sensitivity
Humility
Self-control

The lesson is reinforced by testimonies from older girls in the group. At Bright Lights meetings, we also enjoy singing, fellowshipping with likeminded young ladies, listening to biographies of great Christians from history, preparing for future ministry opportunities, enjoying other activities together, and snacks (often with tea in china tea cups).

Each girl receives a Bright Lights binder that she brings with her to the meetings each week. After each lesson, she receives a new handout to add to her binder. The Bright Lights curriculum is organized into eight sets which you can view here.

Statement of Faith

1. Everyone has sinned and broken God’s laws. Because the penalty for sin is death, each of us deserve to spend eternity in hell in separation from God. We are totally incapable of achieving heaven on our own. There is no way we can be good enough to attain forgiveness from sin or achieve eternal life by our own works.
2. God so loved the world that He gave His only son, Jesus Christ, to rescue us from our sin. Jesus died on the cross, was buried, and rose again on the third day. He paid the penalty for our sin and took the punishment that we deserved.
3. Forgiveness and the free gift of eternal life is offered to anyone who will repent of their sin, and believe in Jesus Christ as their Savior. Redemption is wholly by the blood of Christ, and salvation is by grace, through faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
4. The Bible is the inspired, inerrant Word of God, and the final authority for our lives. It is literal, historical, and infallible.
5. There is one God, eternally existent in three Persons - Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
6. The Lord Jesus Christ is fully God, born of a virgin, sinlessly perfect. His sacrifice is substitutionary and representative. He rose bodily from the dead and ascended to His Father’s right hand, where He now ministers as our Great High Priest.
7. Jesus Christ is coming again to rapture His church, and subsequently to return and reign over the earth.
8. God created the universe ex nihilo (out of nothing) by His spoken word in six literal days as the Bible states.
9. There will be a resurrection of both the saved and the lost to either eternal life or eternal judgment.
10. A true child of God who is justified by the blood of Christ and sealed by the Holy Spirit is safe and exempt from God’s judgment and thus secure for eternity.