Transcript Girls in Action

Welcome to the
Girls in Action®
training presentation
In the Summer of 2004,
the Children’s Resource Team of the WMU®
began an evaluation of the GA® curriculum.
As a part of this year and half
research project, WMU surveyed GAs,
GA leaders, children’s ministers, parents,
and state WMU leadership.
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The research phase culminated with a
month-long pilot project that included GA
leaders and girls from approximately 60
churches across North America.
Based on their responses and our
research, WMU created a new design for
the GA curriculum.
WMU listened and responded to what girls
and leaders said they wanted.
WMU is excited to announce
the launch of a new line of
Girls in Action resources in
September 2007!
The New Design is…
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Grounded in Scripture learning and application
Fun
Interactive
Easy to use
Active
Simple to implement
Inspiring to girls, leaders, and parents
Another way to
explain it is…
•Relevant
•Redesigned
•Ready to Use
What’s new:
 Redesigned publications: GA Leader, GA
Leader Kit, and GA World
 Bimonthly delivery of all resources,
starting September/October 2007
 Fresh, vibrant designs for today’s children
and leaders
 Easy-to-use session plans for all groups
 More ideas and features from real GAs and
leaders
What’s the same:
 WMU’s commitment to age-appropriate,
learner-focused missions education
 Fun, hands-on activities to help girls learn
about missionaries and missions work
around the world
 Content that challenges children to
understand and be involved in the mission
of God
Presenting
the new line of GA
curriculum resources…
GA Leader
• The essential planning
resource for GA
• Replaces Aware
• 48 pages
• Bimonthly
• Recommended for
every GA leader
GA Unit of Study
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Each month, GA Leader provides plans for GA
groups to learn about a different missions area.
Each month’s unit includes plans for four weekly
sessions and one Live Action Project.
Sessions provide ideas for leading all GAs,
grades 1–6, with options for prereaders and
preteens.
Unit Structure
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Each session introduces girls to a different aspect
of missions, providing them with a holistic
understanding of the missions area by the end of
the month.
Each session builds upon the previous weeks’
sessions to help girls grow in their understanding
and application of Scripture, discipleship, and
missions.
Session One
This session introduces the biblical basis of
the month’s topic.
It answers the question:
What does the Bible say?
Session Two
This session introduces the culture or
missions need described in the unit.
It answers the question:
What is the need?
Session Three
This session includes in-depth details about
the missions work or ministry featured in
the unit.
It answers the question:
What is being done to meet
the need?
Session Four
This session includes three options:
WorldVentures, and two experiential activities to
reinforce the information in the unit.
It answers the question:
What else do I need to know to
personalize and apply my learning?
Live Action Project
Each month, a Live Action Project provides a
hands-on ministry idea related to the unit.
It answers the question:
How can I help meet this need or a
similar need in my community?
A Glimpse of the GA
Session Layout
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Explore (10–15 minutes)
Explain (15–20 minutes)
Experience (20 minutes)
Express (10 minutes)
Sample Session Layout
Explore
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Explore (10–15 minutes)
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Active, hands-on introductory activity
GA Motto, GA Pledge, and GA Verse(s)
Includes options for prereaders and preteens
(Choose the best option for your group.)
Explain
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Explain (15–20 minutes)
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Story and reinforcement activity for younger
girls (grades 1–3)
Story and reinforcement activity for older
girls (grades 4–6)
(Choose the story that is best for your age group.)
Experience
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Experience (20 minutes)
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Three activities that will give girls hands-on,
creative experiences related to the material
they are learning
Activities include games, cooking, crafts, and
drama
Options for prereaders and preteens
Girls can participate in activities in large or
small groups
(Choose the best activities for your group.)
Express
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Express (10 minutes)
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Review of unit Scripture verse
Prayer about what girls have learned, and for
an MK featured in GA World with a birthday
during the week
Sessions with Flexible Options
Options include:
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Just for Prereaders: idea boxes that explain
how to adapt an activity for prereaders
(1–2 graders)
Just for Preteens: idea boxes that explain
how to adapt an activity for preteens
(5–6 graders)
Stories: for both younger and older girls
Here is how it works…
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Review the sample session plans.
Follow the highlighted area to view what
options best fit the age group.
Choose the activities, options, and stories
that work best for your group.
Blended Groups
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Choose the story
that your girls will
most relate to, or
split the group for
story time.
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Choose the
best
experience(s)
for your girls.
Grades 1-2
Consider using the
prereader options.
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Choose the
younger story.
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2
Choose the
best
experience(s)
for your girls.
Grades 3-4
1
Choose the story
that your girls will
most relate to, or
split the group for
story time.
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3
2
Choose the
best
experience(s)
for your girls.
Grades 5-6
Consider using the
preteen options.
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Choose the older
story.
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2
Choose the
best
experience(s)
for your girls.
More to GA Leader
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Missionary Profiles
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The first page of each curriculum unit will
contain a profile of the missionary or ministry
featured in the unit.
This information will give leaders more indepth understanding of the month’s topic.
Leaders can share information from this
profile with girls throughout the month, as
desired.
GA Leader
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Preteen Page
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Includes unique and age-appropriate
experiences just for fifth- and sixth-grade girls
in GA-ministry projects, sleepovers, etc.
Includes tips for talking with preteens about
serious issues, and information to help leaders
understand the world of today’s preteens.
GA Leader
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Family Missions Focus
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A reproducible page for leaders to give to
parents to help reinforce missions learning
at home.
This page will share with parents what girls
will learn during the month, and includes
suggestions for ways families can learn about
and do missions together.
GA Leader
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Activity Pages
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Reproducible activity pages are now in GA
Leader.
Pages contain games, fact strips, crafts, and
other reproducible items.
Leaders are free to make unlimited copies of
each activity page. (These pages replace the
black-and-white items from the Aware
Resource Kit.)
GA Leader
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Leadership Helps
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Hot Topic: multiple articles in each issue
addresses a topic of interest to GA leaders
Ideas from GA Groups
GA Leader Spotlight
Live Action Project Idea Swap
Much more…
Reflections on GA Leader
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Take a moment and reflect on the new
GA Leader:
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What are the major differences?
How will this affect planning?
How will this affect the girls experience in GA?
GA Leader Kit
• The essential resource
kit for GA
• Combines Aware
Resource Kit and Picture
Set
• 12 posters
• Bimonthly
• Recommended for every
GA group
GA Leader Kit
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Includes colorful photo montages of
missionaries, people, ministries in action,
and cultural settings.
Includes interactive games, activities, maps,
and banners referred to in weekly GA
sessions.
Combines the best of the Aware Resource
Kit and Aware Picture Set. And it’s easier to
use!
GA Leader Kit Details
Month One
 Posters 1–3: game, fact cards, banner, or activities
 Posters 4–6: missionary photographs
Month Two
 Posters 7–9: game, fact cards, banner, or activities
 Posters 10–12: missionary photographs
Reflections on GA Leader Kit
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Take a moment and reflect on the new
GA Leader Kit:
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What are the major differences?
How will this affect planning?
How will this affect the girls experience in GA?
GA World
• The essential student
guide for GA
• Replaces Discovery and
GA World
• 40 pages
• Bimonthly
• Recommended for every
girl in GA
GA World
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Girls will receive GA World every two months, for
use during GA and at home.
To keep the second month a surprise, leaders
are encouraged to seal the second month pages
together with GA stickers.*
*available from WMU
GA World for All Ages
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Each issues includes mission stories, fun
activities, ideas, and stories about GA groups.
GA Leader plans will reference different pages in
GA World for different age groups.
GA World is designed to inspire all girls in grades
1–6!
GA World Features
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Meet the Missionaries
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Get Crafty
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Fun information about the missionaries, volunteers, or
ministry, girls will learn about during the month in GA.
(one per month)
Instructions for making a craft project related to each
month’s missions area.
What’s Cooking?
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Tasty recipes from each month’s missions focus area.
GA World Features
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More Missions
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Articles, activities, fun facts, quizzes, journaling
space, and much more. Many of these activities will
be used in weekly GA sessions, as described in GA
Leader.
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MK Mini-Mag
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Each month, girls will pull out from GA World a page
containing profiles of four MKs with birthdays during
the month. Girls can fold this page into a “mini-mag”
to remind them to pray for the MKs.
GA World Features
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MK of the Month
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A more in-depth look at one of the MKs featured in
the month’s mini-mag.
Calendar Pull-Out
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Each month, girls will pull out from GA World a
calendar page. Each date on the calendar will contain
a fun fact, prayer request, or ministry action girls can
take on that day.
GA World Features
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GA Group Spotlight
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Making a Difference
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Includes photographs of a GA group, information
about the group’s activities, and other fun
information.
A story about a GA, Acteen®, or adult missions leader
who is making a difference in the world.
Creative Corner
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Contains jokes, drawings, and photographs from GAs.
GA World Features
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Ask an Acteen
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A national Acteens panelist will respond to a question
sent in from a GA. Topics may range from “everything
about being a teenager” to “getting along with your
little brother.”
Just GAs
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Letters and photos from GA groups around the
country.
Reflection on GA World
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Take a moment and reflect on the new
GA World:
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What are the major differences?
How will this affect planning?
How will this affect the girls experience in GA?
Subscriptions
Subscriptions to Aware, Aware Resource Kit, Aware
Picture Set, Discovery, and GA World will
automatically transfer to the redesigned
GA materials.
To order additional copies of the new materials, or
for questions concerning your subscription,
please call WMU customer service at
1-800-968-7301.
Thank you!
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I hope that this has been very informative
for you. If you have questions, please
email me at [email protected].
I will address your questions through the
2007–2008 FAQ section on
www.gapassport.com.
To learn more, contact your state GA
consultant. Visit www.gapassport.com for
contact information.
Thank you!
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Thank you for ministering to girls through
missions education!
You are very important to us, but even
more important to the girls whose lives
you are shaping and preparing to live a
missional lifestyle.
How to Involve Children in
Missions
• The essential training
resource for GA
• Recommended for every GA
leader
•Information on how to start
and strengthen GA
•Articles to help leaders teach
children
•And More!