Girls Everywhere Meeting the Saviour

A club for girls in third through seventh grades
(or ages 7 to 13)

GEMS Club seeks to equip girls to live radically faithful lives–doing justice, loving mercy, and walking humbly with God. Our purpose statement comes from a verse in the Bible:

What does the Lord require of you but to do justice, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God? Micah 6:8

How do we work our purpose into our GEMS Club?

• With emphasis on knowing God’s Word for our day
• Learning skills and crafting in exploration of God’s gifting
• Learning about God’s world so we can be better caretakers of it
• Learning how to get along with one another
• Being “others focused”: Giving to various organizations–Ex: Seafarers’ Christmas Boxes; Esther House School, Zambia

Who can participate?

• Girls in grades 3 through 7
• Counselors–adult women (one per small group)
• Assistant Counselors–adult women (one per small group)
• CITs (Counselors in Training)–high school girls (one per small group)

What does a GEMS Club Night look like?

6:50–We begin in our small groups working on badges, learning crafts and getting to know one another.

8:00–We gather for a snack.

8:15–We sing and focus on ending our day focusing on our great God.

8:30–Our evening together is over.

Do you observe any special nights?

• Absolutely!
• Throughout the year, we celebrate several holidays with a big party. The girls enjoy special holiday crafts, snacks and games.

Is there a fee?

• There is a non-refundable fee for the year.
• No new registrations are accepted after November.

Do we have to fundraise as a participating family?

• GEMS has an ongoing fundraiser in place. We collect bottles for return and put the money earned toward a project in Africa.
• Families from our church also contribute bottles and sometimes the cash from their own bottle returns.
• The GEMS-funded Esther School in Zambia is a co-educational institution built as a joint project of all the North American GEMS Clubs.
• We continue to fundraise for this project, sometimes adding a bake sale to our bottle return money.
• Our policy is to do as little other fundraising as possible–especially for ourselves.

When do we meet?

• With some exceptions, GEMS Club meets every other Thursday from September to May.
• We meet on the same nights as Cadets, our church’s club for boys in the same grades.

For more information on the GEMS Girls Club click here!