Christ-Centered, faith based organizations for girls?

[Anonymous]

I'm looking for an activity with skill-based badges for my daughter who is age 6.

It is important that the organization be Christ-centered and always start activities with a prayer.

There needs to be a faith component. Although we are not church goers, ourselves, I am looking for an organization that retains old-fashioned Christian values and especially one that believes (and espouses) that sexual intercourse be reserved for marriage.

Any ideas of such a program?

[Anonymous]

American Heritage Girls has some of this. I would guess most of the kids attending though also attend a church. Church groups aren't usually single sex till teen years, but maybe there's a class out there. http://www.ahgonline.org/pages/page.asp?page_id=20478

[Anonymous]

Awana - check local Southern Baptist churches.

http://store.awana.org//welcometoawana/welcome-to-awana,default,pg.html/

My sisters' kids did Awana when they were little. Not my thing, but they seemed to like it.

[Anonymous]

Yes, we are a member of American Heritage Girls, and that organization has all of what you are looking for. My troop meets at Pender United Methodist Church in Fairfax if you are looking for something in VA. We are not church goers ourselves, and I have been very comfortable and happy at AHG.

[Anonymous]

Is that what they're calling convents these days?

[Anonymous]

I think AHG and Awana are definitely your best bets.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, we are a member of American Heritage Girls, and that organization has all of what you are looking for. My troop meets at Pender United Methodist Church in Fairfax if you are looking for something in VA. We are not church goers ourselves, and I have been very comfortable and happy at AHG.

The American Heritage Girls website only shows about 5 troops in Maryland? They are all really far away from us.

[Anonymous]

So you're not even that religious, but your main concern for your -year-old is that she stay pure until marriage? what horrible, dark corner did you crawl out of?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So you're not even that religious, but your main concern for your -year-old is that she stay pure until marriage? what horrible, dark corner did you crawl out of?

Not OP, but seriously ... it's such a horrible thing for a person remain a Virgin until marriage???
Gimme a break

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So you're not even that religious, but your main concern for your -year-old is that she stay pure until marriage? what horrible, dark corner did you crawl out of?

Not OP, but seriously ... it's such a horrible thing for a person remain a Virgin until marriage???
Gimme a break

Not pp, but I do think it's such a horrible thing to think having sex before marriage makes someone less pure, or impure, or has any effect whatsoever on their moral character. What a weird concept, and what a weird thing to place any significant value on.

[Anonymous]

I knew 2 girls whose families placed a high value on "purity." One became the queen of high school butt sex (still vaginally "pure!") and the other ended up married to a gay man (no wonder he was willing to "wait").

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So you're not even that religious, but your main concern for your -year-old is that she stay pure until marriage? what horrible, dark corner did you crawl out of?

Not OP, but seriously ... it's such a horrible thing for a person remain a Virgin until marriage???
Gimme a break

Not pp, but I do think it's such a horrible thing to think having sex before marriage makes someone less pure, or impure, or has any effect whatsoever on their moral character. What a weird concept, and what a weird thing to place any significant value on.

Sex really isn't a weird thing to place value on at all. It is a form of intimacy and people have different values about when that level of intimacy is appropriate. there is an incredible range of the value people place on sex. Some place no value and have sex at any age, with anyone, at any time for any reason. Others value waiting until they are older and able to make sense of the responsibilities that come with it. Others only value sex in a committed relationship, others value sex as something shared between a married couple. You obviously are at a different spot on the spectrum than OP - and probably also on a different spot than the 12 yr old having numerous one night stands or having group sex or the woman having sex with 3 guys while married. You have your own definition of sexual morality - accept that your definition doesn't apply to everyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I knew 2 girls whose families placed a high value on "purity." One became the queen of high school butt sex (still vaginally "pure!") and the other ended up married to a gay man (no wonder he was willing to "wait").

I know dozens of girls whose families placed a high value on waiting until marriage and those girls waited and are now happily married in long marriages.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm looking for an activity with skill-based badges for my daughter who is age 6.

It is important that the organization be Christ-centered and always start activities with a prayer.

There needs to be a faith component. Although we are not church goers, ourselves, I am looking for an organization that retains old-fashioned Christian values and especially one that believes (and espouses) that sexual intercourse be reserved for marriage.

Any ideas of such a program?

I would look at Sunday school programs at a church near where you live.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So you're not even that religious, but your main concern for your -year-old is that she stay pure until marriage? what horrible, dark corner did you crawl out of?

Not OP, but seriously ... it's such a horrible thing for a person remain a Virgin until marriage???
Gimme a break

Not pp, but I do think it's such a horrible thing to think having sex before marriage makes someone less pure, or impure, or has any effect whatsoever on their moral character. What a weird concept, and what a weird thing to place any significant value on.

Sex really isn't a weird thing to place value on at all. It is a form of intimacy and people have different values about when that level of intimacy is appropriate. there is an incredible range of the value people place on sex. Some place no value and have sex at any age, with anyone, at any time for any reason. Others value waiting until they are older and able to make sense of the responsibilities that come with it. Others only value sex in a committed relationship, others value sex as something shared between a married couple. You obviously are at a different spot on the spectrum than OP - and probably also on a different spot than the 12 yr old having numerous one night stands or having group sex or the woman having sex with 3 guys while married. You have your own definition of sexual morality - accept that your definition doesn't apply to everyone.

I 100000% agree with this, which is precisely why I think it's weird to feel like you need to have control over what your child's future sex life may or may not be. Teach them to respect themselves. Teach them to be safe. Teach them to be responsible. Teach them to surround themselves with other people who respect them. Teach them to make their own choices, whatever they may be so long as they do the aforementioned things. But don't teach them that they're going to be less pure or less worthy just because they have sex.