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Mother/Daughter Program Outline
13-16
year old girls
St.
Vincent's Medical Center, Bryan Auditorium
1851 King
St., Jacksonville, FL 32204
Welcome
Stage is set
for talking about Gods love and wisdom in His plan for
each young person to grow up. The emcee will emphasize
the goodness of being a girl and the fact that changes
are supposed to happen. The girls will be put at ease
and prepared for the presentations to follow.
Opening Prayer
Spontaneous and from the heart.
All in Gods Plan
10 to 15 minutes
Physical and Emotional Changes
Most of the girls have
started ovulating and having their periods so positive
enthusiasm about femininity and womanhood are stressed
as well as the importance of respect and setting high
standards for themselves. The girls deserve to be
cherished because each one is a precious creation of
God, made in His image, with unique gifts and talents.
The physical changes are
discussed, but more in summary form. More emphasis is
placed on their emotional changes, their need for love,
assurance and acceptance by their parents and especially
their peers, mood swings, the development of a stronger
personality, and their desire for independence.
Many
girls in this age group are so worried about how they
look and if they measure up or not to the usually
unrealistic standards set by their peers and especially
by the teen magazines that they fail to recognize their
own beauty and goodness. They are encouraged then to see
who God sees, to be the best person possible and to
trust God to lead the way.
Preparation
for Motherhood
Understanding the Cycle,
Fertility Appreciation, Effects of Hormones
Slide Presentation 30 to 40 minutes
Preparation
for motherhood and the
importance of the gift of human fertility and the gift
of each new baby is stressed. The tremendous power of
human fertility deserves reverence and protection
because of its sacredness uniting us with God in His
creation of a new person.
The slides help the girls
and their mothers understand that God has designed their
bodies in an awesome way. The gift of human fertility
should never be taken for granted, and when they learn
about fertility, they can understand and appreciate it.
Gods design is discussed to help the young people
understand His plan for their bodies, and help them to
see that all of this is to help prepare them for love,
marriage and a family in the future.
Brain Interaction with
Reproductive Organs (Boy and Girl)
Men Are Always Fertile
Women Are At Most Times
Infertile
Womans Cycles Comparing
Dry/Wet/Dry Ground in Nature
The Cycle (Billings) Wheel
Reproductive Anatomy and
Physiology
Reproductive Anatomy and
Physiology
Conception, Implantation and
the Marriage Act
Uterus Showing the Birth
Canal
Phases of the Cycle
Hormones Influence the
Events of the Cycle
The Ovary
Mucus Production in the
Cervix
Cervix as a Biological Valve
Hormone Composite
Changes in the Endometrium
Magnified Picture of the
Endometrium
Menstruation
Ovulation Occurs on Only One
Day in the Cycle
The Egg Cell Lives 12 24
Hours
Sperm Must Have Mucus to
Survive
Without the Mucus, Sperm Die
Within Hours
Fertility Depends on Sperm,
Ovulation and Cervical Mucus
Conception, the Beginning of
New Human Life
Unpregnant Uterus
Pregnant Uterus
The
Unborn Baby
Challenge to Chastity
6 to 10 minutes
Personal Witness
An enthusiastic young person
presents chastity as a desired and valuable virtue. This
is a powerful witness to the girls in the audience. The
challenge to chastity includes a challenge to the girls
to discover who they are as precious creations of God so
they can know real freedom, real love and real intimacy.
Chastity can protect them
from the many harmful effects of using their sexual
powers outside of Gods plan. Chastity can give them the
freedom to really love other people and to form deep
bonding relationships based on respect instead of
passion. Chastity is possible only with Gods help, and
He expects it of every person He has created.
The girls are encouraged to
plan for their future now and decide that sexual
activity belongs only in marriage. They can plan to be a
virgin and to save the precious gift of themselves for
their husband and to really celebrate their wedding day.
They can begin praying for their future husband, for
purity and sexual self control for him as well as for
themselves.
Chastity Video
30 to 60 minutes
Afternoon Tea Party
30 minutes
Snacks and Stuff
Questions and Answers for the Panel
30 to 45 minutes
Opportunity to answer questions
from the Question Box
A panel of women will answer
questions placed in the box during the tea party. If any inappropriate questions
are asked they are not covered during the presentation.
The Choice is Yours
6 to 10
minutes
Presented by a young person
a few years older than the girls in the audience, she
will encourage the girls to make good decisions and help
them understand that they are responsible for the
choices they make. Once they make a choice, they have to
be ready to accept the consequences that come with that
choice.
Some of the challenges in
the video will be repeated and the girls reminded that
they are capable of making good decisions. Section
includes hints on dating and the importance of being a
good friend and to having lots of friends of both sexes
who share their values.
Girls are reminded about the
dangers of alcohol and drugs and how these things can
weaken their resolve to be chaste.
This section ends on a
positive note of hope and encouragement.
Being
a Mother 3 to
6
minutes
This section is a short
personal witness to the joys as well as the sorrows of
motherhood. It is completely honest and directly from
the heart of the speaker.
Mothers are encouraged to
love their daughters no matter what, to really listen to
them, to be there for them and to let them know how
important they are to their families. The girls need to
know that being a mother is a great blessing from God,
and hopefully, if marriage is their vocation, God will
bless them with children.
Poetic
Tribute to Daughters 3 to 4
minutes
Poem is read together
Evaluations and Closing
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