The Purity Dinner

Psalm 45.11: "The king is enthralled by your beauty; honor him for he is your Lord."

Its tough to be a girl. At least that is what I hear! Tonight we had a purity dinner for the jr. high girls in our youth group. Natalie Holdren from Northland CC did a great job exhorting our girls to strive for a pure life. Each girl received a plate with our theme verse on it and a white rose. Apparently different color roses mean different things; red means love; yellow means friendship; and white

means purity, hence our use of the white rose.

It was a great night. The main purpose was to give our girls a night to be doted upon. Our jr. high girls had a good time I think. We had a couple high school girls there to answer questions and hang out; we had some younger girls there in order to show that the jr. high girls are examples to them. It was a really good night.

I will tell you the most exciting part for me however; involved some people who really had no business being there, but came anyway. Tyler, Kosten, CJ, Jason and Aaron were the guys who really brought the night together. The first three of these guys are students, and the last two are sponsors. Without those guys this night would not have happened. Like I said earlier, each girl was given a plate with the verse on it. These guys took the plate to them and presented it to each girl. It was an image of how guys are to serve and protect the boundaries and purity of the girls in their lives, regardless of wheter they are in a relationship or not. But it was also to give the girls ownership of their own decisions and boundaries. Guys: its our job to protect the boundaries; Girls: its your job to know and protect your own boundaries as well. We will do our part; you do yours. The biggest problem I see with relationships are times when girls dont know their own boundaries and don't have the confidence to state their boundaries.

We have a great group of girls who I hope will set their standards so high that a man will have to really prove his worth to be with them! Girls: Don't Settle! Don't settle for a guy who wont serve or protect you! Don't settle for a guy; expect the best and always remember: "the King is enthralled by your beauty, honor him for he is your Lord."

Very Special thanks to the guys for serving and to Lynda Bohlender for doing all the decorating!