GEMS

GEMS Girls' Clubs is a relationship-building club program created
especially for girls! GEMS Clubs are offered in local churches and other
Christian organizations throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Girls in third through eighth grades are eligible for membership. In
club, girls will:

Participate in team building
Enjoy dynamic singing, creative movement, and dance
Develop important life skills through badge activities
Learn how to apply the Bible to their lives
Make creative and fun crafts
Participate in service projects that make a difference in other’s lives
Find answers to challenges that girls face today

The purpose of GEMS Girls' Clubs is to help bring girls into a living,
dynamic relationship with Jesus Christ. To help foster this
all-important relationship between each girl and Christ, other
relationships are nurtured as well — between girls and between girls
and their counselor (leader).

Girls in clubs are organized into small groups with one leader or
counselor for each group of three to eight girls. These small groups
coupled with the weekly interactions that take place in club nurture
and develop faith and help girls create long-lasting friendships.

The ministry of GEMS Girls' Clubs has been serving churches for fifty
years. During these years, thousands of girls' lives have been changed
forever. Today, there are more than 23,000 girls who are members of
GEMS Girls' Clubs, with 5,200 women enthusiastically serving as their
counselors and mentors. For the first time ever, GEMS Girls' Clubs has
over 800 clubs!

The ministry is non-denominational with club participation in several
different denominations and non-denominational churches and other
Christian organizations throughout the United States and Canada.
GEMS has been recognized as the official youth serving agency for the
Christian Reformed Church. Curriculum is developed from a reformed
perspective.

The name GEMS Girls' Clubs is an acronym which stands for Girls
Everywhere Meeting the Savior. It clearly identifies the purpose for
which the ministry was created.