About TGM

Teen Girl Ministries (TGM) is the newest focus of Girls' Ministries aimed at middle school and high school girls. The Friends and Girls Only Clubs now come under the cover of TGM while Sunlight Kids through Stars clubs are referred to as Mpact Girls Clubs. The curriculum and internal workings of the clubs remain the same as when everything was known as Missionettes. They have just been divided into age categories. This will allow us to broaden the scope of ministry to the older girls under TGM. Watch the TGM section of the website for more ideas.

Why a different name?

The trend today is to open youth group to both middle school and high school students. Friends and Girls Only clubs are often disbanded and both sexes are thrown into a room together. There are arguments on both sides of this issue. Some churches have separate groups for each age bracket, but many do not. Before long, the youth leaders may find themselves having to make age-appropriate decisions as well as gender-related decisions. Teen Girl Ministries was developed to create more options for working with these pre-teen and teen girls. Read on to learn how to enhance your youth group.

What are our choices?

Friends and Girls Only clubs now operate under the division of Girls' Ministries known as Teen Girl Ministries. These clubs can function on several different levels as outlined below:

•	Chartered Friends and/or Girls Only clubs operating as part of the overall incentive-based girls clubs ministry.	Operating as part of Girls' Ministries (GM)
•	Chartered Friends and/or Girls Only clubs operating without earning the incentives/awards	Operating as part of Girls' Ministries (GM)
•	Using the Friends and/or Girls Only curriculum for small gender-specific breakout groups to enhance youth group; provides topics that are relevant to issues girls face today.	Partnership between GM & Youth departments (check with Rangers for topics for the older boys)