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Girl Scout Service Unit 305
(Akron, New York)
 
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  What is the P.R.A.Y. Program?

The P.R.A.Y. program...

  • Is a religious emblems program created by the national church bodies cooperating with P.R.A.Y.  It is a CHURCH program, approved for use by the national youth agencies.
     
  • Includes awards/emblems that are approved for wear on the official uniforms of the Boy Scouts of America, Girl Scouts of the U.S.A., Camp Fire USA, and American Heritage Girls.
     
  • Is used by members of Protestant and Independent Christian churches.
     
  • Is designed for boys and girls in grades one through twelve.  All church youth (whether or not they belong to a scouting group) are eligible to participate. 
     
  • Is an interdenominational resource, which means that all denominations use the standard curriculum.  The curriculum allows each church to introduce the unique characteristics of their denomination.
     
  • Must be taught under the auspices of the church.  Students are required to present their work to the pastor for final approval.  This does not mean that the pastor is the only one who can serve as counselor or teach a class.  The pastor may appoint a parent, Sunday school teacher, or other lay leader in the church to serve as a P.R.A.Y. program counselor.  But it is the pastor who approves the final work. 
     
  • Consists of four different programs based on grade level.  These grade levels roughly correspond to the different ranks in the scouting programs, but since the P.R.A.Y. program is a program of the church, it goes strictly by grade level (not by rank).
     
  • Offers an Adult Mentor component for parents. Parents may choose to serve as Mentors and be involved in the P.R.A.Y. program alongside their children.

Recognitions/Emblems

Attachments
Icon File Name Comment  
toservegod.pdf flyer of different pins etc.  

God and Me (Grades 1-3)

Curriculum Goals:

  • To provide an opportunity for young people and families to explore their faith together

  • To help children realize that God is active in every part of their lives

  • To help children know that Jesus is their best friend

  • To memorize the Lord’s Prayer

  • General Description

    The God and Me curriculum is designed to help children become best friends with Jesus and tell their story of “God and Me” together. Children will tell their story of “God and Me” by starting with the creation story. Children will learn that God is their Creator and that God calls them by name, and they will give praise to God. Their story will continue as they learn of God’s love through Jesus. As they tell parallel stories of their own birth and the birth of Jesus, they will proclaim that Jesus was born to be their Savior. Their story will grow as children learn that God wants them to pray. Children will be encouraged to talk and listen to God as they share from their heart. Their story of “God and Me” will wrap up with the parable of the lost sheep. As children learn to lean on God as their Good Shepherd, they will be challenged to reach out and be “good shepherds” to those around them.

  • Schedule

    A typical schedule for completing the God and Me curriculum might include five different sessions (an introductory meeting plus four sessions to complete the four lessons).

    Awards

  • Students must complete all the requirements before ordering any awards. The last page in the Student Workbook is the Award Application Form. This form must be submitted to P.R.A.Y. (awards are not available in local scout shops).

    Visit http://www.praypub.org/god_country/me/god_me4.htm to view the awards.

     

God and Family (grades 4-5)

Curriculum Goals:

  • To provide an opportunity for young people and families to explore their faith together

  • To learn six ways of strengthening families through faith

  • To help families grow in God’s love

  • To memorize the Ten Commandments

General Description

The God and Family curriculum is designed to help youth understand the importance of family and God’s role in a healthy family. The God and Family Program provides an opportunity for young people and their families to explore their faith together. Children will read about different families in the Bible, which can teach them about God’s plan for strengthening families. To remember these lessons, children will compare families and “pizza.” The six steps for making pizza will give students a concrete, “hands-on” model on which to build their understanding of God’s love for their families. They will make a pizza as they study how families can grow together in God’s love, and they will choose “family projects” to be done with their family at home.

 

Schedule

A typical schedule for completing the God and Family curriculum might include seven different sessions (an introductory meeting plus six sessions to complete the six lessons).

 

Awards

Students must complete all the requirements before ordering any awards. The last page in the Student Workbook is the Award Application Form. This form must be submitted to P.R.A.Y. (awards are not available in local scout shops).

Visit http://www.praypub.org/god_country/family/god_fam_awards.htm to view the awards.

God and Church (Grades 6-8)

Curriculum Goals:

  • To strengthen young people’s relationship with Christ

  • To challenge young people to learn about and participate in the worship and ministry of the church

  • To have young people make a plan for daily Bible reading and memorize a creed or statement of belief or passage of scripture

  • To provide the opportunity for young people to experience the joy of serving others

General Description
T
he God and Church program will lead young people on a journey. It will be a faith journey with three parts: meeting Jesus, worshiping God, and witnessing and ministering for Christ. Participants will create either a video or a photo album to share what they have learned on their faith journeys. Young people will have the opportunity to work with their pastor or other Christian adult as they study the church's structures and objectives and participate in service projects that will give them a better understanding of the mission of the church.

Schedule
The God and Church program can take from three to five months to complete. The program is very flexible and can be structured in a number of different ways. Ideally, the youth will complete this program in his or her own church under the supervision of his or her own pastor. However, it is possible to teach the course to a group of young people who belong to different denominations. In this situation, the individual churches should be contacted ahead of time. The pastors need to be invited to the class sessions that deal with specific church history and doctrine. The young people can benefit from this type of comparative study and learn to appreciate the unique aspects of their own denomination.

Interdenominational Resource
The God and Church curriculum was developed without theological bias; yet it was designed to permit the introduction of particular theological and denominational viewpoints on the material being studied. It is the responsibility of the counselor to provide this specific instruction. Therefore all students use the standard God and Church curriculum regardless of church membership.

It is at the God and Church level (when students study their specific denomination), that the following denominational logos are available on 3/4" Pins to be pinned into the ribbon of the God and Church medallion: African Methodist Episcopal, Baptist, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Episcopal, Lutheran, Pentecostal, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Presbyterian Church in America, and United Methodist. Information on ordering these recognition items is contained in the Student Workbook. (Note: These denominational items are available only at the God and Church level.)

Awards

Students must complete all the requirements before ordering any awards. The last page in the Student Workbook is the Award Application Form. This form must be submitted to P.R.A.Y. (awards are not available in local scout shops).

Visit http://www.praypub.org/god_country/church/god_church4.htm to view the awards.

 

God and Life (Grades 9-12)

Curriculum Goals:

To provide opportunities for young people to:

  • Strengthen their relationship with Christ

  • Be open to God’s calling in their lives

  • Make a plan for daily Bible reading

  • Experience the joy of serving others

  • Write a statement of commitment

General Description

The God and Life curriculum is the final program in the P.R.A.Y. series. After being introduced to Jesus as their best friend (God and Me), learning how the family is to grow strong in God’s love (God and Family), and studying the church as the body of Christ (God and Church), students in the God and Life program will seek to understand their call to a life of discipleship. The God and Life curriculum will focus on the life of the Apostle Paul as recorded in Acts 9:1-31. This is a brief account that describes how Paul encountered Christ and was changed forever. Five chronological "events" out of this story will be highlighted and used as the focus for the five different sections in this program. Each section will illustrate a key element in learning how to live one's life for Christ:

Schedule
A typical schedule for completing the God and Life curriculum might include 11 different sessions (an introductory meeting plus ten sessions to complete the five lessons).

Booklets may be ordered online at www.praypub.org or call 1-800-933-7729. They also are available at the Boy Scout Store on Genesee St.

Awards

Students must complete all the requirements before ordering any awards. The last page in the Student Workbook is the Award Application Form. This form must be submitted to P.R.A.Y. (awards are not available in local scout shops).

Visit http://www.praypub.org/god_country/life/god_life4.htm to view the awards.

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