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Become
a GLORY GIRL™!
GG+You=Blessings!
Should I be a member or a facilitator? The primary requirements
for each is that you have a passion for reading, want to share
Godly books with others, that you read all of the selected
books and that you come to the meetings (there are only 6
a year!)
Facilitators
If you decide to be a blessing by becoming a group leader
(facilitator), we help you organize the group and the meetings
as well as provide
suggested book discussion questions.
Facilitators help us out by ushering the meeting discussions
along, keeping good membership information, interfacing with
GLORY
GIRLS™ headquarters, passing along info from GLORY
GIRLS™ Facilitator Newsletters and, in general, being
a blessing to the ladies in your group. For optimal communication
between members and headquarters, facilitators must have e-mail
capability.
Once a year, groups decide who they want their facilitator to
be for the next year. You may be the facilitator for as long
and as often as the group likes!
Facilitators
are
a vital component of GLORY GIRLS™.
Although you will have some responsibilities, being a part
of the group should be fun for you too! You MUST have e-mail
capability and we ask that you commit to the group for one
year. When your year is up you should attempt to rotate the
facilitator role within the group.
As a facilitator you are expected to:
- be enthusiastic and operate out of a love for God and
the members over whom you are a steward
- read every book chosen as a Glory Girls Selection
- facilitate meetings (not control, rule or do all the talking)
making sure everyone gets a chance to be heard! (More about
this later.)
- make sure that each member is aware of the day and time
chosen for the GG meetings.
- print a copy of the GLORY GIRLS™ Reading Guide questions
for the meetings (Available on on this website)
- make sure that GLORY GIRLS™ headquarters always has
a current list of the GG group members of the GG group that
you serve as faciltator; including names, addresses, and
e-mail addresses FOR EACH MEMBER.
- start and end meetings on time.
Although we provide a structure for GG meetings, we really
want the meetings to have a feel of being very informal. This
will depend a lot on your attitude. Always remember that your
goal as a GG Facilitator (and ours) is to be a blessing to
the members of the GG group. After each meeting, you should
ask yourself if you have met your goal!
When and How to Begin as a
Facilitator
There is no better time to begin recruiting for your group
than now! Be enthusiastic! We know you love God and we know
you like to read! Let people know about GLORY GIRLS™ .
Approach friends, neighbors and relatives at church, work
or socially to be a part of the group. Make sure to let them
know that the focus of the group is Christian books and that
they will be expected to READ and DISCUSS them. Your group
members are expected to attend at least 4 of the 6 yearly group
meetings. You may continue to add people to your group until
you reach 12.
After you have recruited enough GLORY GIRLS to start your
own GG Chapter, please contact us. Be sure to include
full names, addresses (including e-mail addresses) for each
of your members. Once headquarters receives your list, you
will be contacted with the next steps.
Members
Members are required to attend 4 out of the 6 yearly meetings. Remember,
membership is free!
If you already belong to another group... No problem! If you
want to add quality Christian books to your reading on a more
consistent basis we do not mind at all if you are also a member
of another reading club. You can enjoy other reading choices
and then, every other month, fellowship, share and be blessed
along with other GLORY GIRLS™ across America (and Europe!)--in
homes, churches, and bookstores--as they enjoy entertaining
and spiritually edifying books. Remember, all members are expected
to attend the four-to-six yearly GG meetings.
To become a member, please contact us. Upon receiving your information,
we will check our database and provide you with the GLORY
GIRLS group nearest you.
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For Authors:
Want GG to Choose Your Book™ If you are an author or a publisher
and you would like for your Christian fiction or non-fiction book
to be considered by GLORY GIRLS™ for inclusion in our national
reading groups it is easy!
Each month, GLORY GIRLS™ headquarters randomly selects several
active GLORY GIRLS™ members and sends each of them books
to evaluate . These member/readers, along with members of the GLORY
GIRLS™ volunteer staff decide which books are selected. We
are looking for four things:
- Does the book have a Christian sensibility and glorify the
God of the Bible
- For fiction, does at least one of the main characters demonstrate
his or her love for God and do they clearly have a strong desire
to lead an active Christian life? For non-fiction does the book
clearly lift up the Name of Jesus?
- Is there a good story involved?
- Are the Holy Scriptures used in the work in the proper context
and manner?In addition, if you are a small publisher or are self-
published you must include information detailing the book's national
distribution.
Unfortunately, we will not be able to respond to your
submissions nor will we be able to return books. You will however
be notified if your book is chosen to be a bi-monthly "Selection" or
if GLORY GIRLS™ decides to "recommend" your
book to members.
Mail three copies of each work to
be considered along with a press kit and contact
info to: Glory Girls™,
P.O. Box 250034, West Bloomfield, MI 48235
God bless you!
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