"Teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live. Then they can train the younger women ... to be self-controlled and pure...." Titus 2:3-5 NIV.
THE MISSION
Purity Circle attempts to help young women age ten and onward find the trail that leads to godly womanhood.
In addition to their primary decision to accept Jesus as their Lord and Master, the program encourages them to make two other commitments:
• a commitment to a lifestyle of purity;
• a commitment to supporting their friends in the purity walk.
Purity Circle takes seriously the Biblical mandate, that "older women must train the younger women to ... live wisely and be pure" (Titus 2:4, 5). Instructors find a variety of situations which offer an opportunity to continue the ministry of Jesus (Luke 4:18, 19):
• Teaching for those who desire to learn
• Healing for those who are damaged emotionally
• Deliverance for those who are entrapped and abused
• Direction for those who cannot find their way
• Salvation for those who desire to accept Jesus as their Savior
Purity Circle presents purity as much more than sexual abstinence. It requires accountability in thoughts, attitudes, actions and relationships. It influences choices in music, magazines, television programs and websites. It demonstrates itself in speech, fashion and deportment.
The purity lifestyle needs continual support, and Purity Circle is the answer.
THE PROGRAM
Purity Circle is a women's ministries initiative and it teaches the young women to minister to each other.
All the principles taught are extracted from the Bible and presented practically and appropriately.
The initial five workbook sessions lead up to the Purity Pledge. Parents and other interested adults are invited to the Pledge Ceremony and are encouraged to pledge support for the young women.
After the pledge, circle members complete the workbook in six more sessions; then they elect a group leader.
Group Leaders are required to take the Purity Pledge and to complete the workbook before assuming leadership. They schedule Regular Circle Meetings, preferably once a month, for purity empowerment.
Purity Circle organizers will help to provide programming and subject matter for the follow-up meetings. It is advisable for an adult to work closely with the group leader.
There is free training available for those ready to launch the Purity Circle program.
For more information, or to schedule Purity Circle leadership training, or to order workbooks, contact Dora at PurityCircle@usa.com or at 517-214-5367.
THE CURRICULUM
The Purity Circle Workbook presents lessons and discussion exercises under the following topics:
Chapter 1: You Have Been Chosen presents Christ as our enabler for the purity walk.
Chapter 2: Understanding Purity shows how the purity principle affects the entire lifestyle.
Chapter 3: Creating the Circle stresses the importance of appropriate female friendship bonds.
Chapter 4: Your Social Posture deals with your social image and its influence.
Chapter 5: Private Gardens introduces premarital sexual abstinence.
Chapter 6: You Are So Beautiful teaches that beauty in character displays itself in appropriate attire.
Chapter 7: Little Foxes counsels about destructive practices that at first may seem harmless.
Chapter 8: Know When to Run warns about abuse in relationships.
Chapter 9: Girlfriends gives the principles that protect long-term friendships.
Chapter 10: Little Sisters solicits tolerance for those who are morally challenged.
Chapter 11: Celebrating the Circle rewrites the parable of the Ten Virgins.
Chapter 12: Purity Principles and Promises offers Bible verses for memorization.
There is a free Workbook Guide for the instructor.
TESTIMONIALS
"I am glad that we have the Purity Circle. It is going to help me be stronger. It brought me closer to all the girls." - A.B.
"I think the Purity Circle has made me stronger in my stand against temptations, and just things in everyday life situations. I really enjoy the Purity Circle." - B.D.
"Purity Circle gave me some new views. Thank you for taking the time to teach us to live happier and purer. It helped me value myself a lot higher." -K.P.
"The main focus of Purity Circle is about remaining pure in God and living in the purity lifestyle. It's about how to keep yourself pure and what to do when you are being pressured into doing something against purity. I thank you God for this Purity Circle because there is so much to learn." - N.L
"I think the Purity Circle is awesome. It teaches girls to save themselves for that one special person." - C.A.
"I think the Purity Circle is a great idea, so we could learn about how to live pure and how to resist temptation, and be closer to God." - J.B.
PURITY CIRCLE COACH
Dora Isaac Weithers, author of the Purity Circle program is a Certified Christian Counselor, a member of the Lansing SDA Church, a member of the Michigan Conference Women's Ministries Board, and the mother of two young adults—Wanda and Wendell Jr. who were born within a twenty-year marriage.
For more than ten years she has been active in organizing and conducting seminars and conferences for Women's Ministries. She also served as a local church elder in the Texas Conference.
Since her first Purity Seminar in the summer of 1994, she has led hundreds of youth and young adults into commitment to the purity lifestyle.
Dora subscribes to the highly positive value of female friendships and believes that the friendship circle is good soil in which godly womanhood can thrive. She sees the Purity Circle as a major defense against negative peer pressure.
For more information about Purity Circle, to request Purity Circle leadership training, or to order the Purity Circle Workbook, contact Dora at:
P.O. Box 17045
Lansing, MI 48901
or at PurityCircle@usa.com.
This program is sponsored by the Michigan Conference women's ministries department.
