Opening Comments

We have a wonderful group of 8th graders attending our Sunday School class. This blog attempts to capture what we do in class and hopefully some of their comments along the way.



Please comment on any topic, especially if your in our class. Please keep the comments appropriate and only give your first name, and do not reference our location [city and state].



This is now the second group of 8th graders. The first was in 2008-2009, and this group is 2010-2011. This years lessons will be noted 2010.

One other funny note the first year it was Matt Mangold and Matt Gastman, this year it is Matt Mangold and Matt Feucht [both married to a Jennifer!]

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Dating 101

One of our ministers was down to talk about purity with our group. He provided a very good explanation of intimacy described in these steps;

1. Looking at a guy or girl and making eye contact
2. Talking to them
3. Holding hands
4. Hands on shoulders and hands on waist
5. Kissing on the cheek or softly on the lips
6. Open mouthed, passionate kissing
7. Petting while clothed
8. Experimental nakedness
9. Sexual intercourse

He asked the kids to live by the following acronym for dating;

for Girls
Dont
Allow
Touch
I'm
Not
Giving

for Boys

Dont
Attempt
Touch
IM
Not
Guilty

The concept behind the acronym was that our sexual purity is a gift that we give our spouses in the future. Girls should not give it up, and guys should not take it.

Finally we talked about what boundaries we have personally set up around the way we dress, movies we watch, material we view on the internet, the way we talk about the opposite sex, places and things i'm willing to do on a date and in the way i talk to God about my relationships.
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