Jump to content

Menu

Is anyone familiar with "Shine Brightly" magazine?


Recommended Posts

I'm considering getting this for my 12yo daughter (she's in Girl Scouts and her troop is doing a fund raiser with magazine subscriptions). I'm browsing the web to see what I can find about it, but I thought I'd post here too and see if any of you have first-hand experience with it. I'd love to hear what you thought of it.

 

We're Eastern Orthodox so I'm particularly curious if it's "generic" enough to be suitable for all Christians or if it's strongly rooted in the doctrine/view of a particular church.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Shine Brightly is produced in conjunction with the GEMS clubs. GEMS is a non-denominational organization, and there are clubs in a variety of denominations; however you probably want to know that it is the approved girls' ministry of the Christian Reformed Church. The GEMS curriculum is developed from a Reformed perspective, but it is also meant to be accessible to those of non-Reformed denominations. I think the magazine is more generically biblical than the club curriculum and is more about living a life of faith than about specific doctrinal teachings.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Shine Brightly is produced in conjunction with the GEMS clubs. GEMS is a non-denominational organization, and there are clubs in a variety of denominations; however you probably want to know that it is the approved girls' ministry of the Christian Reformed Church. The GEMS curriculum is developed from a Reformed perspective, but it is also meant to be accessible to those of non-Reformed denominations. I think the magazine is more generically biblical than the club curriculum and is more about living a life of faith than about specific doctrinal teachings.

 

Thank you for this information! :001_smile:

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I was looking at this magazine, too. My dd8 is selling these magazines for Girl Scouts as well. I ended up getting her the Sparkle (I hope that's the right title) magazine that is like Shine but for younger girls. I had never heard of either of these magazines until this fundraiser. I went to the website for the magazines and you can preview the last issue.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

You're welcome. I hope it helps you make the right decision for you and your daughter. :001_smile:

 

It does help, thank you. :)

 

I went to the website for the magazines and you can preview the last issue.

 

And that will help a lot as well. I was wishing I could see an issue to get a better feel for it, so I will have to look for that. Thanks!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

 Share

×
×
  • Create New...