WELCOME TO 12:13! Need to use the bathroom? Need to borrow a pen? Ask one of the parent volunteers. Need to borrow a pen? Loan the parent volunteers a shoe and they will loan you a pen! Need to talk with your friend? Before or after class is OK, but not during.

BONFIRE, HAYRIDE, AND S’MORES! All students in Grades 6-8 (and parents) are invited to join us at Butler’s Orchard from 5:00-9:00 on Saturday, October 3! Games, wagon ride, bonfire, s’mores -- $10 apiece.

LET’S Open OUR HOMES to kenya! Which nine 12:13 families will get to host the kids from the Daraja Children’s Choir of Africa on October 12-14?

Level 1: Core Convictions About ME FOOTHOLDS FOR MY FAITH Level 1: Core Convictions About ME

STORY TIME…

Men and women have equal value but different roles. I AM A MAN! / I AM A WOMAN! Big Idea Men and women have equal value but different roles.

I AM A MAN! / I AM A WOMAN! Biblical Truth “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.” (Genesis 1:27)

Basic Points I AM A MAN! / I AM A WOMAN! At the heart of mature manhood is a sense of benevolent responsibility to lead, provide for, and protect women in ways appropriate to a man’s differing relationships. Mature Benevolent Responsibility Lead Provide Protect

MATURE MANHOOD IN ACTION I AM A MAN! / I AM A WOMAN! MATURE MANHOOD IN ACTION The Titanic -- “Women and children first!”

GETTING TO KNOW YOU… What is your name? Where do you live? If you had to pick one person, living or dead, whom you look up to as a role model, who would it be? If you could give boys one piece of advice about how to understand and get along with girls, what would it be? (Girl: Ask the boy the same question.) What is one thing you would like prayer for? (Girls – Thank the boys for leading this conversation!)

Basic Points I AM A MAN! / I AM A WOMAN! At the heart of mature womanhood is a freeing disposition to affirm, receive, and nurture strength and leadership from worthy men in ways appropriate to a woman’s differing relationships. Mature Freeing Disposition Affirm Receive Nurture

MATURE WOMANHOOD IN ACTION I AM A MAN! / I AM A WOMAN! MATURE WOMANHOOD IN ACTION Sarah Edwards -- “her greatest glory”

Bottom Line I AM A MAN! / I AM A WOMAN! Because God has made me a MAN, I get to lead and sacrifice for women. Because God has made me a WOMAN, I get to follow and support worthy men.

I AM A MAN! / I AM A WOMAN! “Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant…” (Philippians 2:5-7)

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