Presenter:
Teena Weathersby-Hampton
Director of Mission Delivery Operations
Girl Scouts of Northern Indiana-Michiana
Member of the P.R.A.Y. National Board of Directors
Host:
Deb Hazlewood
P.R.A.Y.
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Teena WeathersbyHampton
Teena Weathersby-Hampton is
the Director of Mission
Delivery Operations for the Girl
Scouts of Northern IndianaMichiana. She oversees the
overall mission of membership,
volunteerism, program, product
program and member
communications.
Teena came to GSNI-M in 2011
from the Girl Scout Council of
Eastern Missouri that served
over 62,000 girls each year
within the St. Louis
metropolitan area and 22
surrounding counties. She was
the former Assistant Director of
Membership for the Urban
Program and finally the
Assistant Director of Girl
Development for the Suburban
Region. She began her Girl
Scout career in 1999 as
Membership Development
Manager for the Urban Program
where she worked hard to
increase visibility of Girl
Scouting to the African
American, Bosnian and
Hispanic community.
Outline: My Promise, My Faith
 Overview of Requirements
 5 Steps
 “Updated” requirements
 Resources
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GSUSA – Booklets for younger and older girls
GSNIM – Short and Snappy
 Best Practices
 Church
 Christian University
 Housing Authority Site
 GS Volunteer Community/Service Unit
 Impact of MPMF
 Connection to religious recognitions
 Question/Answer Session
MPMF Requirements
 Step 1: Choose one line of
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the law
Step 2: Interview a woman
Step 3: Gather 3 quotes
Step 4: Make something
Step 5: Keep the
connection strong
New Updated Description
 There are 2 updates to the MPMF
description.
 The current Girl’s Guides to Girl
Scouting do not reflect these updates.
Find out about
Religious
Recognitions
P.R.A.Y.
website
New UPDATED Description
 Requirement #5 is “Keep the Connection
Strong.”
 Girls are instructed to “Find out if your
faith community offers a recognition
program for Girl Scouts.”
 The MPMF pin does not replace
Religious Recognitions: it complements
them.
GSUSA Resources:
MPMF Booklets
 “Your Faith and Girl
Scouts: Make the
Connection” – for
younger and older Girl
Scouts
 Booklets include
activities to explore the
Girl Scout Law
MPMF Booklets
 Available in English and
Spanish
 Are available online:
 http://girlscouts.org/pro
gram/basics/faith/
MPMF Booklets
CLARIFICATION
 Booklets are not required
to earn MPMF
 Girls who complete the
MPMF booklets have not
finished all the MPMF
requirements
 Booklets help girls fulfill
Step 1: Choose a line of
the law and relate it to a
song, prayer, reading or
tradition of your faith
GSNIM
Resources
 Short n Snappy
 http://www.girlscou
tsnorthernindianamichiana.org/sites/d
efault/files/My%20P
romise%20My%20Fa
ith%20Pin%20with
%20handout.pdf
GSNIM
Resources
 http://www.girlscoutsnorthernindiana-
michiana.org/mypromise
 MPMF 5 requirements
 Religious Recognitions
 MPMF planning kit (43 pages)
GSNIM
Resources
GSNIM
Resources
Church Collaboration
Local Baptist Church
 Leadership team
 Fees
 Number of sessions
 Promotion
 Participants
Local Baptist Church
 Describe a typical
session
Local Baptist Church
 Pros and cons
MPMF EVENT University Collaboration
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University Collaboration
 Funding
 Leadership team
 Number of sessions
 Promotion
 Participants
University Collaboration
 Describe a typical
session
University Collaboration
 Pros and Cons
Housing Authority Site
Housing Authority
 Funding
 Leadership team
 Number of sessions
 Promotion
 Participants
Girl Scout Service Unit/Community Volunteer Led Event
GS Community/Service Unit
 Pros and Cons
MPMF and Religious Recognitions
 MPMF points to the
Religious Recognitions,
it does not replace them.
 Why is this important?
 Religious recognitions
are created by the
national religious bodies.
MPMF Impact
 Girls – Girls will see how the Girl Scout Law is
connected to their faith.
 Leaders - MPMF helps ADULTS to make the
connection between Girl Scouting and faith.
 Councils - MPMF can strengthen the partnership
between the local Girl Scout council and the faith
community.
 Congregations – They have an important role in
Girl Scouting
Teena Weathersby-Hampton
teena.weathersby-hampton@gsnim.org
Deb Hazlewood
debh@praypub.org
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