Just as unique as the snowflakes falling, over 500 Colorado girls, from 5^th - 12^th grade, moms, leaders and volunteers attended Define Weekend, February 19-20 at Riverside Baptist Church, Denver.  

Friday evening, after praise and worship time, author, speaker and founder of Redeemed Girl Ministries, Marian Jordan, set the tone for the weekend with this statement: The only one who has the right to define you is the one who created you. She showed the girls how they are a precious treasure like a china cup rather than a cheap Styrofoam coffee cup.  From her personal testimony, Marian shared her struggles as she sought to deal with the labels she acquired as a child and the results of the damaging life choices she made trying to fill the void caused by those labels. She encouraged the girls that labels do not define us and that God can redeem us regardless of our choices. During the closing commitment service girls filled the altar area as they sought out an encourager for prayer and took the opportunity to write with a black marker on black silhouettes their requests to God for the weekend, so what was written was known only to them and God. 

Later Friday night, Ayiesha Woods, Christian artist and Dove award nominee, rocked the house with her soulful mix of music and connected with the girls as she encouraged them that they are “gems to God.”

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