October 10, 2007 by Stacy McDonald
Mother Daughter Tea
Some things are just too girly for words…
Last night we held a mother daughter tea in our home, celebrating the completion of our local Raising Maidens of Virtue study. This is only about a fifth of the food that arrived, and not only was it beautiful, it was scrumptulous! Candles flickered, classical music permeated the room, young girls giggled, and finely arrayed young ladies mingled with the mothers.
Over 50 ladies, young and…old-er attended. :-) We plan to hold an even bigger event in the Spring, which will include at least one surprise guest speaker and a modest fashion show! Wanna come?
Another mother/daughter team recited Scripture for us…
Whitney, a beautiful example of a maiden of virtue who is now married and expecting her first baby, honored us by playing the harp…
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Oh what a lovely evening that you all shared.
Do you have somewhere in your archive of articles, one that might talk about how to pull all that together. What age was the minimum?
I would love to start something like that here in my church or community. I just think it will be low in attendance as the maidens that desire to follow God’s calling the bible seem to be non-existent at our churh.
Blessings,
Melissa D. SC
What a lovely event.
Stacey- we do not live close enough to be involved in your Raising Maidens.
Do you have a format- or a way that I could maybe start a group here in Missouri?
Angie Sellers
Mrs. McDonald, this is such a precious post! What a memorable evening it must have been — the sweet sharing of gifts and talents and hearts, the affirmation of these young ladies in the eyes of their mothers and older friends. I know it will have been a significant touchstone time for them. Yes! I would love to come in the spring!
Upon each one’s 16th birthday, we host a tea for our granddaughters and their friends (and mothers). We have one coming up this month. May we use the last paragraph of this post as a benediction blessing for her? Thank you for sharing this with us.
Yes I do want to come to your gathering in the spring. So let us know when it is.
Sherrie in MI
Yes I do want to come to your spring gathering. Let us know when it will be.
Sherrie in MI
I just ordered your book “Raising Maidens of Virtue”. I am very excited to get it. I am sure someday my daughter will thank you!
Melissa, I live in SC too, and it is very hard to find ladies, and young women who desire to follow God’s calling. Although I am blessed by the ladies in our church, because they do embrace biblical roles.
I’m in the Midlands.
Ohhhhh, how absolutely beautiful and girly and feminine and all those other lovely words! I’m going to check out this Maidens of Virtue study. My girls would love it!
I’m also over our Keepers at Home group at church. This looks like something they would really enjoy as well.
Thank you for sharing. I LOVE your blog and I’m so happy I found it!
Hi Melissa,
We didn’t have a minimum or a maximum age. I think the ages represented were 5-21. :-)
As far as attendance, I think you’d be surprised. Also, although the tea was for the mothers and daughters, the actual study was for the moms. I went through the study for the moms and then the moms went home each time and did the study with their daughters. During the study, we hosted two mother/daughter teas where, of course, the daughters were invited.
My goal was to have the mothers train their own daughters at home and thus build that much-needed bond between the two. The teas allowed the young ladies to meet and be encouraged by one another and experience a wholesome and feminine time of celebration and fellowship.
What a beautiful idea! I especially love the part about the book study being for the mothers so that they could back and teach it to their daughters! Sounds like Titus 2 at its best! Blessings to you Mrs. McDonald!
In His Love,
Tammy
Stacey
Do you have a leadership if I should decided to start a group like that? I love the idea that it is just for the mother’s What a blessing.
Angie
Stacy, I would LOVE to attend with my daughter! I only wish we lived closer. :(
Have you ever thought of writing a “guide to a ‘Raising Maidens’ tea”? What exactly do y’all talk about? Did the girls and mothers know to come prepared to share a gift/talent?
His,
Mrs. U
I would have loved to have been there! I may have to have a tea gathering myself when I read the book.