Take a few ideas for a small meeting or take several for a larger event.
These are suggestions for you to build upon. Be creative...Julia


In The Bag
Women's Ministry Theme

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With handbags and purses as an inspiration, this theme revovles around what we carry with us on a daily basis as a Christian woman.

Alternative Theme Titles

• What's In Your Purse?
• What's In The Bag?
• The Contents of Me!
• What I Carry
• Bag Day
  
  Theme Verse Suggestions:
  
• I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I,
  but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the
  flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and
  gave himself for me.    Galatians 2:20
  
  Devotional Suggestions
  
• What's In Your Purse?
• Devotionals by Julia
  
  Color Scheme
  
• No suggestions.
  
  General Decorations
  
• Decorate using lots of handbags, purses, totes, and any type of bag.
  
  For The Tables
  
• Small arrangements in purses. A little greenery or silk flowers poked into the tops of them.
• Helium filled balloons tied to bags (shopping bag type) or to purse handles.
  
  Games and Ice-breakers
• Purse and Bag Games
• Icebreakers Index
  
  Music
  
• Search Me O God (James E. Orr)
  
  Favors
  
• Mini Purses or Tote Bags. (Type the keyword "bag" into the searchbox at Oriental Trading. They have several types.
• Make small little purses or bags to fill with little candies, a travel pack of tissues, etc. You'll find several free printables online. Just search purse template or printable purse in Google.
• Favor Index.
  
  Just For Fun
  
• Do a Used Purse Charity Project for a Local Women's Shelter.
  Purse Charity Idea
  
  Doorprizes
  
• Purse
• Tote Bag
• Purse "Basket". Fill a purse or tote bag with several fun items. Place on colored cellophane and pull up ends as you would a gift basket and tie with ribbons.
• Purse Size Umbrella
• Keychain
• Any item you would find in a purse such as gum, mints, lipstick, small compact mirror, etc.
• Doorprize page
  
  Skits
  
• CLM Skit Links
  
  Food Suggestions
• Assign each lady a "bagged" snack to bring in
  (chips, pretzils, cookies, popcorn, M &Ms, etc.)
• Have "bagged" lunches.
• Purse Cake - Search in Google and you'll find a few different recipes and directions.

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