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


Fruit of The Spirit
Women's Ministry Theme

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This theme revolves around displaying the Fruit of the Spirit in our daily lives.

Alternative Theme Titles

• Got Fruit?
• Let's Get Fruity
• Bearing Much Fruit
• Fruity Christians
• Fruit Matters
• Gone Fruity
  
  Theme Verse Suggestions
  
• "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law." Galatians 5:22
  
  Devotional
  
• Provisions
• Devotionals by Julia
  
  Color Scheme
  
• Any color scheme will do. You could pull the colors from a few different fruits, such as bright yellows( bananas, Purple (grapes).
  
  General Decorations
  
• Use fake or real fruits of all kinds.
• Fruit baskets or fruit crates.
• Canning supplies such as a canner and a few fruit jars.
  
  For The Tables
  
• Small fruit basket centerpieces.
• Grape clusters and banana bunches. They can be real or fake.
  
  Focal Point
  
• Fruit Arrangement - Make a display with lots of fruits. Use a fruit crate or large basket tipped sideways with it all flowing out. Add in a few vines or greenery for fillers.
• Fruit of The Spirit Tree - Use school paper to make a tree or draw a mural of one. Cut out different large shaped fruits and write out the Fruit of the Spirit on them. (Galatians. 5:22)
  
  Games and Ice-breakers:
  
• Icebreakers Index
  
  Music
  
• Spirit of the Living God (fall fresh on me) Chorus
• I Have the Joy, Joy, Joy, Joy Down in My Heart Chorus
  
  Favors
  
• Apples or any fruit. Use ribbon to tie on hang tag with verse and event info. (title and date)
• Fruit Magnets (sometimes you can find packages of these with several in them at the $stores.)
• Coffee Mugs with fruit on them. Could fill with candy.
• Small bottles of fruit scented bubble bath or hand cream.
• Mini jars of jelly
• Fruit flavored teas.
• Fruit flavored candy (such as Starbursts or the strawberry candy).
• Favor Index.
  
  Just For Fun
  
• Do a workshop or share tips on Canning or Freezing Fruit. (Check online for sources.)
• Share a Fruit Recipe for something such as a fruit pie or fruit salad.
• Share some fun, nutritional, or unknown facts about fruit. (Check online for sources.)
  
  Doorprizes
  
• Gift Certificate for a pie from Marie Calendars (if you have those in your area or any restaurant that has specialty pies.)
• Fruit Dishtowels or potholders.
• Kitchen accessory or item decorated with fruit motif.
• Print/picture with fruit.
• Notepads or stationary decorated with fruit.
• Book on canning/freezing fruit.
• Jarred Jellies.
• Bag of Fruit Candy.
• Large value pack of fruit flavored chewing gum.
• Box of Fruit Loops:)
• Kitchen items geared for fruit such as a cherry pit remover, juicer (can usually find in $stores)
• Doorprize page
  
  Skits
  
• CLM Skit Links
  
  Food Suggestions
  
• Fruit
• Fruit Pizza (The kind made with cookie dough, cream cheese mixture, and fruit.)

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