Habits Women's Ministry Theme Program

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

Grab Your Fly Swatter!
Women's Ministry Theme

This theme revolves around swatting out bad habits in our lives.

Alternative Theme Titles

Whatsoever Ye Do
What Are You in the Habit Of?
Good Habits and Holy Lives
Dealing With Habits

Theme Verse Suggestions
"Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do,
do all to the glory of God." I Corinthians 10:31

Devotional
GrabYour Fly Swatter!

Devotionals by Julia

Added Resource - Hand Out:

What Are You In The Habit Of?
by Julia Bettencourt
This resource contains 45 questions concerning our physical and spiritual habits as Christian women. Some are humorous and some of the questions are on a serious note to get us thinking about how we really act and what habits we exhibit in our everyday lives.

The handouts that are available are designed especially for Christian women to survey and evaluate certain areas of their lives to bring them to a closer relationship with the Lord.

Great resource at a reasonable cost for Church Ladies Meetings and Events.

Find details here...

Color Scheme

Cool summer colors.

General Decorations
Strive for a lazy daisy summer day atmostphere. Laid back and relaxed.
Use sunflowers or daisies (or any summer flowers) in various containers.
A few summer sports items propped in a corner such as crochet mallets, badmitton rackets, or even an old bicycle.

Focal Point
Summer Porch Setting - Prop an old screen door against a wall. The older and more rustic, the better. Set out a porch rocker and a few other porch items such as terra cotta pots of flowers, baskets, or any yard/porch decoration. Make sure to decorate your screen door with a sunflower or daisy wreath and set out a welcome mat in front of the screen door..

For The Tables
Cover the tables with gingham check of any color.
Mason jars for tea or lemonade.
Use white containers such as a mix match of vases and items of milk glass.
Small arrangements in mason jars or simple vases tied with a little raffia.

Games and Ice-breakers:
Conversation Starter - "What is the most disgusting habit someone can have?"
Icebreakers Index

Music
Cleanse Me (J. Edwin Orr)
Take My Life, and Let It Be (Frances R. Havergal)
Spirit of the Living God (Arr. by B. B. McKinney)
For Me to Live is Christ (J. White)
Channels Only (Mary E. Maxwell)

Favors
Fly Swatter - Check your Dollar Stores. Sometimes they carry some cute ones in shapes such as flowers, etc.
Sunflower (or any summer flower) Seed Packet, tied up with ribbon and hang tag.
Embroidered Hankies - Dollar stores are a great source.
Favor Index.

Doorprizes
Fly Swatter (try to find a unique shaped one)
Anything embellished with Summer flowers (dishtowels, etc).
Daily Devotional Book
If holding during the summer, any summer novelty item.
Doorprize page

Skits
CLM Skit Links

Food Suggestions
No Suggestions

www.juliabettencourt.com

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