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


Joybells Ringing In Your Heart
Women's Ministry Theme

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This is a theme concentrated about joy in our lives and hearts.

Alternative Theme Titles

• Joy in My Heart
• Finding True Joy
• Count It All Joy!
• Going In The Joy of the Lord
• Joy Bells!
• With A Heart of Joy
• Bearing Joy Fruit (Concentrating on Joy as one of the Fruits of the Spirit)
  
  Theme Verse Suggestions
  
• "... I withheld not my heart from any joy...." Ecclesiastes 2:10
  
• "Making melody in your heart to the Lord." Ephesians 5:19
  
  Devotional
  
• Devotionals by Julia
  
  Color Scheme
  
• Bright cheery colors.
  
  General Decorations
  
• Anything with hearts and bells.
• Wind chimes with bells.
• A potpourri of novelty and porcelain bells.
• Balloons or anything that sets a cheerful mood.
• Anything with fruit if using Joy Fruit Theme.
  
  For The Tables
  
• Daisies or any flowers that set a festive mood.
• If you want to emphasize the "heart" part of the theme, sprinkle heart cut-outs on the tables.
• Novelty Bells. (Look at your $ stores.)
• Arrangements with fruit if using Joy Fruit Theme.
  
  Focal Point
  
• Table Top Display - Make a display using levels covered with material. Mix a few bells throughout with a nice floral arrangement. Then place things on the table that you feel ladies receive joy from such as: a couple good books, a few family photos, a shopping bag (of course!), jewelry, a few baking supplies or bowels and measuring cups, even a few pairs of shoes. Make sure you place in a Bible. You can think up many more things to add. Place a sign in a photo frame somewhere in the display with a sign that says: "What Brings You Joy?"
  
  Games and Ice-breakers:
  
• Icebreakers Index
  
  Music
  
• You May Have the Joybells Hymn
• I Have the Joy, Joy, Joy, Joy Down in My Heart Chorus
• Do you have a ladies hand bell choir in your church or one in your local area that you could have perform at your event?
  
  Favors
  
• Novelty Bells. Can be purchased very inexpensively at import or dollar stores. You could place wrapped heart candy in the bottoms bringing up cellophane around to the top and tying with ribbons around the handle of the bell. Attach a hang tag with theme verse.
• Jingle Card (Very Simple) Print out "Joybells Ringing In Your Heart" along with theme verse on card stock (can embellish with heart clip art). Tie a cluster of jingle bells in corner with ribbons.
• Favor Index.
  
  Doorprizes
  
• Gift Certificate for a pie from Marie Calendars (if you are concentrating on "joy" as a fruit of the spirit.)
• Anything with hearts or bells. (for "Joy Bells theme") You should be able to find lots of things with hearts.
• Anything fruit-related (for "Joy Fruit" theme)
• Doorprize page
  
  Skits
  
• CLM Skit Links
  
  Food Suggestions
  
• Keep your menu light. It's hard to feel uplifted and joyful if you've just ate a heavy meal:-)

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