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These are suggestions for you to build upon. Be creative...Julia


Flying High With Prayer
Women's Ministry Theme

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With the kite as an inspiration, this theme revolves around tapping into the uplifting power of prayer.

Alternative Theme Titles

• Let's Fly A Kite
• Get Carried Away
• Prayer: The Highest Kite You Can Fly
• Into The Wind
• Soar Into Prayer
• On The Wings of Prayer
  
  Theme Verse Suggestions
  
• "Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. Hebrews 4:16
  
  Devotional
  
• High Lord
• Devotionals by Julia
  
  Color Scheme
  
• No suggestions.
  
  General Decorations
  
• Decorate using lots of kites.
• You can purchase kites at $Stores and Oriental Trading or most online novelty stores.
• Hang a few larger kites from the ceiling or place larger ones on a wall.
  
  For The Tables
  
• Small arrangements with small kites poked into them and kite strings with bows hanging down. Make the kites with construction paper, bamboo skewers, and ribbon.
• Place kite string on top of the tables with construction paper kite bows (all colors) taped down to the tables at intervals on the string.
  
  Games and Ice-breakers:
  
• Icebreakers Index
  
  Music
  
• God Answers Prayer (Edwin Hatch)
• Standin' In The Need of Prayer
• Whisper A Prayer (Traditional Chorus)
• Tell It To Jesus (Jeremiah E. Rankin)
• I Must Tell Jesus (Elisha A. Hoffman)
  
  Favors
  
• Prayer Journal (purchase pretty inexpensive journals. Available at most $stores).
• Make small kites as favors with theme verse attached. (Check online for various directions.)
• Favor Index.
  
  Just For Fun
  
• Make hand made invitations shaped as kites using scrapbooking papers.
• Make kite shaped name tags or place cards.
• Have a prayer list already typed out with current needs of your church or group.
• Have a prayer list of your city officials.
• Have a prayer list of your missionaries with specific needs.
• Have a prayer challenge such as praying for your pastors wife (30 days) or switch names between all of the group and give them that person to pray for the next month.
  
  Doorprizes
  
• Prayer Journal
• Book on Prayer
• Check your local Christian bookstore for novelties such as keychains, etc. with verses or sayings concerning prayer.
• Book on Prayer
• Kite
• Doorprize page
  
  Skits
  
• CLM Skit Links
  
  Food Suggestions
  
• Rice Krispy Squares but shaped into kite shapes.

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