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


Let Your Light Shine!
Women's Ministry Theme

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This theme concentrates on being a witness for Christ in a dark world.

Alternative Theme Titles

• Got Fruit?
• Shinning Forth in a Dark World
• Light in a Dark World
• Beacons For Christ
• Make Me a Lighthouse
• This Little Light of Mine
• Go Forth and Shine!
• Rays of Light
• Sharing SON-light
• Carry The Light
• Send The Light
  
  Theme Verse Suggestions
  
• Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good
  works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven." Matthew 5:16
  
  Devotional
  
• How Bright Is Your Light?
• Devotionals by Julia
  
  Color Scheme
  
• Nautical. Navy Blue or combination of sea blue, white and a touch of red.
  
  General Decorations
  
• Think Nautical.
• Use decorative wooden ships, ships in a bottle, seashells, etc.
• Use lighthouse figurines. Sometimes you can find these in dollar stores.
  
  For The Tables
  
• Place votive candles on saucers and fill the edges around the votives with aquarium rocks or small seashells.
• Use different size shells on your tables.
  
  Focal Point
  
• Ocean/Lighthouse Mural - Make a coastal scene with a lighthouse.
• Table Top Display - Make a collage display of nautical items. Some suggestions are--anchor, compass, ships, lighthouses, lifesaver flotation, large rope, globe. Add in photos of any servicemen and women in your church in their uniforms,
  
  Games and Ice-breakers:
  
• Icebreakers Index
  
  Music
  
• Let the Lower Lights Be Burning by Philip P. Bliss
• Throw out the Lifeline (use chorus) by Edward S. Ufford
• This Little Light of Mine
• Brighten the Corner Where You Are (use chorus) by Inda Duley Ogden
  
  Favors
  
• Flashlights
• Wooden Lighthouses - Find small wooden cutouts to paint at your local craft store.
• Lighthouse Key Chains - (Check at Oriental Trading.)
• Favor Index.
  
  
• Anything with Lighthouses - Lighthouses are very popular so it should be easy to find something such as blanket throws, towels, lamps, pillows, figurines, stationary, etc.
• Anything Nautical
• Globe
• Lamp
• Flashlight
• Seascape/Lighthouse Picture or Painting
• Candle
• Doorprize page
  
  Skits
  
• CLM Skit Links
  
  Food Suggestions
  
• Seafood (either main dish or just shrimp to dip, crab dip with crackers, etc.)

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