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Women’s Ministries Programs

 

Theme:

“Messages of Love”

 

 

Love Me Tender

By

Mary Kay Hearne

 

Fellowship—April 2008

 

Presley at the White House in 1970

Decorations

As this program features Elvis Presley, use Elvis memorabilia, books, albums and posters, to decorate the room. Barbie® makes an Elvis collectible doll that could be used for centerpieces. Or use teddy bears dressed in black leather jackets with toy guitars.

 

Refreshments

Serve some of Elvis’ favorites foods—peanut butter sandwiches, potato chips and ice cream. A banana split was his favorite breakfast food.

 

Games

Name That Tune

Use Elvis’ songs such as: “Don’t Be Cruel,” “It’s Now or Never,” “Teddy Bear,” “Heartbreak Hotel,” “You Ain’t Nothing But a Hound Dog.”

 

Famous Lovers

Match the lover with their partner.

The answers are in bold.

1. Adam                                                               Eve

2. Mark Anthony                                        Cleopatra

3. Archie Bunker                                                Edith

4. Aquila                                                        Priscilla

5. Sir Lancelot                                  Lady Guinevere

6. King David                                            Bathsheba

7. Rhett Butler                                  Scarlett O’Hara

8. John Kennedy                         Jacqueline Bouvier

9. Henry VIII                                        Anne Boleyn

10. Hamlet                                                     Ophelia

11. Romeo                                                         Juliet

12. John Lennon                                         Yoko Ono

13. George Burns                                   Gracie Allen

14. Samson                                                      Delilah

15. Desi Arnaz                                        Lucille Ball

16. Joseph                                                          Mary

17. Humphrey Bogart                          Lauren Bacall

18. Louis XVI                                Marie Antoinette

19. Roy Rogers                                       Dale Evans

20. Dagwood                                                  Blondie

21. Paul Newman                          Joanne Woodward

22. Duke of Edinburgh                  Queen Elizabeth II

23. Abraham                                                     Sarah

24. Prince Rainier                                   Grace Kelly

 

Bathsheba, Mary, Juliet, Sarah, Yoko Ono, Marie Antoinette, Grace Kelly, Gracie Allen, Queen Elizabeth II, Eve, Lauren Bacall, Joanne Woodward, Delilah, Ophelia, Jacqueline Bouvier, Dale Evans, Priscilla, Anne Boleyn, Cleopatra, Scarlet O’Hara, Lady Guinevere, Edith, Lucille Ball, Blondie

 

On the Road

When Elvis was on the road, he would frequently have packed a suitcase. Form two relay teams. Divide each team into two groups. Place the second group on the opposite side of the room from the start. The first person in each group must pack a suitcase with items for a weekend trip, close the suitcase and take it across the room to her team member. The receiving team member must unpack and then repack the suitcase before taking it back across the room to the next team member.

 

Websites

You will find a great variety of information regarding Elvis on the Internet—photos, games, music, virtual tours of Graceland. Check the following sites:

www.elvis.com and www.fiftiesweb.com/elvis.htm and www.elvisnumberones.com

 

 

 

 

 

Devotions

 

 

Friendship

Read John 15:9–13.

 

The theme for this program is centered around the personality of Elvis Presley. Friends were very important to him. In fact, it was a common practice for him to spend large amounts of money on his friends as a way of showing his appreciation and affection for them. Although this gesture may be nice, it doesn’t always bring true friendship, as Elvis found out. There is much more to friendship than what can we get out of it.

 

When the First World War ended, the King and Queen of Belgium wanted to honor President Herbert Hoover for the aid they had received from the United States during the war. After considering the various available honors, the monarch offered Hoover his choice of three decorations. He rejected them all stating, “You have stood at the gateway of civilization and held back the tide of aggression, while we have only shared with you

what we had to give. For that one does not ask for honors.” Desiring to adequately express their appreciation for his efforts, the King and Queen created a new order, to which Hoover alone belonged, called “Friend of the Belgian People.”

 

Friendship is one of the sweetest joys of life. Our friends should bringbalance into our lives. A true friend who is fashioned after God would protect you, help in time of trouble, be loyal, bring out the best in you and be interested in your spiritual well–being.

 

We read in John 15:13 that, “Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.” This speaks of a strong, deep friendship that can stand any event life may bring us. This kind of friendship accepts us for who we are, yet desires to help us become the best we can be. This is not the kind of relationship that wants from another, but rather

looks for ways to give.

 

Sometimes human friends fail us. But we have a true friend in Jesus, who showed us a self–sacrificing love. He paid the highest price He could by giving His life as a sacrifice for our sins so that we could have eternal life (John 3:16). We need to follow His example of selfless love in being willing to give up our own desires so that others will be able to see His love shining through us.