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“Life’s Sweet Aromas”

By

Tracy Ovalle and Reta Hughes

Eastern Territory

Theme:

“Memories”

January – Fellowship Program

2006

Centerpieces

Fill vases with cut flowers that have a strong aroma so that their fragrance fills the room. If fresh flowers are not in your January budget, use scented candles surrounded by silk

flowers. Refreshments To reinforce the theme, bake chocolate chip cookies during the program, so that the aroma fills the room. Serve them following the devotional.

Guess the Scent

Place items with strong aromas in unmarked containers. Use fruit—oranges, lemons, strawberries or vegetables —onions, garlic, cucumbers or use scented candles or lotions. Have each person smells the containers and try to identify the items. Use scented candles or bath products as prizes.

Scents of the Past

 Have each woman share a scent that reminds her of a past memory, such as baking cookies with Grandma, or getting sprayed by a skunk. Encourage the women to think of funny stories, fond memories or even life–altering events.

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Craft Ideas

Scented Soaps

Most craft stores sell kits to make scented soaps, which are fairly easy to use. You can also purchase supplies from the Internet. Following are two sites: Goplanetearth.com, www. candylandcrafts.com.

Scrapbook Pages

Scratch and sniff stickers are still available. Have the women create a scrapbook page using a photo and a few stickers in the scent that reminds them of that particular event. Encourage the women to tell the story behind the photo somewhere on the page. If they

do not have a scrapbook, the page can be put in a frame and displayed.

A ‘Scent’sational Scrambler

Scrambled Words                        Answer

1. bytrsarwer                                  Strawberry

2.  tnccoou                                     coconut

3.  minacnno                                   cinnamon

4.  oerss                                         roses

5.  woisbner                                   brownies

6.  eholcaoct ipch koiocse       chocolate chip cookies

7.  mfpeeru                                     perfume

8.  plpea ipe                                   apple pie

9.  scnaatoirn                                  carnations

10. stsrihacm seret                          Christmas Trees

An Aroma

Award a prize to the woman who can make the most words beginning with the letters in the word “aroma.”  These must be items having a smell or words that are associated with an aroma.  For example; apple, roses, oranges, odor, mangos, mouthwash, algae, aerosolo.

Word Search – Body Fragrances

P  H  B  K  W  R  S  Z  Y  E  M  O

S  O  A  P  E  H  E  A  N  T  O   O

E  O  B  D  M  D  R  O  Z  S  U  P

M O W G  L   P   I   U  H  A T  M

U O  W  T  S  T  E  O   N  P  H  A

P  T  V  R  O  S  O  D  S  H  W  H

P  R  I   L  D  P  G   Z  E  T   A   S

H A  N  D  C  R  E  A  M O   S  T

H W  P  I   L M  Z C  W  O  H  P

H  J  E  N  G  O  L  O C  T   H  A

E  M U  F  R  E   P  E  R  E   Z  D

 

Find the following words: 

Hair spray                                      Powder 

Mouthwash                                    Shampoo 

Perfume                                          Soap 

Hand Cream                                 Toothpaste 

Cologne                                         Lotion

 

 

 

 

Devotions

“The Aroma of Christ”

 

Scents are all around us.  Some are good and some bad.  Many evoke memories from our childhood. I remember getting my first permanent when I was about 12 years old. The smell was horrid and seemed to last for days. My hair was brown with reddish highlights and was cut short.   Of course, the perm made it curl tightly all over my head. I had a strange resemblance to Little Orphan Annie. My school chorus teacher agreed and when we sang, “The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow” for the spring concert, she made me stand in the front row. Even now as an adult, every time I smell perm solution I find myself singing, “The sun will come out tomorrow, bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow …” For me that is a funny memory. But some scents evoke more serious or trying times in our lives.

During early Roman times, a conquering general would bring back treasures and captives to display in a triumphal entry from the battlefield. They burned incense to their gods during these processions to express victory for some, defeat for others.

Second Corinthians 2:14 states, “But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Him.” Christ leads us to triumph throughout our lives. Our witness to His enabling power is the sweet incense that burns for the entire world to see. To some that aroma is a sweet scent and they accept Christ’s gift of salvation. To others, it is a foul odor that they reject.  But no matter how the message we bring is received, verse 15 says, “For we are to God the aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.”

Being a sweet aroma so that others will sense the presence of Christ is a great responsibility and as outlined in verse 16 “. . . who is equal to such a task?”  What an awesome job to share the sweet aroma of Christ with the world.  How can we complete such a task?  The answer comes in 2 Corinthians 3:5, “Not that we are competent in ourselves. . .but our competence comes from God.”  He will give us the words to say and will help us overcome our feelings of inadequacy to reach others in His Name.  When we serve Christ wholeheartedly, we become a sweet aroma to the world.