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Women's Ministries Programs
February – Fellowship Program 2006 “Love Song Through the Ages” By Jessica Bassett Theme: “Memories”
Decorations Following a Valentine theme decorate with hearts, red tablecloths and banners with saying about love. Use Bible verses including John 3:16 and John 15:13. Check the following websites for secular quotes:
Refreshments Jell-O® Jiggler Hearts Mix ½ cup of thawed frozen strawberries, with the juice, in a blender. Stir 4 envelopes of unflavored gelatin into 2 cups cold water and heat slowly over medium low heat until the gelatin is totally dissolved. Stir the strawberries and the gelatin mixture together and add a 6-ounce can of frozen apple juice concentrate.
Spray a 9 x 12 inch pan with Pam® cooking spray. Pour the mixture into the pan and chill until firm. Unmold that gelatin. Using a heart-shaped cookie cutter, cut out hearts.
Program Ideas Love Songs For centuries man has expressed his feelings of love in song. Share some of the history of love songs. Information on songs from ancient to modern times can be found at www.sound-exp.com/history.html.
Song About Love Songs 43 through 55 in The Salvation Army Song Book focus on love. Choose some of the women’s favorites for a time of singing.
Scriptural Love Songs King Solomon wrote of his love for the Shulammite woman in the Song of Songs. This book in the Old Testament contains exquisite love lyrics. It tells of the love between a bridegroom and his bride, affirming the sanctity of marriage. Read Song of Song Chapter 4 from The Message.
Love Links Paper Chains To show love in action, make a paper chain of love messages to be taken to someone who I ill, needs encouragement or has missed meetings. In advance of the meeting, cut strips of construction paper, 2 inches by 8 inches. Have the women write a message on the strips of paper, leaving 1 inch free on each end, then glue them together to form a chain. Assign some of the women to deliver these chains to those women being remembered.
Games Name That Tune Divide the group into teams. Give a clue about a love song. Have each team guess how many seconds they need to identify it. The team indicating the shortest time gets to play. Play the song and let them guess the title. If they can’t guess, the other team has a chance to play.
Musical Hearts This game is played like musical chairs but the participants stay seated. Pass around a heart (pillow, bean-bag, or cardboard) wile the music plays.
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