Women’s Sunday – Deeply Rooted: Outline

Women’s Sunday – Deeply Rooted: Sermon

Women’s Sunday 2023 – Deeply Rooted: PDF | Word

Scripture: Jeremiah 17:7-8

Menu:

Following the morning worship service, ask the Men’s Club to serve a special meal for all of the women of the congregation. Depending on your budget, this could be a steak and baked potato dinner or as simple as brunch with traditional items like eggs, bacon/sausage, biscuits, and fruit. It would be fun to serve roasted ROOT vegetables (carrots, parsnips, turnips, potatoes and more) following the theme of deeply rooted. If there is no Men’s Club, purchase sandwich platters from a grocery store so that the women will not have to cook for their own enrollment/recognition meal.

Color Palette/Décor Ideas:

• Black and White Buffalo Plaid napkins
• White Tablecloths
• Green potted plants (from nursery or garden center)
• Black and White Buffalo Plaid Placemats

Centerpieces and Decorations:

• Fresh potted plants (to be given to the local leaders in recognition)
• Buffalo Plaid Paper Placemat (to put under the plants)
• Invite a local bonsai club to exhibit their plants.

Leader Recognition:

We would like to take a moment to thank all of our Women’s Ministries leaders. Our key verse for today is “Blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in Him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream” (Jer. 17:7-8).

Leaders, in the center of our tables today is a beautiful fresh plant purchased in your honor. We give them today to ____________ (list names and jobs of local officers) in honor of your service to our corps and Women’s Ministries. You add a freshness and life to our group, and we appreciate all that you do. Optional: Give a watering can (tie a buffalo check ribbon on the handle) to your Women’s Ministry leader as an extra gift for all the little extras that she does to bring nourishment and life to the group.

Creative Time

As a filler while different tables of women are being served or going through a buffet line, enjoy a creative time with these three different craft ideas. This could also be done at the conclusion of the meeting.

Creative Time Set-up:

• Station One: Yarn Hearts
• Station Two: Adult Coloring Page
• Station Three: Succulent Potting

Yarn Hearts:

Have premade heart templates 2”-3” cut from posterboard or cardstock. The women can use the template to trace the heart on pieces of cardboard from a used shipping box. Take colored yarn and tape one end to the middle of the heart. Wind it around the cardboard heart. It should be free form and fun. Once the cardboard is completely covered, cut the yarn with a several inch tail and tie to the yarn covering the heart. Print and frame this scripture to display at this station next to a sample: “I the Lord search the heart and examine the mind, to reward each person according to his conduct, according to what their deeds deserve.” (Jer. 17:10).

Supplies Needed:

• Scissors, yarn, tape, pencils needed
• Heart templates
• Cardboard

Adult Coloring Page:

A quick internet search will reveal free scripture-based coloring pages for the women. If your budget allows, you could give everyone a Christian Adult Coloring Book of their own. Or print several free ones, which are available online and they can make your own book. Have colored pencils, markers, and crayons available for women to use. If possible, find a tree with roots for women to color. Print and frame this scripture for this station: “Blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in Him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its rooted by the stream.” (Jer. 17:7-8).

Supplies Needed:

• Adult Christian coloring pages
• Adult Christian coloring books
• Colored pencils, markers

Succulent Potting:

Small succulent plants which are available at most local nurseries. At this station women can take those plants and group a few together in a larger pot with fresh potting soil. Be sure and use a plastic tablecloth at this station. Plastic spoons can be used instead of expensive gardening tools. An extra touch would be ribbon to tie around the pot with a tag. The women can write the scripture on it, or it can be printed on a label.

Print and frame Jer. 17:8b “It (She) does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green.” Also have a sample plant.

Supplies Needed:

• Succulents
• Potting soil
• Pots
• Plastic spoons
• Plastic tablecloths
• Ribbon, tags and stickers (extra touch)

Enrollment Ceremony:

We are so pleased to have new members as part of our Women’s Ministries groups this year. As I call your name, please come forward. Today as part of our recognition of you joining our Women’s Ministries, I’d like to present to each of you a Pothos plant.

• Pothos plant are inexpensive and available at most garden centers.
• Display an example of a pothos plant where you can see the stem growing roots in a clear glass vase or glass jar.

This is the easiest plant in the world to take care of. In fact, if you cut off a small stem from this plant and put it in water, you see something wonderful happen. After a few days, the cutting will begin growing roots. No soil or special treatment needed! Then you can share this cutting with a friend. Just like someone brought you to our group, you can share a new plant and invite someone that you know to join us.

I would like to take a moment to pray over each of you and thank God for you.

Devotion:

In our theme scripture, Jeremiah 17:7, 8, we read how a person who trusts in the Lord is like a tree, rooted deep into nourishing grounds. Today you found as your table favor, a small journal or notebook. Inside you will find a printed copy of those verses. Let’s read them out loud together.

I see the qualities of rooted faith in each of you, and I believe you can see it in each other. Please take a moment on the first page to write your name at the top of the journal. We are going to take time now to encourage each other by passing our journals around your table (or around the room if a small group) to each other. On the lines under the listed name, write a rooted quality that you see in that person. For example, if you see in (name__) the spiritual quality of joy because of her effervescence and perseverance despite difficult circumstances, write a line or two to encourage her in the faith.

Close in prayer.