At our congregation we tried a new women's activity we called "Sweets & Service." It was a Christmas brunch/craft/service project. We decided we wanted it to benefit a local nursing home. I racked my brain to come up with a way to keep 140 ladies busy for 90 minutes! The organization and all the materials needed were frying my brain. With a lot of prayer and some help from my good friend and we pulled it off! Had a lot of help from our women's committee members as well.
We had tables for crafts, gift bag decorators, card signing, bag filling, and ziplocing cookies - lot of jobs to be done!
The assembly line of goodies to go into the gift bags!
Lots of Moms and daughters came - loved that!
Sweet ladies signing home-made cards!
Our craft - doorknob hangers! They were all unique!
About 25 of us were able to deliver the gifts to the nursing home. We sang a few songs, handed out gifts, and put the doorknob decorations on their doors. It was a good thing to do for people who seem forgotten by our culture.
Jesus was always reaching out to the forgotten ones. I hope the spirit of Christmas giving touches your heart and you are able to do something similar this season!
"It is more blessed to give than to receive." Acts 20:35
5 comments:
I agree about the elderly being a forgotten culture. As soon as I have a free afternoon with the kids, I'm taking them to a nursing home with our violins. They will either stay and smile sweetly or run for the hills. Love your craft!
It turned out great! I knew it would, and I'm sure it was such a blessing for the residents and all who participated.
Those are super cute!!
We would have come to that if we weren't cheering Alyx on at her swim meet! What a great thing to do!
Oh, how wonderful!! You did a great job!
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