Alternative Theme Titles:

• Blessings From Above
• Showers of Blessings - Would make a great spring event using the "blessings" emphasis with spring decor..
• Harvest Blessings
• Let's Just Praise the Lord
• Great Things He Hath Done
  
  Theme Verse Suggestions:
  
• "By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name."   Hebrews 13:15
• "Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name."   Psalm 100:4
• "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path."   Psalm 119:105
  
  Devotional:
  
• A Tisket A Tasket by Julia
•   Counting Your Blessings Survey (12 questions concerning blessings)
  
•   Praise and Thanksgiving Bible Study (15 questions with fill in blanks)
  
  See the Devotional Index
  
  Decorating Suggestions:
  
  Color Scheme
  Fall colors.
  
  General Decorations
  
• Fall decorations and the things of harvest.
• Cornucopias, Cornstalks, haybales, gourds, pumpkins,apples, indian corn, fall leaves, wheat, Mums or any fall flowers, vnes, branches and twigs.
  
  For The Tables
  
• Fall table coverings.
• Scatter fall leaves (silk or plastic ones) down the middle of the tables along with mini gourds and pumpkins.
• Add in some candles.
• You can hollow out mini pumpkins, gourds or apples to make candle holders. For mini pumpkins and gourds, you can hollow out just enough to push a voltive in or hollow out most of the inside and put in a tea light.
  Directions:
  From Pioneer Thinking (within a centerpiece article)
  From In Season.com
• Find Fall Centerpiece Links here.
• Find Turkey Directions here. Many are geared as kid's craft projects but you may find something you'd like to use among them.
  
  Focal Point
  Horn of Plenty A Good size table top cornucopia of fruit and veggies and harvest things.
  
  Harvest Display
  
• Gather a large mixture of fall things to make a display.
• Use hay or strawbales. Please be careful because of allergies and also keep the display a good distance from any food serving as the smell of hay can sometimes be overwhelming.
• Add in mums or any fall flowers, cornstalks, a bushel basket of apples or leaves.
• Use your imagination and put several fall items together.
• Put a drop cloth down under any hay or cornstalks you may use. It will make clean up a lot easier. You can cover any showing edges with leaves.
• Use fake or floral fall leaves and not the real ones because of clean up.
  
  Games and Ice-breakers:
  
• Gobble! Gobble! Story Icebreaker/Game
• If this is for a church-wide Thanksgiving dinner/banquet, you may want to plan a few things for the kids Kid's Fall Games and Activities (Lots of ideas from 'Kid's Parties')
  
  You'll find Ice Breakers here.
  
  Music:
  
• The Windows of Heaven
  
• Let's Just Praise the Lord
  
• Great is Thy Faithfulness
  
• Praise God From Whom all Blessings Flow
  
  Favors:
  
• Mini Blessings Baskets
  
• Mini Pumpkins With Pumpkin Prayer
• Mini Cornucopias - Sugar cones filled with Runts fruit shaped candy.
  
  Just For Fun:
  
• Share some Pilgrim Related Historical Information.
  Women of the Mayflower
• Dress Up - If this is for a church-wide banquet you may want to make pilgrim hats for the kids (or adults too!).
  Pilgrim Hat Directions
  
  Doorprizes:
  
• Large Pumpkin
• Fall Wreaths
• Wooden fall painted craft pieces/home decor
• Fall Painting
• Fall flowers such as Mums
• Fall decorative items such as knick knacks
  
  More suitable gifts for ladies on the Door prize page
  
  Skits:
  Thanksgivng Skit (Abe Lincoln Makes Thanksgiving a Holiday) from Bob Snook
  
  See the CLM Skit Links
  
  Food Suggestions:
  Pumpkin Recipes (From Just Veggies--lots of yummy stuff there!)

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