This is a great theme for baby showers and also for women’s ministry events. So many directions to go! A bee is one of those amazing insects that God created for our benefit.
We can see this by the danger to our bee population being so low and all the scientists saying we had better all work together to keep them around. God already knew we needed those bees when He created them. Nothing new to God. We need the bees!
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Bee Event Concept
—Originally Posted August 01, 2006 as a “Buzzin’ Along” women’s ministry theme
—Last updated June 2020
The event themes on the website can be used for showers, parties, women’s ministry retreats and activities, or church functions. Each theme will have one or several possible spiritual applications. I give you lots of info and ideas—You pick just a few to enhance your event. More ideas can be used for showers and parties, but less is always more for ministry events.
Theme Title Ideas
- A Taste of Honey
- Bee our Guest
- Bee-Attitudes
- Buzz in for Fellowship
- Buzzin’ Along
- Bee A Woman!
- Bee Ye Kind
- Bee-ing All You Can
- Bee-coming More For Christ
- Bees in Our Bonnet
- Buzz On In!
- Buzzin’ Into Summer
- Drops of Honey
- Honoring Our Beehives of Industry—Our Mothers
- Let it Bee
- Milk and Honey
- Mommy to Bee (baby shower)
- Oh, You Beautiful Ba-bee (baby shower)
- Soon to Bee (baby shower)
- Sweet as can Bee
- Sweet as Honey
- Sweet Little Honeybee (baby shower)
- Sweeter Also than Honey (Psalms 19:10)
- Sweeter than Honey (Psalms 119:103)
- The Bee’s Knees
- To Bee or Not to Bee
- What’s The Buzz?
- Whatever Will Bee Will Bee
Spiritual Application
- Focus on being busy for the Lord (buzzin’)
- Focus on being all we can be in Christ
- Focus on the Beatitudes (Matthew 5:3-12)
- Focus on the sweetness of God’s Word (Psalm 119:103)
- Focus on God’s creation and how every insect and animal help create a wonderful world
- Focus on getting dealing with and getting past the stings in life.
Theme Verse Suggestions
“More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.” Psalm 19:10 (KJV)
“How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!” Psalm 119:103 (KJV)
“Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” Matthew 6:19-21 (KJV) —for a Buzzin‘ theme.
Devotional and Workshop Ideas
- Download the Bee/Honey/Sweet Devotional Starters (pdf)
- Milk & Honey – Do a lesson on the spies going into Canaan (Exodus 33, Numbers 13-14. Key verse Numbers 14:8.)
- More Devotional Writing Starters
- My “Buzzin’ Along” devotional is located in my Awed & Amazed Devotional Collection which can be purchased on Amazon here.
Simple Decorating
- Tray filled with yellow and black and bee related items.
- Honey jar with dipper or honey dispenser
- Jar of honey
- Yellow flowers in vase
- beehive (home decor)
- Open Bible
- Line tray with bright yellow dish towel.
- Yellow and black for colors
Icebreakers
Honeycomb Count
- Fill a jar with Honeycomb Cereal.
- Have your guests guess how many.
For Team Games
Divide groups with bee related names. Pick some that your group is familiar with.
—Some of these aren’t really bees, but we will call them bee cousins!
- Bumble Bees
- Honey Bees
- Sweat Bees
- Carpenter Bees
- Digger Bees
- Mining Bees
- Leafcutter Bees
- Yellow Jackets
- Hornets
- Mud Daubers or Dirt Daubers
- Paper Wasps
- Potter Wasps
- Hover Flies
Have a Spelling BEE.
Find a list of frequently misspelled words here. (Wikipedia.org)
Baby Shower Animal Spelling BEE
Here is a list of words you can use or find your own.
- Gecko
- Lemur
- Marmoset
- Opossum
- Antelope
- Giraffe
- Rhinoceros
- Armadillo
- Aardvark
- Hippopotamus
- Meerkat
- Chameleon
Discussion Starter Questions
- What thing keeps you buzzin’ the most? (takes up the most time in your life?)
- What is the sweetest thing someone has ever said to you?
- What is the sweetest thing about God’s Word?
- Are any of you allergic to bees?
Music
- Any song on “service”
- Only One Life
- Living For Jesus
- Take My Life and Let It Be
- Work, for the Night Is Coming
Favor Ideas
- “To Do” List Pad
- Calendar
- Burts Bee’s lip balm or small hand cream tube
- Mini box of Honeycomb cereal
- Novelty “Bee” magnets
- Mini Jars of Honey with verse/theme tag attached
- “Honey” candy such as Bit-O-Honeys
- Beeswax Candles
- Wooden Honey Dippers
- Honey Sticks (Amazon)
Door Prizes
- Any Burts Bee’s product
- Anything With Bees – Check out dishtowels, key rings, garden stakes, etc.
- Jar of Honey
- Honey jar with dipper
- Bit of Honey Candy
- Honey Sticks (several flavors tied up with ribbon)
- Honey Dipper (tie a ribbon around it!)
- Anything shaped like a honeycomb such as a cookie jar.
- Personal Organizer Book (for a busy buzzin’ theme)
- Calendar (for a busy buzzin’ theme)
- Planner/Organizer (for a busy buzzin’ theme)
Invitation Wording Ideas
- Bee our Guest
- Buzz in for some fun!
- Buzz on in!
- Here’s the buzz!
- Join us for a sweet time
- A little honey is on the way! (baby shower specific)
- What Will Baby Bee? (baby shower specific)
Just for Fun
Organization Focus
If you are focusing on being busy for Christ, have someone give a short talk or workshop on organizing or give a handout with organization tips.
Labels for Workers
- Call your master of ceremonies, the “Queen Bee”.
- Call the rest of your helpers, “Worker Bees”.
Labels for a Bridal or Baby Shower
- Call the bride to be, the “Queen Bee”
- Call the mom to be, the “Queen Bee”
Just for a Giggle
Q What did the bee say to the flower?
A Hello Honey!
Q What kind of a bee hums and drop things?
A A Fumble Bee!
Q What do bees chew?
A Bumble Gum!
Q Can bees fly in the rain?
A Only with their little yellow jackets.
Q What goes zzub, zzub?
A A bee flying backwards!
Food and Serving
- Serve tea with honey
- Have honey available for coffee and tea
- Honey muffins
- Honeybuns (Maybe purchased and sliced into thirds)
Photo Source
- Want the photo used for the page title of this theme? Find the original at Unsplash here.
Leaving you with a quote from my favorite bear.
“The only reason for being a bee that I know of is making honey” Winnie the Pooh
Thanks for stopping in. Please leave any extra ideas for this theme in the comments. Or if you have used a bee theme, let me know! Love hearing from you.
Have a lovely day,
Julia
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