1/19/2022–Added in some of things from the old “Heart Smart” event theme from 2005. Since there were so many heart things on this one already, I thought I would just combine them, so this one could be used for Valentine’s event planning as well as just a health focus.
We can at least work to be healthy! Right? We should all be concerned with our health and this theme highlights that. I think we need to encourage each other as women to be healthy. Having good health helps enable us to power though life. With the help of our Creator and good health, we women can accomplish the most amazing things!
This theme can be used for women’s ministry, church, or community. I’ve tried to throw in a few ideas for everyone.
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Health Event Concept
—Originally Posted September 22, 2011 as “The Great Physician”
—Updated June 2020 (Added in more Theme Title Ideas and a Virtual Specific section.)
—Updated January 19, 2022 (Added in a few things from the old “Heart Smart” Theme from 2005.)
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 Perfect Heart
- Active Living Health Fair
- By His Stripes we are Healed
- Care Fair
- Commit to be Fit
- Community Health Fair (outreach)
- Dear to My Heart
- Everything’s Coming Up Hearts
- Fit and Fabulous
- Fit and Strong
- Fit for a Purpose
- Fit for the King
- Get Smart with Your Heart
- Going Strong
- Have a Heart
- Healing Hearts
- Healing in His Hands
- Health Awareness Fair
- Health Fair
- Health and Wellness Fair
- Healthy and Wise
- Heart Healthy
- Heart of Love
- Heart Smart
- Heart’s Delight
- In Proper Form
- Jesus, our Great Physician
- Let’s Get Heart Healthy
- Mending Hearts and Healing Words
- Mended Vessels
- Near to the Heart of God
- No Excuses
- Peak Health
- Picture of Health
- Pursuing the Healer
- The Great Physician
- The Healer
- Prescription for Life (or for any topic)
- Rx for the Soul
- Self Care and Soul Care
- Soul Therapy
- Sound Minds
- Strong and Gentle
- Stronger Than Our Excuses
- Treasure Your Health
- Wounded to Mended
- Your Health Matters
Spiritual & General Applications
- Focus on health awareness.
- Focus on Jesus, our Great Physician.
- Focus on fears, anxieties, and worries relating to our health.
- Focus on being the healthiest as we can be in order to live better for Christ.
- Focus on fitness. (physically and spiritually)
- Focus on weight loss (physically and spiritually, “laying aside every weight”. (Hebrews 12:1).
- Focus on a Heart Smart Valentine’s event highlighting things that are spiritually healthy for our heart.
Theme Verse Suggestions
“What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.” 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (KJV)
“Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.” 3 John 1:2 (KJV)
“And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners? When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.” Mark 2:16, 17 (KJV)
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. Proverbs 4:23 (KJV)
Devotional Starters and Workshop Ideas
- Download the Healing/Medical Devotional Starters (pdf)
- State of Mind (pdf)
- What’s Inside of Me? Lesson Questions
- What’s Inside of Me? Answer Key
- More Devotional Writing Starters
- My “Heart Smart” devotion written for the “Heart Smart” theme is located in my More Love Please Valentine’s Collection which can be purchased on Amazon here.
Simple Decorating
- Tray filled with medical supplies
- Empty pill/medicine bottles
- First aid kit
- box of bandaids
- Rolled gauze
- Rolled stretch banages
- eye chart in a frame (look online for one to print)
- Line tray with a white towel
- Health charts
- Weigh Scales
- Small exercise equipment (small weights, exercise ball, etc.)
- Display Bible verses on fears and worry.
- For a Valentine’s event, use hearts and Valentine’s décor.
Icebreakers
Operation
- Have a few games of Operation set up for the ladies to try before the event.
- Call up volunteers and give them so many seconds to remove a body part from the game.
- If you have a small group, play the game with everyone for an icebreaker.
Set the Arm
- Have two teams and give each a roll (or two) of gauze.
- Each team needs to choose one lady whose arm they will “set” and wrap up with gauze.
- Have a time limit.
- Have a judging panel to see whose is “set” the best.
Fears Puzzle Download
Resolving Our Fears Puzzle (pdf)
Answers Resolving Our Fears (pdf)
For Valentine’s Focus
What Kind of Heart Do You Have? Match (pdf)
Answer Key- What Kind of Heart Do You Have? (pdf)
Valentine’s Scavenger Hunt (pdf)
Music
- The Healer (Lois Erwin)
- The Great Physician (William Hunter)
- Hallelujah Square
- Near to the Heart of God
Favor Ideas
- Box of bandages or single band-aid (They make all kinds of cute ones)
- Mini Emergency Kit (check travel/sample size bins)
- Package of Lifesavers candy
- Heart shape candy
Door Prizes
- Bath scale
- First aid kit
- Pedometer
- Thermometer
- Exercise equipment such as small weights
- Any Valentine’s Day décor
- Devotional
Just for Fun
Health Focus
- Have someone from the medical field speak on women’s health.
- Have various booths set up.
- Invite health professionals from your community.
- Have some demonstrations. Healthy cooking, first aid, martial arts, etc.
- Have some screenings from health professionals in your community. Blood pressure checks, hearing, etc.
- Share healthy tips. (such as for eating, exercise, heart health, etc.)
- Have a bathroom scale for those who want to brave it in public. Give them a lollipop or sticker if they get on.
- Check with a local doctor’s office or hospital to see if you can get pamphlets to have on hand. See if you can get some on women’s health issues.
- Check with a local doctor’s office or hospital to see if you can get pamphlets to have on hand. See if you can get some on women’s health issues.
Invitation Idea
Do invitations in the form of a prescription or format as a dr’s appointment.
Weigh Station
Have a bathroom scale (or two) for those who want to brave it in public. Give them a lollipop or sticker if they get on the scale.
Health Fair Resources
I don’t usually like to link to pdf files on other websites, but these links were really hard to find on the websites themselves, but they are publicly displayed and indexed, so leaving them for you. Some of these are very similar, but have a few different things to offer.
- Health Care Planning Toolkit (pdf file from Providence Health)
- Health Care Planning (pdf file from Positive Promotions)
- Health Care Planning (pdf from Moda Health)
- Health Fair Planning (pdf from Cigma)
Virtual Specific (for a virtual health fair)
- Share reliable sources only during your event to avoid misinformation about the Covid-19 virus or any medical information.
- Ask health workers from your community to contribute by making resources available, making videos to share, speaking during your virtual event, etc.
- Have various types of videos or demonstrations to share during your event.
- How to wear a mask properly
- How to wash hands properly
- When and when not to wear gloves properly and effectively
- What you need to know and precaution tips before you go out in public
- Easy ways to keep your home a clean and healthy enviroment
- How to handle items you brought home with you after shopping
- Tips for talking to your doctor or health professionals during virtual check-ups
- Ways to reduce stress during the Covid-19 outbreak
- How to do a self breast exam properly
- Signs of a heart attack in women
- Information on any woman-related health issue or women’s health in general
- A question and answer time with a doctor or nurse
- Gather health brochures, pamphlets, and reliable information to share in mail packets as a follow up after your event.
Food and Serving
- Coffee Stirrers: Use wooden popsicle/tongue depressor shape kind.
- Food served on trays to look like a tray of hospital food.
- Healthy snacks
- Fun Snacks:
- Gummy Bear candy for “vitamins”
- Hershey’s Kisses for “boo boos”
- M&M’s for “happy pills”
- Mike and Ike candy for “presecriptions”
Photo Sources
- Want the photo used for the page title of this theme? Find the original at Pixabay here.
Thanks for stopping in. Please leave any extra ideas for this health and medical theme in the comments. If you have used this theme, let me know how it went! Love hearing from you.
Creative blessings,
Julia
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