Saturday, May 09, 2009

Mother's Day and worship

Mother's Day seems to arch up some emotional discussion when it comes to worship.
On one extreme some worship services seem to glorify the mother above God, people are caught up in the entire day. The there are those who are so fed up with the commercialism of Mother's Day or they are so worried about offending those who can't be mothers that when you attend worship services led by them you wouldn't even know mother's exist.

Both responses to Mother's Day deny the Gospel, God speaking to us in the situations we live in. Neither of these responses I believe are biblical or helpful to us in seeing how God is at work in our lives.

I have always preferred to take the point of view that Mother's Day is a great opportunity to remember how we have been blessed through our mothers (even if it is only the life we have), how mother's aren't always perfect but God is and that biblically and realistically one of the main ways people receive the faith is through their mothers.

Ideas for worship in mother's day
Lutheran Church of Australia's suggestions for mother's day worship
History and ideas from Rev Richard J Fairfield
Family Worship
New ideas from Baptist Press
Ideas from the Reformed Church in America
Fresh ideas for Mother's day
Mother's Day Litany based on Proverbs 31
Mother's Day service ideas from John Mark ministries
Hymn suggestions
A new hymn for Mother's Day
Mother's Day Remembrance pin

Bible readings
Proverbs 1:7-9
Ephesians 6:1-3
John 19:25-27


Hymn Suggestions
Make me a channel of your peace
Now thank we all our God

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