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  • May means Mother’s Day. I’m going to trust Hallmark and daddies and six year-olds and grown-up kids who are mommies themselves to honor the mothers among us as they deserve to be honored—with brass bands, flags flying, breakfast in bed (and kitchens cleaned up afterwards). I wish for those...
    Reading | By Katie Lee Crane | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Children, Family, Fathers, Mother's Day, Mothers, Parents
    Worship element
  • [Note: We have a tradition of asking each person to bring to church on Mother’s Day a single flower—colored if she is still living, white if she has died. The flowers are arranged on the spot into a bouquet and brought into the service just before the Call to Worship. With a bow to Max Coots for...
    Ritual | By Judy Welles | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Mother's Day
    Worship element
  • I don't know about you, but I'm a little bit skittish about holidays that seem to have originated with the greeting card people. That's not true, in fact, of Mother's Day....
    Ritual | By Barbara Child | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Children, Direct Experience, Forgiveness, Love, Mother's Day, Mothers, Parents, Reconciliation
    Worship element
  • We reflect in thanksgiving this day for all those whose lives have nurtured ours.The life-giving onesWho heal with their presenceWho listen in sympathyWho give wise advice ......
    Meditation | By Victoria Weinstein | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Mother's Day
    Worship element
  • Spirit of life, You've been a father and mother to us all We enter into this time of silence and reflection With mixed emotions. This is mother's day—a day set aside to honor, celebrate, and in some cases, simply to reflect on those women who gave us birth. Some of us come to this day with joy,...
    Meditation | By Kathleen Rolenz | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Mother's Day
    Worship element
  • Spirit of Life, Known to us in many ways, but so often, in so many cultures, in the image of a mother, Hold us in your arms this day. Let all that we value and all that we hold dear in the images of motherhood we carry be our guide. We are grateful for all the parents that share the community of...
    Meditation | By Wayne B. Arnason | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Mother's Day
    Worship element
  • We come together today in praise and thanksgivingfor the gift of life itself.Someone gave birth to us and some of us havegiven birth.All of us have been mothered in our time,All of us have mothered.Let our time today be one of recognition-- That we arrive from so many places,Joy and...
    Opening | By Mary J Harrington | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Mother's Day
    Worship element
  • December 19, 2014 | For Preschool | From Chalice Children
    Tagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), Caring, Direct Experience, Diversity, Family, Father's Day, Fathers, Mother's Day, Mothers, Parents, Women
    Curriculum page
  • [This post appears by courtesy of the 2013 Mama's Day Our Way campaign of http://www.reproductivejusticeblog.org/2013/05/my-daughter-not-my-self… Families, a national initiative for policy and culture change in support of all families, for which the post was originally written. -- Editor] In...
    By Jessica York | May 12, 2013 | From Call and Response
    Tagged as: Families & Faith Development, Mother's Day, Multiculturalism
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