Mother’s Day (2nd Sunday of May)

*African Beauty, opalstone by Peter Kanjani, Artpeace Cooperative, Zimbabwe*

There are all types of mothers.
There are people who are not biological mothers who provide nurture and love.
What words do we use to describe mothers and those who mother?
What words to describe our relationships with our mothers?

Newest ‘Mother’s Day’ posts . . . (images link to posts)

Alphabetical archive of all ‘Mother’s Day’ resources . . .

Arise then women of this day! – Julia Ward Howe 1870, USA

Birthing Prayer (Inspired by 2 Timothy 1:5) — Kevin Goldenbogen, USA

Blessing for parents — Lauren Mallaby, Australia

Cafe Church, Open Table service — Mothering Sunday

Inclusive Benediction — Jann Aldridge-Clanton, USA

Life’s connecting strands — Liz Grant, Salisbury, United Kingdom

Litany for Mothers — Janice Hill, USA

Mother God, a prayer — David Long-Higgins, USA

Mothering God — Cara Heafey, UK

Mothering Sunday Call to Worship, Proverbs 3 – Jann Aldridge Clanton

Mothers’ Day history

Mothers’ Day Proclamation 1870 – Julia Ward Howe

Mothers: a responsive prayer — Thandiwe Dale-Ferguson, USA

Mother’s Day is complicated — Thandiwe Dale-Ferguson, USA

Our Mother Creator, Responsive Reading, Genesis 1 — Jann Aldridge-Clanton, USA

Prayer for International Women’s Day — Anna-Claar Thomasson-Rosingh, UK

Psalm 23, Call to Worship — Thandiwe Dale-Ferguson

Thanksgiving Hymn — George Stuart, Australia

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