lds mothers day sacrament meeting

Ideals ALL! This is brilliant, Mark. When I was bishop, my bishopric would always serve pie during the third hour and Id invite my mom to attend. It is as if we cannot celebrate anything because if we focus on single day to celebrate one person then we have decimated everyone else. In return, the Lord renews the promised remission of sin and enables Church members to always have his Spirit to be with them (Doctrine and Covenants 20:77). See also What to Expect at Church Services. I think its terribly sad that growing up Mormon, I never heard anyone make any serious attempt to talk about Heavenly Mother on Mothers Day. Any suggestions as to what you would truly and realistically appreciate being presented? If you want to deal in rose-colored platitudes, you are probably gunning for the high council, so save it until then. Thanks for the reminder. 1) Peanut butter sandwiches served with a smile tastes much better than the fanciest meal served with a side of stress. At least half the ward was so embarrassed for her at this point that they looked as if they wanted to crawl under the benches. It makes my heart sad to see that the men arent recognized and given something however small it may be. The first consideration is that you, the speaker, need to begin with your audience in mind. I am on the Speakers Bureau for the Rape Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN) and we would welcome the donations too. It might be that it was a holiday originally conceived by the US Socialist Party and propagated by the Soviets. Wow! (just kidding). May 6, 2017 You can guess how well that went over. In my home ward, we once had a Mothers Day Sacrament Meeting the topic of which was the priesthood. Great post, Mark! However, I am concerned about the implications of a people where the female population dislikes the concept of motherhood or at least dislikes it enough that they do not want to celebrate Mother's Day. It was given by one of my high school friends. Plus, I thought it was extra cool that the Bish consulted the RS pres. Actually now that I do have children, the primary song Im so glad when Daddy comes home has taken on a new meaning for me. Being there with my son was very nice. Avoid speaking of angel mothers. Just a thought. Beautiful. He had returned from his mission and married (as did I), and he was asked to give the main Mothers Day talk. Usually chocolate, a plant or flower. 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How about we don't celebrate either at church, but celebrate it in our homes with our mothers and fathers? I dont know why that would be, unless people are just assuming we ache for something more to nurture. Im thankful for ideals even when I dont measure up not even often let alone all the time. Just as he was getting into how pornography helped him through the divorce, the bishop stepped up and escorted him from the podium. I dont know how that worked out for him. Which meeting do you think would be more meaningful to the participants? MD is a day I prefer to play hookey, especially now that my mother is currently lost in alzheimers disease. I come to church to be fed spiritually, and sappy poems and stories are never ever going to measure up to the meat that scriptural examples can provide. My wife and I were not in his ward to hear the talk, but he told us about it later. Thats the last thing a mother needs, responsibility for yet another living thing. lol! She discusses the divinity of motherhood and how every woman can become a mother in the world around her. Steve P, I have had a lot of thoughts about Father's Day because my father passed away on May 23 about a month ago. They seemed to love the tradition and I never received negative feedback. Speakers arent assigned to talk on mothers day, there is no gift, no refreshments, no day off from primary. Mothers day will likely be about Gods unconditional love for us and how it pains Him to see us struggle And how even mothers cannot quite reach that level of love, but we understand the concept because most of us love our children in much the same way (but n, Focus your talk on how much we ALL need Jesus (even mothers) because we are all sinners (read the Bible It tells us so). If youre already perfect, who needs it? Love for mothers is good, but sometimes there is a fine, fine line between love and dysfunction. I know they happened fairly regularly in my own adolesence and early adulthood, but I cant remember one Ive heard personally in quite a while. But I love my mother, and I miss her, so Im hopeful that the experience will be a good one. One thing I would add is that somehow we need to stop telling LDS women that they need to do everything in 6 days and 90% income with smiles on their faces and do it better than their non-LDS peers. She only did half the things a good mother would have done. http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2008/04/daughters-of-god?lang=eng, Ray (#58) Steve Ps post is evidence that a talk from 2007 which has been essentially corrected is still being recycled today. Over 70 countries observe Mothers Day, but some of them still retain these spiritual roots whereas in the US its mostly a commercial holiday. Your comment was excellent, especially this part: Jesus the Messiah wasnt just sinless, He was God. The good talks that I have heard tend toaddressthe details ofan individual womans life, in all its messiness and particularity. And, as your mother, I will miss the delicious pie during a relaxing third hour of church. Local leaders are ministering to them at this time," Church spokesman Eric Hawkins said. But since youre not, Im bowing out this year. And this is all in addition to the everyday problems like getting the bills paid and the laundry done. Through the shedding of His blood, Jesus Christ saved all people from what the scriptures call the original guilt of Adams transgression (Moses 6:54). I dont want to hear Sister Becks controversial mothers who know talk, or president bensons talk come home talk. 10 years after my first child was born, I still detest Mothers Day. When we speak of mothers as people who are incapable of gross sin, they know we are lying. Its impossible to please everyone. If So, Should We Pray Out Loud? My son Dan was married June 13 about a week ago. And dont even get me started on the Are We Not All Mothers tripe. I also really like Kristenes suggestion and everything like unto it as EOR suggested. #46 That is an awesome idea for your talk. 22 My worst MD talk came in the Fast and Testimony meeting the week before in which my father, who was visiting since he no longer lived in our ward, decided to give some incredibly intimate details about his divorce and why he blamed it on several of his children, but not others. Although Mothers Day is not fraught for me the way it is for so many, I will be watching with interest next Sunday to see which way our meeitng falls. I think she says that just because she is my mom. Some few are probably actively trying to avoid the gifts, trying hard to not remember the lack thats been rubbed in her face all day long. Print out the short questionnaires included in the printable and distribute them to the mothers in your ward a few weeks before Mother's Day. I didnt enjoy Mothers Day during my years of infertility, but Ive been surprised that I enjoy it even less now that I have children. Now, I detest it. Check out our selection of LDS church programs for baptisms, church activities, and sacrament meetings. Its always the wives. I may have to borrow that. She now works full time as a marketing and product manager, writer, and editor. Excuse everyone after Sacrament meeting to spend the time with their mothers. Or better yet, teach their classes and let them attend RS for a day? My oldest, the musical and noisy one, composed parodies of many favorite primary songs about a decade ago when she was under the tyranny of those zealous but misguided young mothers. Give the gift of time. Sorry I missed that. Mark, very good advice IMO. Nuts. When her dad found out that there was a whole lottashakin goin on without him, he summarily divorced his adulterous wife and took the children to live with him. This morning I decided to Google search Mothers Day LDS talks and came upon this article. I dont remember all 18 things, but two of them stuck with me, even 15 years later. . me) before deciding on these speakers. Dont twist the knife; let them come to you if they want it. A break from the primary room!) The Primary president asked him, as Chorister, to write a new song for the kids to sing in sacrament meeting on Mother's Day. Do other Christian women struggle with church-going on this day? 3. Ugh.chocolate and cheescake.and NO TALKS!!! Why can't we let women celebrate it how they want at home and focus on Christ at church? Talking to other grownups while nice doesnt belong in 3rd hour. For those who disagreed with my thoughts (above) about our needing ideals to aim at in our lives, I fell upon a quote from C.S. Im catching up on the comments, but Kristines suggestion in #72 is perfect. And, even worse, we are also cutting them off from the grace and redemption that Jesus offers. Somehow those who are not mothers are incapable of celebrating motherhood and thus it is painful for them and thus no one should celebrate motherhood as a church. Disciples should take this personal holiday to their own homes to celebrate it when and how they choose. While it addresses questions about how to raise a girl, the talk also discusses the nobility of fatherhood, the influence fathers have on children, how to cherish your wife, and why virtue is so important. Pres Hinckley and apparently Mark has it right. I figure maybe in the next life I will be someones Heavenly Mother. I want to hear about the mother who lost all her children, because she made a lot of mistakes. Might spark some interesting conversations. Kind of it takes a village/ward to raise a child philosophy. Your ward contains women at various stages of their lives, including some who dont have children and never will. Im sure that attendance in RS would be higher on that day though. Loverboy was gone, she was outside of the church, and she had no means of support. . Really perfect for MD! And, invariably, as soon as I would send one on his way, Im not a mother, thank you, another would pop up at my elbow, dutifully, kindly twisting the knife. I have work enough to do, I think Ill check myself in to a nice bed and breakfast. I gave a MD talk one year and focused on Emma Smith, Naomi the MIL of Ruth and my daughter who was a young mother at the time. Put me in the column of those who think Sacrament Meeting should be about Christ. The sacrament provides an opportunity for Church members to ponder and remember with gratitude the life, ministry, and Atonement of the Son of God. Those were the kinds of talks I gave, and thats what I would rather listen to. It just screamed, whoops, we forgot to order flowers in time and ran out to walmart last night and bought up whatever womanly thing we could find. I did live in one ward where the mothers always got plants but the fathers always got cookies. At first I was wishing that I wasnt, but after thinking and praying about it for a few weeks and speaking with friends and family, Im rather excited about it. Still, I think the flak about Sister Becks talk is nonsense. She was a wonderful example for motherhood, womanhood, and peoplehood. Celebrating motherhood somehow demeans mothers by making them feel guilty for not having been "good" mothers. Please add to the possibility of what LDS women are dealing with: they didnt have the best mothers themselves, they are the adoptive parents of mothers who, for whatever reason couldnt be a mothers, (adoptees and foster children or adults that have been in foster care could be particularly vulnerable as well); they work outside the home and love it, they work outside the home and hate it, they cant stand being mothers, the list could go on and on. She loved us unconditionally heart and soul. Nourishing both body and souls.Just my humble opinion. Replies to my comments Required fields are marked *. I dont mean to be rude, but I know I will have anxiety over killing it and then I *will* kill it and then I will have to look at its dead body. So far, so good. So I will be going to church on Sunday, even though I never go to church, so I can remember my mother, who was never a Mormon. Drunk as he could be. Elder Perry uses personal stories and memories of his own mother to illustrate the importance of teaching the gospel inside the home. May 2011 was the best mothers day sacrament mtg Ive ever attended. I only wish my daughter could come in for graduation I am sure we would skip church together that morning! I issue a challenge to top this worst Mothers Day sacrament meeting talk. I am aware of a seminary/institute teacher who is apparently of the firm and unshakeable belief that a pile of pizza must be provided each week without fail. Have a young child, a teenager, husband and elderly father take you through the different phases of motherhood in their own point of view. I'm fascinated by these two suggestions because I was leaning toward only having youth and men speak so that all the mothers had the day off. So I would personally prefer if they didnt do those honor-mothers meetings. Sharon if that is our Sharon, please PM me. People seemed to feel good about it but Mark is right about it being a fraught day. . It is Mother's Day and yet the day is supposed to about everything about women EXCEPT being a mother. What if you brought in padded RS chairs for the YW & PRI workers, including Nursery sisters, so that they can feel a little comfort on that Sunday? I love her and think she did a great job with the limited resources she had. But her mother held a yardstick, and if her daughter played the wrong key, her mother smacked her across the back ofher hands, thus providing sufficient negative reinforcement to motivate her to do it right the next time through. Church meetings Sacrament Meeting Overview To find a ward near you, try the Meetinghouse Locator, which will also provide sacrament meeting times, driving directions, and contact information. Don't subscribe Thanks. Never heard it, but I would love somethingalong the lines ofwhat we can learn from Christ and his time with women. Even though Mothers Day is now a reasonably happy day for me personally, I still find that my mind is focused on how other women in my ward might be experiencing it. I don't think it bodes well. Where everyone else is happy and interested in celebrating motherhood - those terrible males and those rancorous children in particular - they need to be denied for "me" and "what I want". Or any talk. Ohand did you say you had an extra ticket??? Motherhood is more than bearing children, though it is certainly that. So that no woman felt left out. Saw the survey and didnt reply, but one suggestion-Please have enough for EVERY female in the ward or branch. The first one we did was a modified version of "Teacher Do You Love Me". What is the trigger to close the thread? I have been avoiding the mother's day sacrament meeting for the last couple of years. The music . I accidently hit the quote button and so nothing is there..you guys can fill in the blank.. My wife and I will be on an Alaska Cruise. I would love tohear from you. Last year, I gave this talk. I know I dont have any say on when the thread closes, but it would be interesting to hear feedback from how each persons respective wards handled MD, and how the people assigned to talk felt their messages were delivered and/or received. But I certainly enjoyed the beauty of the whole situation and was very glad to see so many young peole in the Church on Sunday. I think we should dispense with handing out things and tell everyone weve made a donation to a local womens shelter or program for mothers in need. As always, Kurt, I was happy to give you a hand with this! You can still give the women the day off. Finally, Elder Holland offers his thanks to mothers around the world.

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