Mother’s Day Ideas
*New Video* – Mother’s Day Reflection
Well it’s that time of year again. Here’s a collection of Mother’s day video clips and creative ideas of how you can celebrate Mother’s day in your Sunday Worship service. Check out a couple great posts by Amy Young about Mother’s day from a non-Mom’s perspective.
- “An open letter to pastors {A non-mom speaks about Mother’s Day}”
- “Beyond the Surface of Mothering – A Prayer For Mother’s Day”
Mothering God
Isaiah 66:13 “As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you; and you will be comforted over Jerusalem.”
One theme to tackle is the connection between God and motherhood. We did an entire service based on this theme and talked about letting God be bigger then our boxes or definitions. You can read about the whole service here. God in a Box
Include Kids
A common idea for Mother’s Day is to include kids in some way.
- Have kids share things they like about their Mom in a sentence
- Have the kids participate in giving flowers to their mothers after the service
- Have your Sunday School classes work the week before Mother’s Day to create a giant Mother’s Day card and place it in the foyer for Sunday Morning.
- Take a video camera to your Sunday School Classes a few weeks before Mother’s day and get some candid quotes from kids about their Moms.
Pick A Few Moms To Share Their Story
Pick 3 Mom’s in your congregation and have them share their journey of being a mother. We’ve done this several times at our church and it’s incredibly refreshing and inspiring to hear Mom’s talk about the joys and struggles of being a mother.
Themes
There are always many themes to focus on each Sunday, but you can highlight some themes that connect with Mother’s Day by highlighting themes of compassion, care, rest, healing, tenderness, encouragement, etc.
Videos – (2015)
A Mother’s Day Welcome
Centreline New Media (buy here)
Everyday Is Mother’s Day
Flickering Mind Media (buy here)
Prayers For Mom’s
Shift Worship (buy here)
http://www.worshiphousemedia.com/mini-movies/51551/prayers-for-moms
Videos – (2014)
Here’s To The Mother’s
Mighty
Mother’s Day Blessings
Floodgate Productions (purchase)
In Her Steps
It’s Mother’s Day
Centerline New Media (purchase)
Just Like Me
World’s Toughest Job
Videos – 2013
Here’s a new one from Skit Guys – I think it’s a bit on the long side but if you are looking for something really sentimental this can be a good fit.
Mother’s Day Blessings
Floodgate Productions (buy here)
I would love to purchase the script for the NEW VIDEO* – MOTHER’S DAY REFLECTION. Is there a way I can do that?
Great videos, would you have them in Spanish? There are so many churches who work with the Hispanic population this would be a great market and a blessing!
Great article, really appreciate the efforts, here are a few good quotes and wishes for mothers Day
http://www.awesomenesses.com/2016/04/06/mothers-day-wishes-2016/
Thanks for including the letter I wrote to pastors! Super grateful. I’ve got another letter coming out in a week or two that will include a prayer/blessing called “Beyond the Surface of Mothering” and uses about 20 illustrations of mothering from the scripture. My hope,like yours, is to help equip pastors. What would be a good way to share the next letter with you? Again, thanks :)! Amy
Amy was your letter the open letter to pastors (a non-mom speak…)? If so the link is broken but I am preparing a Mothering Sunday service (Uk is 6th March this year) – any chance I could see it?
The link must of changed – I believe this is the updated link. http://www.messymiddle.com/an-open-letter-to-pastors-a-non-mom-speaks-on-fathers-day/
It can be hard to feel like less of a woman at church on Mother’s Day because God hasn’t brought a husband and family into your life and you’ve only loved and cared for other people’s children.
I can’t imagine how the infertile, mothers of lost children, those who have miscarried must feel…
Yes its a difficult line between appreciating the mothers we have and also being sensitive to so many different life situations where Mother’s day is a really painful day. This post has some great thoughts on this balance. http://www.messymiddle.com/2012/05/10/an-open-letter-to-pastors-a-non-mom-speaks-about-mothers-day/
Yes, I enjoyed her article last year and shared it with others this year.
i am thinking now of my daughter as i read Katelyn’s message ,and i feel what my daughter must go through not having a kid ,and always caring for other children but GOD Knows the infertile situation ,
Thank you! I will check out that link. I’m interested in the last one, “Mother’s Day Blessings” – though “Mighty” is great too.
i really like the grand mother’s day card thank you!
I love the video mighty for my mothers day program at church. how do i go about to get it? Thank You.
I added some links in the post – mighty is available here. http://journeyboxmedia.com/mighty
I would love to show one of these at our church on Mother’s Day….How may I get the video without it being watermarked?
You can purchase them on the companies website or http://www.worshiphousemedia.com. Which video are you interested in?
These videos were so impacting! I was in tears! Thanks for sharing.