Event Ideas
Mother's Day Event Ideas
By Misc. Contributors compiled by Robyne Beaubien, eNewsletter Editor & WM Consultant
Apr 4, 2003, 15:03

We asked and you answered! Here are some of the great ideas we received about what you are doing or have done in your church to celebrate Mother’s Day.

Themes/Ideas:

"Generations of Joy" - ask ladies to bring picture of themselves and their mother, daughter, grandmother, etc. All of the pictures can be displayed in different ways throughout the room for the event.
Submitted by: Michelle Hoffner
Indiana Avenue Baptist Church, Lubbock, TX.

“Mother/Daughter/Sister/Friend Tea” – an event to include every woman in the church.
Submitted by: Robyne, WM.NET

“A Tribute to Mothers” - We asked everyone in our church,
children, youth, men and women, to write a tribute to their mother.(We even had Sunday school teachers help our preschoolers write one as well). We compiled all the entries into a bound book and presented the to each woman present on Mother’s Day to keep for herself or to give to her mother.
Submitted by: Deena Adams


Event: Ideas:

1. Mother’s Day at our church is quite a celebration. For over 10 years now we have had a Mother’s Day Breakfast each year.

The men of the church get together and plan the menu and decide who will be responsible for purchasing and cooking each food item. The youth usually decorate the tables a day or two ahead of time. Then on Mother’s Day the guys get to the Fellowship Hall early and cook all the food. During what would usually be Sunday School time everyone arrives to a wonderful breakfast where every mother is given a flower and all are served by the men of the church. It is so special, especially because it is done entirely and voluntarily by the men each year.

Submitted by: Holly Brown
Octavia Baptist Church, Oklahoma

2. For several years now we have been doing a Single Moms Dinner for all single moms in our area. We have used locations both off and on our campus. Each year bring in a special speaker for these special women. We have a nice meal and program which is of no charge to these women. We invite all single moms in our church and community and send a special invitation to our battered women's shelter. Many of these women come back each year and look forward to it. We have always let the Lord show us if we are to give them a gift and if so, He provides. It has been exciting to see what He does for these women, many who are His daughters and hopefully the others will become a daughter.

In the past, He has given them portraits of themselves and their children from one of our professional photographers in our church, coupons to grocery stores, oil changes, car washes, and The Jabez Prayer for Women. We are still praying and waiting to see what He does this year. This is the highlight of year to minister to this group of women who can give nothing back to us except the joy we see on their faces of knowing that someone cares about them.

Submitted by: Beryl Richards, WEM Team Leader
Prince Avenue Baptist Church, Athens, GA

3. Our Mother Daughter Banquet theme this year is ”A Tropical Paradise” based on one of Jennifer’s devotion (used with permission) entitled "it’s hard to please a pink flamingo." Our church will be transformed into a tropical setting with pink flamingos everywhere. We charge $6 per ticket, which covers the cost of food, decorations and pictures. Our men, dressed in fine suits, will be serving us a wonderful buffet dinner (prepared by our women). Each woman will receive a lei and an explanation of a game we will be playing throughout the event.

The object is to avoid doing the “no-no’s” on the list and to catch others who do. You must introduce yourself to the woman whom you “catch” before you take her lei. The woman with the most leis at the end of the event will win a door prize.

Submitted by: Jill Maresh, Family Life Council Director
State Rd Community Church of the Nazarene

4. Mother's Day is a wonderful time for outreach. Our Mother/Daughter Tea is always held the Saturday before Mother's Day. We plan it around a theme (and we find decorations and food to match that theme. This year is Bloom where You are Planted, an older theme, but with an updated twist.) The men in our church will serve and the women don’t have to worry about anything but having a great time.

We have a special wall decorated for family pictures, wonderful finger foods, a small craft for the kids, and games and prizes for all of our guests. We have tables set up by our different departments (children's church, missions, ladies ministries), and invite people to get to know the leaders in those areas.

To go along with our bloom where you are planted theme, we plan to have a fund raiser using plants. I plan to do a short presentation introducing a study we will be starting on Spiritual Gifts, with some fun activities to help carry the point home, even to the smaller children that may be present.

Submitted by: Lisa Westberg
Church of God of Prophecy, Des Moines, IA


5. We are having a breakfast on May 10th and are encouraging women to invite their mothers, daughters, special friend, etc.

Since not all of our women are moms... and for some mothers this is not an easy day, we chose the theme "Thank You for Giving to the Lord.” Our 'hostesses' are Lois and Eunice – Timothy's grandmother and mother. We will honor our mothers with one of our youth singing Celine Dion's "Because You Love Me" (with slightly altered words!), then move into a skit where Lois reflects on whether her life has affected more than Timothy. As Eunice talks about how Hannah influenced her prayer life, "Hannah" does a five minute soliloquy on her steadfastness in prayer. Three songs are woven into the skit ... Sandy Patti’s "You are a Masterpiece" (song by a Mother's Ensemble), Twila Paris’ "Faithful Friend" and of course, Ray Boltz’s "Thank you for Giving to the Lord" (sung by a Youth Ensemble). The core message is that these two women were convinced of the power of God's Word and the influence it has on an individual's life.

The table favors will be place cards with suggestions for "Random Acts of Kindness", with fresh flower centerpieces (that double as door prizes!) Our local Christian bookstore will provide a book/gift table, with lots of family resources!

Submitted by: Brenda Dunning, Coordinator
Living Water Ministries
MGT Family Church, Mississauga, Ontario


Something to Remember:

Mother's Day is a holiday which can be overwhelmingly sad for women who are unable to have children. Churches honor Mothers - giving out flowers, etc. to all mothers - leaving the childless couples feeling even more displaced and "outcast." Some couples do not attend church on Mother's Day for this very reason. Some will not even attend a service where here is a baby blessing or baptism, because of the personal pain of childlessness. There are women have had miscarriages - or failed in-vitro treatments making this day is especially poignant. The children that were so longed for are not here. Perhaps a special flower arrangement in front of the church – or a tree planted - in honor of the women and men who have lost babies, or children, could help ease the pain.

Simply having a public acknowledgement of their loss - and provide a prayer of comfort can be of great comfort to those who are unable to have children.


Thanks ladies!

In Him... Robyne Beaubien,
eNewsletter Editor & WM Consultant
robyne@womensministry.net
beaubien@plateautel.net

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