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Well we could have it like the Sacrament Meetings for Father's Day and have it be your usual every Sunday meeting and not even talk about women or mothers. I actually gave two sacrament meeting talks on Mothers Day during our childless/infertile years. I did this for five years and the sisters seemed to enjoy sitting, chatting, and not having a child demanding a bit of their pie. Now we have a tradition that during the last ten minutes of priesthood meeting, they gather all the classes from deacons to high priests together in the multi-purpose room and present them with Fat Boy ice cream sandwiches. It will easily demonstrate the weaknesses in the position: The logic is faulty. It was a great idea and something I will always remember and a great way to honor mothers on Mothers Day. I figure maybe in the next life I will be someones Heavenly Mother. Disciples of Christ know what they want and there is not need to celebrate Christmas in front of others that are not faithful. Does this mean that finally..a talk could be about our Heavenly Mothers? Can they not celebrate their own mothers? She talked about how when she was single she was very shallow, only cared about clothes and makeup and boys, didnt prepare herself spiritually, didnt have much of a testimony, and then upon marrying found herself extremely immature and woefully unprepared to be a spiritual leader in her home. Have all the talks be by women. I think Ill check myself in to a nice bed and breakfast. I have to say that I was almost offended that there would be an assumption that FD would be a piece of cake. I remember something I was told many years ago by a young man in Provo, UT. Our current Bishop decided not to do anything for mothers day. In addition, there are doctrinal and scriptural classes for . That wouldn't let her do such and suchall things in the end that weren't good for her daughter to do, one way of looking at it. At a certain point, their best has to be enough. Christian churchs teach that you are inherently bad, that it is not entirely your fault and that Christ has already saved you and after He gets around to telling you (if He hasnt already) that you forgiven and are His, you will do nonspecific good things he directs because you will naturally want to do them. How can a father raise a happy, well-adjusted daughter in todays increasingly toxic world? I must speak the loving word, I guess plants are pretty and mothers are pretty. It was a one day break from the 40 day Lent cycle to give a feast in honor of Mom with cakes and flowers and her grown children visiting from afar. She discusses the divinity of motherhood and how every woman can become a mother in the world around her. Check out our selection of LDS church programs for baptisms, church activities, and sacrament meetings. Beautiful. 3rd hour had all of the PRI & YW leaders including the YW themselves in RS with homemade lemon cakes from the teacher. rockpond To be fair, diabetics can eat chocolate. It was perhaps the best talk I gave as a bishop. don't get me wrong, I'm not bragging. I think its the best way to go. We go to church to grow closer to the Savior, not to get treats or recognition. Replies to my comments I actually feel it is not so dissimilar on fathers day, particularly since the disparity between them can demean men. Feelings of guilt, shame, loneliness, anger, disappointment, abandonment, and not measuring up to impossible expectations are prevalent. I loved it! Theyre all very good, and not being critical, but Hallmark w/ scripture would seem to be one way to describe the style of Pres. Now, I detest it. Along with activities and programs during the week, Latter-day Saints gather on Sundays for an approximately hour-long "sacrament" meeting, where men, women and younger members offer prayers and give sermons, sing hymns and partake of the sacrament (similar to receiving communion). Heres my updated version: Im so glad when Daddy comes home, Well done! No, an inclusive talk will be about current and eternal womanhood, one part of which may including being a biological mother in mortal life. Honest! Isnt it reasonable to think that Abe is trying a little too hard, and might be overcompensating for something? It is good to share personal stories, but be aware that your own family might be abit stranger than you think. We do need to have some kind of an ideal, even if we may not measure up to it occasionally, or even ever! Especially since whoever asked him to speak didnt learn their lesson and he said the exact same talk a year later. Just a thought. In preparation for the sacrament each week, Church members take time to examine their lives and repent of sins. We speak about it nearly every Sunday. He emphasized there is no one perfect way to be a mother and that every situation is different. Why does the church HAVE to be a part of it? Thats what insulin is for. In the same way, when we make a dramatic production of Mothers Day, I fear that we are sometimestrying to compensate for the way we devalue the real and important work they do on the other 364 days of the year. Crowd-sourcing request. 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. And he completely meant it too. Not within an hour of reading this post did I get a call from a member of our bishopric asking me to speak on Sunday. Personally, I go to church to learn about Jesus and Christ like attributes. Through this ordinance, Church members renew the covenants they made with God when they were baptized. And this is all in addition to the everyday problems like getting the bills paid and the laundry done. Pres Hinckley and apparently Mark has it right. The "Sacrament Meeting Program" app provides users a quick, easy way to create their sacrament meeting programs. Ere the sun goes down. 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. (just kidding). I have been avoiding the mother's day sacrament meeting for the last couple of years. The Mothers Day talks in my singles wards have been quite sensitive to childless women, but still pretty women-on-pedestalsy. Submitting to the will of the Father, He suffered more than we can comprehend: Blood [came] from every pore, so great [was] his anguish for the wickedness and the abominations of his people (Mosiah 3:7). Just pass out the chocolates and let all the women go to a park where buckets of KFC, potato salad and slaw are in abundance and/or veggie pizza and cheesecake. So He can be ideal AND real. Some of the stories were simple acts of kindness and some were extraordinary examples of love and sacrifice. Sacrament Meeting - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints And I did use some of the suggestions here. You then leap to classifying it a family celebration rather than a national holiday. Mother's Day: My talk | Times & Seasons Why in the church is there such a strong, almost secular aversion to motherhood? I have some ideas of speaker topics but I thought I would start a thread for suggestions of topics, scriptures, conference talks, etc that would help make a great Sacrament Meeting that honors Motherhood while also keeping a focus on Christ. Just to be clear - I meant 'written/given' by women (aka musical number "O My Father" written by Eliza R Snow, conf talk by Reeve/Oscarson/Okazaki). more guilt and more controversy.). Very useful counsel, Mark. Most of us brought up to beleive that the man of the home was were it was at. The first speaker was a single father, then the bishop spoke, then the stake president spoke. When He instituted the sacrament, Jesus Christ said, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me. Theres got to be a way to show a little appreciation and recognize their importance and significance without it being guilt-inducing. I did live in one ward where the mothers always got plants but the fathers always got cookies. Or any talk. The men work. 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. For those in Europe, is Mothers Day celebrated to the same awful-gut-wrenching extent? Mark, This post was positively Uchtdorfian! Although I like the idea of them as well! We should not celebrate anything unless it is universally acknowledged around the world. I had some ideas but didn't want to repeat anything that had already been done from the Primary. That was the job of the family, and for single sisters, the home teacher. Sometimes its good, sometimes its bad. I have some ideas of speaker topics but I thought I would start a thread for suggestions of topics, scriptures, conference talks, etc that would help make a great Sacrament Meeting that . It is the essence of who we are as women. Those were the kinds of talks I gave, and thats what I would rather listen to. It is Mother's Day and yet the day is supposed to about everything about women EXCEPT being a mother. 10 years after my first child was born, I still detest Mothers Day. Our HC speaker will be talking about forgiveness this Sunday at the special request of our Leadership. THE major Mothers Day talk in Sacrament Meeting in our ward this week, I have forwarded all of this discussion on to him! Is this really the Mothers Day message I need? My bishop knows where its at, and we always get Dove bars, Milk for those of unrefined taste and Dark for the rest of us. But since youre not, Im bowing out this year. Maybe, eventually, I will heal and that will change. One of her favorites: Im so bad when daddy comes home, Sabbath Day Scriptures Scripture References Doctrine and Covenants 59:9-12 Scripture Study Resources Topical Guide, "Assembly for Worship" Our ward always does flowers, right after Sacrament meeting, and this is a real problem for me because of my allergies. Why can't we let women celebrate it how they want at home and focus on Christ at church? Honoring Fallen Parents: The Fifth Commandment and Romans 3:23 The Fifth Commandment enjoins: "Honor thy father and thy mother." I have to go home right after Sacrament meeting, because the Sisters all bring their flowers with them to the other meetings. Well, I wont bore you with all the mediocre talks over the years, I will just tell you that the best song for MD from the primary children was Armies of Helaman. Loverboy was gone, she was outside of the church, and she had no means of support. What would happen, if, at the start of sacrament meeting on Mothers Day, the bishop announced that there would be two separate meetings. Kristine, thank you again. In simple terms his philosophy was that the church is not true because it is madeconsists of people who are imperfect and therefore not always true to all of the ideals taught.