Some were difficult for metotell without choking up. Questions and Answers about the Sacrament, Remember Jesus Christ during the Sacrament, The Restoration of the Sacrament (Part1: Loss and Christian Reformations), The Restoration of the Sacrament (Part2: A New and Ancient Covenant), Sharing Time: Be Grateful for the Sacrament, Viewpoint: The Sacred Ordinance of the Sacrament, Young Men, Teach about the Sacrament, Brother Beck Says. Lewis moments ago which speaks directly to those thoughts: In the mean time, please, PLEASE, dont go hunting the sisters. 18 Powerful LDS Scriptures on Mothers | Read Them All Here Uchtdorf. His explanation was not to offend any sister. So this year we are setting up tables and chairs in the gym, hauling in meat and cheese and veggies and chocolate, and the Bishop will talk for five minutes and then we will let everybody socialize while I play the tuba for the entire primary. I was reading about the origins of Mothers Day. Were here to help! I was asked to speak 3 times on MD during my infertility phase. President Eyringonce said that when he meets somebody for the first time, he assumes that person is struggling mightily with an intractable problem, and cannot see any possible solution. Your comment was excellent, especially this part: Jesus the Messiah wasnt just sinless, He was God. Sometimes its good, sometimes its bad. . It can be any of those. The kids sang the first verse and the adults the second. This ordinance is an essential part of worship and spiritual development. Im also a High Councilor, who always tries very much not to speak in rose-colored platitudes that, sadly, you associate with High Council speakers. Maybe we should do it eucharistic-like so I dont have to feel guilty? They seemed to love the tradition and I never received negative feedback. This ordinance is an essential part of worship and spiritual development. Ill be hiding in the clerks office. I know my own mother dislikes being called a good mother because she feels so awful about how she raised us from her perspective. Then I served in a Branch with 90% women who had absent husbands and who also grew up with absent fathers. 2. Latter-day Saint pianist Monica Scott has arranged a touching Mother's Day medley in honor of Stephanie Pope, a mother of five who recently passed away . And yeah, audience is important. Father's Day Talk in Sacrament Meeting June 21, 2009. Honestly, considering how touchy this subject is (women w/out kids, abusive moms, separated/divorced men who don't want to be, moms who've passed, etc), I'd focus on Womanhood. When we value families so strongly we should celebrate the roles of motherhood and fatherhood. More importantly, which meeting do you thinkwould be more likely to provide meaningful support? The answer has been taught by the Lords prophets. Ere the sun goes down: For the third verse, I composed a counterpoint for the choir to sing while the kids sang the melody. The speaker described how she saw her mothertake stock of the smoking wreckage of her life, humble herself, and begin the heroic and difficult work of transforming her life into something she didnt need to be ashamed of anymore. Any suggestions as to what you would truly and realistically appreciate being presented? As far as Jesus is concerned, he was sinless so is able to stand as an ideal. I want to hear about the mother who lost all her children, because she made a lot of mistakes. Steve P. wont be the only one this Mothers Day asked to speak on that controversial talk, its still in heavy circulation in wards. So our ward did 3 talks on Christ with each one saying one sentence of gratitude about their individual moms right before bearing their testimony. On Sunday Morning my sister and I drove almost 2 hours each way to go visit my maternal grandmothers grave. I also really like Kristenes suggestion and everything like unto it as EOR suggested. What does this mean about women? Of Good Cheer: The Most Motherly Mother's Day | Meridian Magazine In the UK, my experience has been that sacrament has at least one talk and often a few. Ugh. The other auxiliaries are free to do something, its just the bishopric that doesnt. Ive lived in numerous family wards, and Ive never gotten as much as a crumb for Fathers Day, at least not from church. I have not attending other churches that have mothers day services aimed at mothers. All Latter-day Saint Youth Need to Hear Ready to Rise, Popular Rapper Says He Wants to Be Baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FREE I Can Do All Things Through Christ Sheet Music + Music Video, Latter-day Saint Missionaries Perform Is There Room, Official 2023 Youth Theme Music Video: I Can Do All Things Through Christ, Popular Rapper Says He Wants to Be Baptized into The Church. At a certain point, their best has to be enough. It was designed with ward choirs and Sacrament Meeting musical numbers in mind. Which also makes me wonder about why we Americans dont recognize International Womens Day. As a member of our bishopric, I assigned the topics for this weeks talks, all motherhood focused, and I have forwarded your paragraph with Elder Eyrings quote to each of them. 2 women spoke about motherhood. What My Son Heard on Mother's Day - LDS Women Project Modal title . He gets points for effort and most humorous and memorable! The best MD talk I ever heard was given by my neighbor. You wouldnt give a talk in a single adult ward about the joys of scouting. Why do *we* have to have an ideal? Mother's Day Sacrament Mtg - Mormon Dialogue & Discussion Board More than at any time in the history of the world, we need mothers who know. Classic! But as for now no praise deserved but the praze to the heavenly Father. I am 70 years old and have never been a mother, but I had one. His topic? In this case it will likely be mothers, and the Primary kids will sing, too. 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. No fuss, no muss. 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. 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 always had this huge chip on my shoulder about refusing the flowers because I wasnt a mom (I had kids later in life), but my own mother would force me to take it because it was a free flower. I was initially surprised he went that way, but I have to say although Ive occasionally heard people say they wish something were did, I heard many complaints every previous year that something was done about what that something was. This change wasnt well-received as it occurred without any advance notice. I like the idea of a simple gift for those in attendance. Mothers Day for me is when my children and Grandchildren call me. What are we trying to create? The perfect hymn for Mothers Day Sacrament meeting. XD. I agree with #15youth speaker, song and chocolate and the rest of the meeting devoted to Christ. What does that say about the role of motherhood? But guess what?! Steve P, It is also a reminder that through His mercy and grace, all people will be resurrected and given the opportunity for eternal life with God. The only Mothers Day event for another church Im aware of is when a friend told me that in her church the main talk is always about Christ no matter what holiday it is, but when its just the women the speaker will focus on motherhood and Christs teaching about mothers. It was the first Mothers Day since she died. I find women in general to be compassionate and sensitive to other people and a joy to be around. Until I see a longer lasting cease fire, Im staying home MD (with my mother and daughters). Thanks for thinking of me, my youngest bishop son! Be patient with her imperfections, for she has them. So He can be ideal AND real. Nothing, wakes people up in sacrament meeting like talking about chimpanzees dismembering each other. Should we have days for every type of individual? Yeah. This is brilliant, Mark. As the son of a mother who was destroyed every Mothers Day, and seeing many similar experiences here, I plan to stick to the Christ-centric meeting next year. By I meant an ideal not an idea! How about honoring our mothers by not just focusing on what they do or have done for us (guilt trip for those that feel they never do enough) but focus on ways the members can help their mothers throughout each stage of their life. She loved us unconditionally heart and soul. We should not celebrate anything unless it is universally acknowledged around the world. Then she spoke with conviction about the grace of Godthe grace that helped her forgive herself for the serious problems she caused her children that could have been prevented if shed prepared herself, and the grace that helped her achieve later in life the spiritual depth she had lacked when her children were young. I have suggested the donate-money-to-the-shelter thing for about four years now; it gets a blank stare, followed by a startled, oh! Well, counselor x/counselor y is in charge of May, I dont know what hes doing for sure . Why Women, Especially Mothers, Working Outside the Home is an Abomination Unto the Lord. What to Expect at Latter-day Saint Church Services Because disciples can be wayward in their faith we should not celebrate Christmas because it causes too much pain in those who remain more faithful. Enter your email address to follow BCC and receive new posts by email. But shes never experienced the horrors I have where the local ward nut case talks about how his wife isnt putting out thanks to menopause. 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. Personally, I like cookies. The US holiday was only adopted in 1870 and was also used to protest the sacrifices mothers had made when their sons were killed at war or killed the sons of other mothers during the Civil War. Ugh.chocolate and cheescake.and NO TALKS!!! A cookie in a baggie? Regular G.A.S. Our HC speaker will be talking about forgiveness this Sunday at the special request of our Leadership. Personally, I go to church to learn about Jesus and Christ like attributes. No one tries to probe for subliminal meaning in the choice of Fat Boys. They can eat whatever they want, in fact. We like to celebrate mothers in the Church and we like to ignore fatherhood. If youre already perfect, who needs it? One of my talks I focused on Moses and the 5 women at the beginning of his life and the different roles they played: Shiphrah & Puah, the midwives who saved his and countless other Hebrew boys lives, Jochebed his birthmother and what it must have taken to put him in the basket and shut the lid (shes a stronger woman than I am! EOR, I would venture to say, even with being fairly new to BCC that few here mean to give offense. The rest of us mortals should stick with real.. My favorite Mothers Day talk was my own talk. I still dont understand it, which is probably why Im still very nervous about having kids. Talk topics could be: - examples in the scriptures (Eve, Ruth, Naomi, Esther, Sarah, Mary, Sariah, etc), - early Saints (Lucy Mack, Emma, Eliza R Snow, Aurelia Rogers, etc), - influence of (teachers, nurses, aunts, grandmas, etc). Father's Day Talk in Sacrament Meeting June 21, 2009 - Blogger And dont even get me started on the Are We Not All Mothers tripe. 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. According to our teachings, Jesus the Messiah wasnt just sinless, He was God. They do not need to be perfect in order to partake of the sacrament, but they should have a spirit of humility and repentance in their hearts. especially when there are clear re-phrasings and clarifications. Id like to see the swords beaten into plow shares this mothers day And for once ( just once) the SAHM vs working mom verbal cat claws retracted. She was a wonderful example for motherhood, womanhood, and peoplehood. He suffered for the sins, sorrows, and pains of all people, providing remission of sins for those who repent and live the gospel (see 2Nephi 9:2123). I guess plants are pretty and mothers are pretty. What do you think should be handed out for Mothers Day? Im against handing out plants on Mothers Day. At the end theyll get a rose with some message tied onto the stem with ribbon about how Jesus loves all women. The main message I gathered from reviewing this survey is, keep it simple, dont try tohave specific female messages during the meetings, and then serve a fun refreshment in the third hourjust because. Maybe. And out the door I flee. I also choose to focus on the women in the scriptures like #30 has mentioned. Latter-day Saints to Attend Sacrament Meeting Only on Christmas Day Church Newsroom November 10, 2022 Church The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has. The first one we did was a modified version of "Teacher Do You Love Me". No talk is necessary, but a simple acknowledgement of our love for all the women in our lives is nice. I mean big ol gnarly wretch. I chuckled, but was not surprised when I saw that chocolate was the most popular! Beware the philosophies of Hallmark, mingled with scripture. Mtg. But these are good points. 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". Yeah, it would be pretty late to be thinking about music now. I am infertile, though I now have three children through adoption. (Although I love the song idea for the Primary #65) Marys life is always appropriate, Lucy Mack Smith, Hannah & Samuel, etc. It makes my heart sad to see that the men arent recognized and given something however small it may be. I dont think it would occur to anyone to give a man a plant for Fathers Day *, but its very common to give women plants for Mothers Day. I agree with the chocolate, lack of talks, and the third hour refreshments! So that no woman felt left out. Sacrament meeting is the term for a regular Latter-day Saint worship service, usually held each week on Sunday, where the sacrament (similar to communion) is offered to the members of the Church. Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Perhaps it shouldnt be mothers day, but be Womans day and celebrate the contributions of women of faith in their families and communities. Inevitably they would be instructed that the gifts were for all women, so theyd try hard to give me one. So I would personally prefer if they didnt do those honor-mothers meetings. I would also love all quotes, conf talks, songs be from women to reinforce the value/insight/talent women have. LDS Hymn Arrangements - Latter Day Arrangements Are you looking for the best LDS talks on motherhood? I wonder if this phenomenon is uniquely Mormon. It was the service ofthe sisters that made the talk memorable. The first speaker was a single father, then the bishop spoke, then the stake president spoke. . It worked well in my ward, I think. How about we don't celebrate either at church, but celebrate it in our homes with our mothers and fathers? Then it gives them the option to (1) print traditional paper programs, or (2) give members access to a digital version of the program on their phones. Mark, This post was positively Uchtdorfian! Weve gathered this collection to help you study, write talks, and share powerful LDS quotes about mothers. It seemed to strike just the right tone. The reminder was given to visit those sisters unable to attend on Mothers Day. Through this ordinance, Church members renew the covenants they made with God when they were baptized. I actually think its good to celebrate both Mothers and Fathers Days with the caveat to be sensitive to the feelings of those who have difficulty with that celebration. Our current ward celebrates Mothers Day with the obligatory talks. For those in Europe, is Mothers Day celebrated to the same awful-gut-wrenching extent? Their talks often included poems about the immeasurable amount of crap mothers had to deal with. 1) Peanut butter sandwiches served with a smile tastes much better than the fanciest meal served with a side of stress. To find a ward near you, try the Meetinghouse Locator, which will also provide sacrament meeting times, driving directions, and contact information. anon, pretty sure hearing about an old guys non-existent sex life is worse. "The ordinance of the sacrament," taught then Elder Dallin H. Oaks in 2008, "makes the sacrament meeting the most sacred and important meeting in the Church." 21 Accordingly, in 2015, Church leaders called for a renewed emphasis on Sabbath worship centered on partaking of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper. Our head count was 85 sisters which is super for us. But arent mothers also sweet, like cookies? when she becomes a God like I know she will she will be an inspriation to all ladys, We can only celebrate the nonentity because we are afraid of hurting those who are not being celebrated "today". Not at church anyway. This year in my ward the emphasis was shifted slightly from being a mother to our mothers. The Best LDS Talks on Motherhood | LDS Daily Sacrament Meeting - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Really? Get plenty HPs and Elders. The woman described her family as she was growing up. It seems sometimes that activity organizers believe somehow that no one will participate if not bribed by pizza, pop, potato chips or pie. Let us take as self-evident that, in reality, not all women are naturally pure or spiritual. Last time I spoke on Mother's Day I was texting during my talk. See also What to Expect at Church Services. The responsibility mothers have today has never required more vigilance. Does this mean that finally..a talk could be about our Heavenly Mothers? We once had a bishop hand out frozen TV dinners! Any Advice? rockpond 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. Sacrament - LDS Living Too much idealism masks reality and can quickly become propaganda and lies. Even men who are on diets. I think it turned out great. Its a complete set-up for failure. Gods commands I must obey, How did your Mother's Day Sacrament meeting turnout, Rockpond? Excellent suggestions, Mark. #28 Love the song choice of I Have Work Enough To Do as a tribute. 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She used several stories from the NT about Christ & his mother Mary to illustrate principles that we can all use to improve our relationships with others. I do think it is easy to understand my point and I appreciate it when others understand my position. It isn't uncommon for LDS women to be dealing with some combination of the following factors: a difficult marriage, no marriage, no children, difficult children, health problems, loss of faith. 34 Ideas for LDS Sacrament Meeting Talks When People Don't Apologize: Forgiving and finding reconciliation with God Would borrow from Forgiveness + Tribulation, a talk I gave fall 2019. After the explanation, both seemed excited and accepted the challenge willingly. Further, that it wasnt the wards responsibility to celebrate the day. So, I am assigned to give a talk next week. Seriously, it would be nice to have some idea. And, as your mother, I will miss the delicious pie during a relaxing third hour of church. I just pray that the spirit can convey the message that seems so exciting in my heart. After a lot of thought and prayer I called two sisters to speak on some of the blessings and also the challenges of raising children in the gospel.