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The worst talk I ever heard came from a woman who described how her mother used to sit by her during piano lessons. It seems like awareness and knowing your audience as mentioned before, is half the battle. May 2011 was the best mothers day sacrament mtg Ive ever attended. After living with me for almost 17 years, hed better get it right! I wont be attending this Sunday either, but as always will honor my own mother by being the best mother I can be to my hurting children. Speechless. Worst Moms Day talk ever: when we (and most of our friends) were newlyweds, one of our friends (a guy) was asked to give the big glory of motherhood talk. Gospel Q&A: Can Satan Hear Our Prayers? I think Ill check myself in to a nice bed and breakfast. However, like you, I thought Fathers Day was a done and done. We do need to have some kind of an ideal, even if we may not measure up to it occasionally, or even ever! I have nine children, eight grown, am temple divorced and remarried to a nomo. I know my own mother dislikes being called a good mother because she feels so awful about how she raised us from her perspective. May your prayers be answered and your hopes and dreams become realities.. Because I know the real story so it is distracting from the fake one that they are giving. In the garden He said, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death (Matthew 26:38). we have never ceased head-shaking about his, well, completely horrific timingand choiceoif topicand general ignorance and intolerance (and sheer bovine stupidity). Well at least I know what not to talk about. I havent had a bad Mothers Day since I divorced my ex and the day stopped being about making my kids miserable so that he could appear to be a good husband. This talk teaches us how rearing up children in righteousness can help keep them safe in an increasingly wicked world and how what happens in the home can benefit communities and nations. #37 Now that you mention it, Uchtdorf is pretty Hallmarky. Just plant a tree and name it after our mothers! I remember long ago a young woman spoke on Mother's Day and described her mother as "the mean mother". Excuse everyone after Sacrament meeting to spend the time with their mothers. I actually feel it is not so dissimilar on fathers day, particularly since the disparity between them can demean men. Make it a FUN day!!! . What a nice gift for a Mom..hey, you guys have a great time!! A BIGTHANK YOU to Heather Mecham for compiling all the results from this survey. Best Mother's Day Topics, Scriptures, Conference Talks, Etc. Didnt we predict this? 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. What does that say about us as a people? Celebrating motherhood somehow demeans mothers by making them feel guilty for not having been "good" mothers. Just as he was getting into how pornography helped him through the divorce, the bishop stepped up and escorted him from the podium. 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. They want to give a message of comfort and support to other parents who are navigating the difficult conflicts that can arise in families around this issue. Not that I am anything special, but I gave a Mother's Day talk when I was a bishop that was so well-received even my own mother loved it. Watching the Primary children singing to their mothers in Sacrament meeting was the hardest. The first one we did was a modified version of "Teacher Do You Love Me". 2. The first speaker was my favorite. She was not worthy of any review from me. A day focused on mothers is hard enough for many women, and much more so when thats all they hear about at church. Regular G.A.S. Maybe the Hallmark channel should use some of his conference clips as fillers when movies end early. Is it callender time, number of posts, how irritated the host is with the comments! Why..thank you! Have all the talks be by women. Mother's Day became the hardest day of the year for me. We speak about it nearly every Sunday. Like many others, my wife and her mother have both always struggled with hearing sacrament meeting talks on Mothers Day. Just wondering. Ere the sun goes down. Today the sacrament is an ordinance in which Church members partake of bread and water in remembrance of Jesus Christ's atoning sacrifice. 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. Ere the sun goes down. We are confabbing about how to turn the tables on Hallmark. Evry idle whisper stilling I recommend that you take President Eyrings approach and assume that the women to whom you are speaking are doing their best, but that often their very best means just barely hanging on. Just a question here, since I am new to this blog. Gospel Q&A: My Children Have Left the Church & I Worry for Their Souls. Now they never had fought, yet they did not fear death; and they did think more upon the liberty of their fathers than they did upon their . I dont think sacrament meeting is such an inappropriate place to do that, either. Alece 100 it is a bit rich for you to interpret that your comment and that quote by Lewis mean the same thing. 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. She was not a perfect mother, but I loved her. Could someone remind of what the day is for after all? Because children can be wayward we should not celebrate parenthood. I like the post. Those were the kinds of talks I gave, and thats what I would rather listen to. Some were difficult for metotell without choking up. Also, try to remember that not all the women in the congregation are mothers - which may be because they can't be. I was supposed to talk two weeks ago on the purpose of the Sacrament but ended up in surgery instead, and upon returning to church last Sunday was asked to reschedule. Diversity and Unity in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Environmental Stewardship and Conservation, Joseph Smiths Teachings about Priesthood, Temple, and Women, Peace and Violence among 19th-Century Latter-day Saints, The Manifesto and the End of Plural Marriage, Translation and Historicity of the Book of Abraham. It was so honest and hopeful all at once. Re-reading my comment (101) it sounds very harsh even though that is not how I mean it to sound. Id also like a break from a poem in the EFMormons which says that no painting, no book, no song penned by a mother could be as great as a worSocrates by their children in the future, so spending your time raising the next generation is the greatest thing you can do. There is a *big* difference a HUGE difference between being *foreordained* to something and actually **BEING** something, as is made very clear in the temple. All 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. The good talks that I have heard tend toaddressthe details ofan individual womans life, in all its messiness and particularity. Steve P, 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. Those who are solely focused on their own selfish desires? As a mother of six kids, Ive had some serious depression about motherhood in general over the years but not usually on Mothers Day. Why in the church is there such a strong, almost secular aversion to motherhood? However, Uchtdorf also gets women and articulates that better than most. You can still give the women the day off. I can only pray no one will take offense, as I certainly never mean any offense. Rockpond, is this separate from a Primary Program? I haven't a clue about how to interact at times. But I realize others prefer plants. In partaking of the sacrament and making these commitments, Church members renew the covenant they made at baptism (see Mosiah 18:810; Doctrine and Covenants 20:37). I know of no better answer to [the] foul practices that confront our young people than the teachings of a mother, given in love with an unmistakable warning.. It is based only partially on a professional clergy with access to time-proven messages and more likely on fundamental theological differences. And home teachers were not comfortable giving flowers or candy to a single sister. But I love my mother, and I miss her, so Im hopeful that the experience will be a good one. This blog post is the result of my musing. I am understanding your POV. President Hinckley addressed all the women of the Church and thanked them for all the work they do in their families, congregations, and communities. Your email address will not be published. It was an emotional rollercoaster of raised hopes and disappointments. Maybe, eventually, I will heal and that will change. They are there, you just have to do a little digging. For the injured interceding, Doesn't seem strange in a religion that supposedly is so family focused? Thanks for clarifying. Bear in mind thatmost of women in the congregation havelives that havent turned out the way they expected. This talk was named after a phrase from Victor Hugo who gave all her food to her children, not because she is not hungry, but because she is a mother. Elder Holland talks about the central role motherhood plays in the gospel of Jesus Christ and gives many principles of comfort and courage for mothers who may be struggling. The Barker Brothers' Projects These videos were created for Latter-day Saint parents and allies to voice their love for their LGBT brothers and sisters, sons and daughters. In honor of Earth Day, you could throw in the topic of Mother Nature also! Ere the sun goes down. Sometimes its good, sometimes its bad. I think this can be especially true for women who feel theyre just holding on. What does it mean when we want to remove motherhood from Mother's Day? Drunk as he could be. I guess plants are pretty and mothers are pretty. Mark, This post was positively Uchtdorfian! We are an outlandishly weird, mixed up bunch of folk. Motherhood is more than bearing children, though it is certainly that. And he completely meant it too. I wonder if a member of our bishopric reads this blog? Father's Day Talk in Sacrament Meeting June 21, 2009. We changed the lines to "Mother Do You Love Me". As always, Kurt, I was happy to give you a hand with this! I am the wife of a bishopric member, and I used to love Mothers Day. Your arrangement sounds really cool. Ive decided to speak on how motherhood allows me to develop Christlike attributes (knowledge, patience, temperance, etcref 1 Peter 1:4-8) through daily struggles and reliance on the atonement and then finish with how wonderful it is that mother is only one of the facets of who we are as we strive to become strong women of God. There have been one or two General Conference talks in the last couple of years that briefly addressed that situation. Mrs. Gui, All the little Guis and their little Guis, the violin, photography, Prokofiev, Mahler, Terry Pratchett, Patrick OBrian, Umberto Eco, sci-fi and fantasy, Brigham Young, playing Bluegrass with real Kentuckians. I Know I would like Mothers Day more if they changed the official hymn of the day from Love at Home to this one (to be sung from the perspective of the mother): 1. Through this ordinance, Church members renew the covenants they made with God when they were baptized. Ere the sun goes down. There there is the secular appeal - it causes a pain to those who are not mothers. 2 women spoke about motherhood. It is not a bad thing and it might be the one day that young mothers will remember and enjoy the most. . Also waiting by the library's tiny window with the Dutch door was a . 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. I love this. Last time I spoke on Mother's Day I was texting during my talk. https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2014/04/wanted-hands-and-hearts-to-hasten-the-work?lang=eng. Those who are not disciples of Christ or do not have faith will find it painful to see the faith of others; thus no one should celebrate Christmas openly. I only mentioned Mothers Day once, and I said how much my mom hated the hypocrisy of Mothers Day, and that we should treat women right every day of the year, not give platitudes one day of the year. Are you looking for the best LDS talks on motherhood? Ugh.chocolate and cheescake.and NO TALKS!!! Im sure that attendance in RS would be higher on that day though. Oh, we also get candy bars with the flowers, music in sacrament and the 3rd hour social time. At one point they cut down a tree and paraded it into town to symbolize the mother of the Gods (Asherah, anyone?). Last year we did two songs for the Mother's Day sacrament meeting, and they turned out beautifully, so I thought I would share them with you. It defines our very identity, our divine stature and nature, and the unique traits our Father gave us.. When we speak of mothers as people who are incapable of gross sin, they know we are lying. For example, look at how Mothers Day and Mothering Day each have a religious as well as a secular component to them, and have even merged: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother's_Day, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothering_Sunday. It was given by one of my high school friends. I have heard good talks and bad talks, and really dislike the sacralizing of the universal and perfectly average activity of mothering. Perhaps it shouldnt be mothers day, but be Womans day and celebrate the contributions of women of faith in their families and communities. The deacons hand out small potted plants to all women 12+ years, then the sisters eat cake in Relief Society (served up by the RS presidency.). At a certain point, their best has to be enough. Mother's Day Singing Time Idea. 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. I found out the hard way after a long list of them declined to give the talk. Oh yes, Ive read the scriptures to be like Him, to be perfect. I find women in general to be compassionate and sensitive to other people and a joy to be around. I have an aversion to bringing my family's celebration intochurch and causing other women pain. (Just what mothers need on an already stressful day . Your comment was excellent, especially this part: Jesus the Messiah wasnt just sinless, He was God. As far as Jesus is concerned, he was sinless so is able to stand as an ideal. On Mothers Day. The two adult speakers should center their talk on Jesus; if you want, assign a youth speaker to speak on Mothers, the Primary sings a song, and pass out the flower at the end. Find another way to show appreciation to Mothers! Any suggestions as to what you would truly and realistically appreciate being presented? That in no way shape or form precludes me from looking to Christ/HF/HM for ideals. 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. A year later he died in a car accident, and the children went back to mom, whose life was now very different. 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. My kids are way too distracting. It was part of the talk. Actually..mother's day should be everyday. For those in Europe, is Mothers Day celebrated to the same awful-gut-wrenching extent? Seriously, no one is going to be pleased. I dont like the sappy talks about the perfect mothers. 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. Why? Or should we just not celebrate anything or any role that a person may fulfill in life? . 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. But in Argentina, where Mothers Day is in October, they also tended to recognize International Womens Day (March 8) even in church (in addition to a wide variety of other holidays Childrens Day, Grandparents Day, etc.). It makes my heart sad to see that the men arent recognized and given something however small it may be. Oh, and my husband is speaking in our ward this Mothers Day. I must speak the loving word, Just after she became a beehive, her mother had an affair. Idealsno, no maam not for me. Im sorry too for the harshness In my expression in a previous thread regarding your views of sacrament meeting. I dont go to be honored or get a gift. There was nothing you could do that would ever make you feel like she didnt love you, but she always told you the truth about your behavior and was not afraid to be entirely real with you even when you wanted to lie to yourself. Id really love to see the fathers acknowledged on Fathers Day. I dont remember terribly well, but at the Episcopal church I attended for a while, I dont think Mothers Day was nearly as emphasized as it is in the LDS church, because its not part of the liturgical calendar. In the UK, my experience has been that sacrament has at least one talk and often a few. Intent matters, and I dont believe the idealism we are fed is meant to hurt, but rather to uplift.