The United Church in Meadowood
1111 Dakota St. R2N 3T7 Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Great job to our Children's Church kids on this fun song! Happy Mother's Day to all the Moms and those with Mother's hearts

Today's service features a special presentation from our Children's Church kids. We hope you enjoy! All music is used with permission and/or reproduced under OneLicense #A608307

Mother's Day is an interesting one in many churches. Within the context of community of faith I grew up in, I remember it moving from "Mother's Day," to "Christ...ian Family Sunday." Part of that seemed to come from a desire to leave the secular holiday to the world, another part was the recognition that motherhood was not always the overly-sweet dream that the holiday tried to impose - that there were women for whom mothering, for a variety of reasons, held a great deal of pain and loss. Did you know that the push for a recognized holiday called Mother's Day actually came from a Christian community of faith? In 1907, Anna Jarvis held the first Mother's Day Service of Worship at Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church in Grafton, West Virginia, in the U.S. Ms Jarvis' hope for Mother's Day was quite different than the one many of us experience, now. As a worker for world peace, her vision was based on the work her mother, Anna Reeves Jarvis, had done for peace alongside of another woman, Julia Ward Howe. The two elder women had seen the ravages of conflict during the American Civil War, and were tireless workers for peace. Anna Jarvis started Mother's Day as a recognition of, and a continuation of, their work. If you have a moment, you might want to read Julia Ward Howe's "Appeal to womanhood throughout the world," also known as her "Mother's Day Proclamation." You'll see that her Mother's Day was a call to action to women around the world, to be people who work for peaceful resolution of conflict and war. Whatever this day might mean to you, take a moment to reflect on its beginnings - one woman calling out to others, saying, let us be those who ensure that the world's children never face the horrors of war. "Mother's Day Proclamation - Wikipedia" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother%27s_Day_Proclamation

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Thank you for joining us for worship this Sunday. Thank you to Caryn Douglas for leading us today. All music is used with permission and/or reproduced under One License #A-608307

Sharing prayers for our neighbours to the south

The Young Adults and Youth (YAAY) Committee for the Prairie to Pine Region of the United Church of Canada is fundraising to bring a refugee family of four to Winnipeg to be connected with their daughter. As a fundraiser we are hosting an all age inclusive Trivia Night over Zoom on January 16th from 7-9pm. Tickets are minimum $5, but we greatly appreciate donations above that. You can reserve tickets by emailing [email protected] and tickets are payable through E-Transfer, Canada Helps website, cash or cheque. Looks like a fun evening!