Mother's Day Resource Index

Here's a listing of all the Mother's Day-related posts on this blog. 

Hymns and Songs

New Hymn for Women's Day

New Hymn: God of the Women

Contemporary Hymn for Mother's Day

Contemporary Hymn for Mother’s Day

Calls to Worship

Call to Worship & Benediction for Mother’s Day

Call to Worship for Mother’s Day
Call to Worship for Mother's Day

Call to Worship for Mother's Day or Father's Day
Call to Worship: Psalm 71
Mother's Day Call to Worship Litany
Mother’s Day Calls to Worship

Prayers

A Litany for Mothers Day
A Liturgy for Mother’s Day
A Prayer for Mother's Day

A Prayer for Mother's Day
A Prayer in Gratitude for Our Mothers
Celebration and Lament for Mothers Day
Family Prayer of Thanks

Intercessions for Mother's Day

Invocation for Mother's Day (opening prayer, invocation)

Litany for Mother’s Day (thanksgiving, intercession)

Litany for Mother's Day (intercession)

Litany for Mother's Day: St. Anselm

Litany of Thanksgiving: Mothering God
Mothering Sunday: Litany of Praise

Mothering Sunday Prayer

Mothering Sunday: Scripture & Prayer

Mother’s Day Intercessions

Mother’s Day Prayer (intercession)

Mother's Day Prayer: For all who aren't
Mother's Day Prayer: For Those Without a Mother
Mother’s Day Prayer of Intercession
Mother's Day: The Heart of God

Mother's Day Litany
Mother's Day Liturgy for Two Voices
Mother's Day Prayer

Mother's Day Prayer (intercession)
Mother's Day Prayer for All Caregivers

Mother's Day Prayer: To the Moms Who Are
Mother's Day: Prayer of Thanks
Offering Prayer for Mother's Day

Opening Prayer for Mothers Day
Pastoral Prayer for Mother's Day
Pastoral Prayer: Mother's Day
Pastoral Prayer for Mothering Sunday
Prayer: A Heritage of Faith (thanksgiving, petition)

Prayer for Caregivers
Prayer for Comfort
Prayer for Mother's Day
Prayer: For Mothers who are Struggling
Prayer for Others on Mother's Day

Prayer for Parents and those who want to be

Prayer: God with a Mother's Heart
Prayer Litany for Mother's Day

Prayer Litany for Mother's Day
Prayer Litany for Women
Prayer of Adoration: Open Arms
Prayer of Blessing for All who Care

Prayer of Intercession for Mothers

Prayer of Intercession: Mothering Sunday

Prayer of Thanksgiving for Mother's Day

Prayer of Intercession: The Love of God

Prayer of Intercession: Mother’s Day

Prayer for Mothers

Prayer for Mother’s Day (Psalm 139)

Prayer for Mothering Sunday
Prayer of Illumination for Mothers Day
Prayer of Lament for Mother’s Day (intercession)

Prayer of Praise for Mother's Day
Prayers of the People for Mother's Day

Prayers of the People for Mother's Day

Prayers of the People: Mother’s Day
Prayer to a Maternal God

Confession & Assurance

A Confession for Mother’s Day

Prayer of Confession: Women’s Day (confession)

Benediction

Benediction for Mothering Sunday

Benediction: Isaiah 66:13
Call to Worship & Benediction for Mother’s Day

Mothers Day Benediction
Mothering Sunday Benediction

Miscellaneous

A Litany for Mothers

Mother's Day Candle-lighting Litany
Mother's Day Monologues

Reflection: Blessing the Mothers

Reflection: Woman
Responsive Reading for Mothers Day

Video: Mother’s Day Blessings

Mother's Day Prayer

Here’s a beautiful prayer for Mother’s Day from Gill Le Fevre.

Prayer for Mother’s Day

Almighty Lord, Heavenly Father, Mothering God,

beyond our understanding, yet from deep within our hearts

we cry out to you.

As your beloved children,

we bring before you all that we are: sorrow, pain, hope, joy.

Compassionate God:

Console those denied the chance to celebrate Mother’s Day –

the abandoned, the separated, the disappointed;

bring us all together as your family of faith.

Sustain those who mourn loved ones;

for whom today is a day of grief.

Comfort us with the wellspring of our memories.

Unifying God:

Inspire us to advocate for peace,

and guide us to see the part we can play in creating harmony in this world.

Reconcile us to each other,

that we might embody your forgiveness and live as one.

Bountiful God:

Kindle in us a celebration of the diversity of all families,

of all shapes and sizes,

of all colours and faiths.

Teach us to grow in compassion and understanding,

remembering that even with our differences we are all your children.

Nurturing God:

Encourage us to share in the joy and effort

of making healthy, peaceful communities.

Open our hearts to reach out to our neighbours

in charity and acceptance.

Mothering God,

beyond our understanding, yet from deep within our hearts,

we reach up to you:

Take us up in your arms and heal us.

Bend down to us and feed us.

Wrap us in your bands of love.

Glory be to you O Lord;

your comfort and care know no bounds.

May we rest in your abundant love,

which nurtures us from age to age, Amen.

~ written by Gill Le Fevre

Mother's Day Call to Worship

Here is a responsive call to worship for Mother’s Day. It was written by Rev. Paul Hayes, Pastor at Noank Baptist Church in Noank, CT, and posted on the Baptist Peacemaker website.

Call to Worship for Mother’s Day

We celebrate today our mothers who bore us and cradled us as infants.

We also remember mothers who have lost their children

through illness or violence,

whose tears still flow from their broken hearts.

We cherish our families

who have sheltered us from harm and who provided for our daily needs.

We remember families who are separated

and those exiled from the land of their birth

by frontiers, by barbed wire, and by war’s violence.

We express gratitude to our spiritual mothers and fathers

who guided us throughout life, modeling for us the love of God.

We hold up mothers of diverse religions and creeds

who experience life in disparate ways—

those who are comforted and encouraged by what they believe

and those who struggle to find meaning and hope in their faith.

We pray for those who we love and hold dear to our hearts—

children, youth, young adults, and elders;

And we pray for those we know and do not hold dear,

and those who we do not know and whose suffering we have not embraced.

On this Mother’s Day,

we come to worship the living God, to honor our mothers,

and to find our solace and peace in the goodness that life brings;

Acknowledging the joys and sorrows of life,

we hope to depart this place transformed by Christ’s Spirit

that we may express compassion,

seek justice,

show mercy,

and pursue peace

wherever our lives may lead.

~ written by Rev. Paul Hayes, Pastor, Noank Baptist Church, Noank, CT. Posted on the Baptist Peacemaker website. http://www.bpfna.org/