Mother's Day Messages

Mother's Day Luncheon

A mother’s words are so special when they come to us with love. Recently I was given an old letter written 30 years ago by my mother to my father’s family. It was written about six months before my mother died in 1986. This letter is like a message in a bottle to me after 30 years, “Wish all of you could have come to Tracy and Mary Jo’s wedding in Alabama, the 25^th of May. You missed a beautiful, spiritual event. You could have been saved at this wedding. There was such an over-flowing abundance of Christian love, devotion and dedication.” My mother’s own words have been such an encouragement and blessing because it was written with her own hands. Mother’s Day always seems to be very emotional because we all have mother’s or memories of our mom.

           Through the loving outreach of volunteers, we have been able to bless over 6,000 moms for Mother’s Day over the years. On Mother’s Day weekend this year, we will celebrate and serve over 1,000 women in multiple nursing homes and assisted living facilities around the city. We are connecting our partner churches from nearby communities to bless these precious women, many who will not be remembered this year for Mother’s Day by anyone else. CSM will provide gift bags for all the moms in attendance that day. Church groups help us minister to them by spending time talking and playing games for approximately an hour on the morning of May 7^th between 10-12 am.

Mother's Day program at Birmingham Towers

          The second event we are organizing for Mother’s Day is a Mom’s Luncheon at South Highlands Presbyterian Church on May 7^th from 11:30-1pm. Fifteen local women’s help ministries will celebrate with us from various shelters and non-profit organizations around the city, such as the Well House, Jessie’s Place, Pathways, Restoration Ministry, The Dannon Project and Urban Ministries. Our partner churches sponsor a table and bring volunteers to serve the moms at the table. This year we have 15 tables available for the churches to sponsor and serve. We will have a special program, and there will be a short time for the sponsor churches to get to know the moms and participate in a few games. To sponsor a table for the women in attendance, we ask that your group send a $50 donation per table and also bring 2-4 people to honor the moms at the tables by serving and ministering to them.

If your Sunday School group or Women’s Ministry would like to be involved with this Mother’s Day outreach opportunity, please contact us at Judy@csmission.org.