Mother’s Day Sunday is the third-highest day for attendance in churches in North America, running slightly behind Christmas and Easter. Though most churches know this and work hard to make it a special Sunday, many miss significant evangelism and spiritual growth opportunities for that day—because of the day’s exclusive focus on mothers.
Please don’t misunderstand me. I’m not saying churches shouldn’t honor mothers on Mother’s Day. They should; it is an important time to praise mothers and to thank God for them. What I’m recommending is that churches not make mothers their exclusive focus, but that they take advantage of the additional ministry opportunity made possible that day because of mothers. Here are three ways to do this, each of which will be discussed in more detail:
- Evangelism opportunities: unchurched children and spouses
- Honor moms by challenging them to pray–featuring One Mother’s Prayer
- An opportunity to challenge your people to spiritual parenting
I’m doing three separate short Ministry Misc. Podcasts for each one
There is a downloadable, free ebook with this content, and links to other materials at the Bible805.com website and at the end of this post.