Call To Worship

A Celebration Of Mothers, God’s Good Shepherds.

Leader: Today we celebrate our mothers, grandmothers, aunties, and all the women who have loved us. Today we celebrate all the women who have been good shepherds.

People: Thank you God for giving us mothers. Thank you, God, for giving us good shepherds.

Leader: Today we remember with deep gratitude all the ways they demonstrated their love for us, all the ways they were good shepherds.

People: Sometimes we did not understand them, but we know that God understood, because God sent these women to us to be good shepherds.

Leader: Today we take time to remember our mothers because a mother's love is most like God's love. A mother’s love is like the love of a good shepherd.

People: Today we thank the Lord for the faith of our mothers. We thank the Lord for their tears, for their hugs, for their wisdom, for their unfailing trust in our abilities, we give thanks today to our mothers, grandmothers, aunties, and all the women who have been our good shepherds.