The Revd Michela Youngson, the Assistant Secretary of the Conference, shares this prayer for Mothering Sunday, 30 March.
Creator God,
We thank you for your love which shapes us and helps us to grow.
On this Mothering Sunday
we give thanks for women who have been examples of self-giving love,
who have given time, wisdom and care to the nurture of children, their own or others.
We pray for those who find this a difficult day,
who do not have happy memories of their own mothers,
those who grieve for their mothers or for their children,
and those who long to be mothers but cannot be.
We remember mothers in the Bible,
giving thanks for the tenacity of Sarah
the generosity of Hannah and the courage of Mary.
May your Spirit continue to shape us, heal us and guide us today.
Amen.