Family Circle Evening

FCE – Mother’s Day

Opening Prayer

Said by mom

Song

Dearest Mother I Love You

(Listen online at)
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Scripture


Scripture #1

Nephi’s mother, Sariah, worries about her children because she loves them so much but she trusts in God and Goddess the keep them safe.

1 Nephi Chapter 5, 1-7

1 And it came to pass that after we had come down into the wilderness unto our father, behold, he was filled with joy, and also my mother, Sariah, was exceedingly glad, for she truly had mourned because of us.
2 For she had supposed that we had perished in the wilderness; and she also had acomplained against my father, telling him that he was a bvisionary man; saying: Behold thou hast led us forth from the land of our inheritance, and my sons are no more, and we perish in the wilderness.
3 And after this manner of language had my mother complained against my father.
4 And it had come to pass that my father spake unto her, saying: I know that I am a avisionary man; for if I had not seen the things of God in a bvision I should not have known the goodness of God, but had tarried at Jerusalem, and had perished with my brethren.
5 But behold, I have aobtained a bland of promise, in the which things I do rejoice; yea, and I cknow that the Lord will deliver my sons out of the hands of Laban, and bring them down again unto us in the wilderness.
6 And after this manner of language did my father, Lehi, acomfort my mother, Sariah, concerning us, while we journeyed in the wilderness up to the land of Jerusalem, to obtain the record of the Jews.
7 And when we had returned to the tent of my father, behold their joy was full, and my
mother was comforted.

Scripture #2

Who is the Goddess? Circle Round by Starhawk p. 12-13


Video Clip

The Goddess

http://youtube.com/watch?v=h-wF5IDvsPo

Lesson Summary

Heavenly Mother has always been with human kind. She has taken many forms over the thousands of years. She is Dianna, Hectate, Asarte, Ashera, Kali and many more. In our homes and family we have a Mother who takes care of us so that we can feel the love of Heavenly Mother everyday day. Mothers tend to their families by cooking, cleaning, creating learning experiences, passing on traditions, and by making our families home a loving, nurturing and sacred place for us all to be. The hard work, dedication and patients it requires to be a mother should always be honored and respected by not only the mother’s children but her partner, extended family and community.

Mothers, like the Goddess, have not always been treated well in the past. It is our duty as we work to build a world of social peace and justice that we honor both our Mother in Heaven and our mother here on earth so we may all feel sustained and nurtured by the divine feminine.

Points to Ponder

What did you do that was special for Mom on Mothers day?

What are some things that show you that Mother in Heaven, the Goddess, loves us?

(Ideas: our beloved family, our nurturing food, our blessings and miracles, beautiful art, the comfort of our warm beds, the sigh of a gentle breeze, the rain soaking the parched ground, the flowers in the meadow, etc.)

Who are some mothers that you know and what makes them good mothers?


Story

I Love You Forever by Robert Munsch

Treat

Full belly veggie burgers (round like the belly of the Goddess and full of nurturing food)

Activity

Draw a Goddess picture for mom