Happy Mother's Day!

“Praise Her in the Gates" (Proverbs 31:10-31)
Family Life - Sunday, May 14th (Mother's Day)Discussion Questions
What are some of your favorite memories of your mother or a mother-figure in your life?
How have you uniquely experienced the love of God through the support, care, wisdom and encouragement of your Mom?
What ways can you honor your Mom and the other mothers in your life this Mother’s Day?
How can wives and mothers guard against being crushed by our ever changing cultural view of the ideal woman?
If you are a wife and/or mother, which characteristics from this passage are most challenging for you, how would you like to grow in these virtues?
If you are a husband and/or father, which characteristics of the husband describe in this passage are most challenging to you, how would you like to grow in these virtues?
How can we encourage and hold one another accountable to growing spiritually this week? How can we practically meet any needs in our group this week?
How can we be praying for one another and supporting one another this week?Slides - https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-JrnWAqYbhDPxK1NwtQQi5efuZV5JtO4Qk45iguxL6o/edit?usp=sharing
Audio - https://rainiervalleychurch.com/latest-sermons
Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btmnsDrlQCo&t=7s

Mother's Day

We handed out hundreds of flowers and books yesterday to rightly honor the gift of womanhood and the God who designed it for His good pleasure. Praying that these books would bear much spiritual fruit in the lives of each woman that took a copy.

Mother's Day 2011

It was a great day of gathered worship during our two services at Mars Hill Olympia for Mother's Day. We had the privilege of welcoming Pastor James Harleman to preach for us on the topic of motherhood and we handed out free books and flowers as gifts to honor mothers.

I was struck by Pastor James sermon as he explored the cultural background of Mother's Day and how it became the cooperate money-making monster we know today. The meat of the sermon really had to do with identity, hammering a works-based righteousness, and focusing on how the role of mother can be idolatrous if understood as the highest calling of a woman.

I was challenged, convicted, and encouraged by the sermon today. I left church today feeling incredibly blessed, not only for my wonderful Mom but also that God has allowed my wife and I to be apart of a church that loves Jesus, preaches the gospel, and serves the city.

There is some much to be thankful for and today is a great day to savor the sweetness of every blessing we have in Christ Jesus.