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General Secretary Susan Henry-Crowe reflects on Mother's Day and the recent announcement that the church failed to ratify two constitutional amendments related to justice for women.

May 9, 2018

This is a bittersweet week. In this particular year, when the life and contributions of mothers are celebrated on the second Sunday in May, faithful women of The United Methodist Church are likely to feel the pain of the Church’s rejection of amendments acknowledging their lives and roles in the Church. 

While Mother’s Day cannot begin to capture the contributions of women, it is impossible to pass the day without remembering foremothers both in this life and in the life beyond. 

My own mother, like most women, led a layered and complex life. My mother was a nurse anesthetist (a remarkable accomplishment for someone born in 1915), socially conscious, justice-seeking, a forever reconciling voice, mother of four, a friend to many and someone for whom Mother’s Day could not begin to pay adequate tribute to her personal, civic and church contributions. 

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