Rector of the St. George Parish Church, John Rogers, spending time with the Lee and Waterman family, following yesterday’s service.
AN Anglican priest is making the appeal for women to be allowed to live their lives in the freedom with which God has created them, so that they can be effective nurturers in their communities.
As Barbadian women joined others across the world to celebrate Mother’s Day, yesterday, Rector of St. George Parish Church, John Rogers, said he is of the opinion that too many women within society are subjected to physical, emotional and mental abuse, making the process of them fulfilling their roles as nurturers a difficult one.
“The role of mothers within society is very important, but they must be able to live out that role, in terms of nurturing our children, or the entire community falls apart.
“What we don’t have is the family structure and perhaps we need to focus on the important role of the family and we also need to be aware that mothers cannot do it alone,” the reverend said.
“A lot of mothers nowadays find themselves having to work very hard while keeping households together and it’s not easy, because the world today offers so much scope for deviancy as opposed to the world before,” he added.
Reverend Rogers, who based his special Mother’s Day sermon on 1st Peter Chapter 2, verse 9, spoke about motherhood from the context of the church, reminding the packed congregation that the “Church is the mother within the community”.
He said in every community, the church plays a role in terms of its nurturing, but that role would only be effective, and as strong, as the living stones that make up the church.
“The mothers and families have a role within the Church because the families are really the building block of our community. Families need to be more cohesive because they are the living stones of the body of Christ,” he said.
The mothers of St. George Parish Church were treated to tokens of appreciation, prepared by the Sunday school children. (AH)