Women’s Ministry Sunday was initiated by the Anglican Church
Women Board to promote and recognize the many ways that
women live out God’s mission in the church and
community. It has evolved from: honouring the women and the
ministry of their organized groups within the parish,
to recognizing their ministry beyond the parish, including within
their professional and community volunteer activities, to
their collaboration with men ( . . . that God with men and women
may so transform the earth . . . inspiration taken from the last
verse of the Anglican Church Women hymn: The Love of Jesus
Calls Us), to now honouring in 2021 the ministry of the women
and men of the Mothers’ Union. Yes, despite the name, the
ministry of the Mothers’ Union involves women and men