More "Love" on my mind. Day of Love!

I serve on the local justice and compassion team at Vintage Faith Church.  We have been building relationships with community-based organizations that promote love, compassion, and service to those with needs.  Our intention is not to reinvent the wheel, but to join in with what is already going on in our community.   We have been partnering with the Pregnancy Resource Center, Trade As One, Beach Flats Community Center, Head Start, and currently working on a partnership with Santa Cruz Community Counseling Center.  As we were discussing Mother's Day a while back, we came up with an idea.  Have a day that mothers can come and be pampered by volunteers who want to serve and love all the mum's who work so hard and rarely get rewarded or acknowledged.  We would invite all of the mothers from Pregnancy Resource Center, Beach Flats Community, The Sienna House (a supportive living environment for women who are pregnant and homeless), and Janice.  And that is what we did.  Well, things get more exciting.  This event went from an idea that consisted of brunch and live music to....are you ready for this?  Brunch, live music, clothing boutique, professional haircuts, professional massages, family portrait studio, and a car care clinic (oil changes and car washes).  We have nearly 100 volunteers that stepped up in our church community to serve at this event.  We've had nearly 100 women RSVP to this event.  LOVELY.  Can't wait to see the outcome of this event, and hopefully it's something we can do each year.  Unfortunately, I am still with-child, so I most likely will not be able to serve at this event on June 4th, who knows, I may even become a mommy myself on the day of this event, but in any case I am proud of all the work that the team has done in preparing for these well-deserved mothers and I pray that the mom's really will feel loved and lovely!