By Michael Nnebife
The Archdeacon, Agulu Archdeaconry, Diocese of Awka, in the Anglican Communion, the Ven Vincent Chukwuma Nkemdilim, has advised mothers to keep up their role in their families for the fulfillment of the divine purpose of their creation.
The Ven Nkemdilim, who gave the advice in a chat with the press on the occasion of the 2025 Mothers’ Sunday Celebration, described mothers as architects of every family.
Nkemdilim pointed out that mothers were much more valued by God and men inasmuch as men were the heads of the families.
‘We urge them to always submit themselves to the authority of their husbands, because the husbands are the heads of the families.
‘The History of motherhood is traced back to the time of creation arising from the need for a suitable companion and help for a man.
‘So, as we celebrate the mothers in this year’s Mothers’ Sunday, we urge them to keep up their role in the family, in the Church, and in larger society,’ the cleric admonished.
‘The work of mothers cannot be over emphasized; they shoulder much in every facet of life. In child upbringing, mothers play a vital role more than the husbands.
‘Therefore, we doff our cap for the mothers. Their functions cannot be set aside when it comes to the children’s upbringing,’ Nkemdilim said.
He congratulated them, urging them to be faithful church members and wives.
Attributing ungodly acts and neo-paganism practice among today’s youths to laxity on the part of mothers, the cleric admonished mothers to train their children in the way of the Lord.
‘When you train your children well and nurture them in the way of the faith in Jesus Christ, there is no way the children will go astray as far as being idolatrous,’ the Archdeacon said.
He expressed belief that the faith of the mothers had much impact on the children.
‘When mothers become lax in their duties in the family, that is when the children will go astray.
‘But when they are very serious about training the children the way they should go, when they come up to adulthood, they will not forget the way,’ he hinted.
Similarly, the Vicar in charge of Our Saviour’s Anglican Church, Awka, the Rev’d Canon Azubuike Mgbeikeh, charged mothers in the church to strive to be virtuous Christian mothers for an overall fulfillment of God’s mandate given to them from the point of creation.
The Rev’d Canon Mgbeikeh gave the charge while delivering a sermon during a service to mark the 2025 Mother’s Sunday in the church.
Mgbeikeh, who highlighted trust, prudence, discipline, decency in dressing, among others, as some of the virtues of a Christian mother, advised Our Saviour’s mothers to be a source of inspiration and success to their husbands.
While urging them to shun laziness like plague, he harped on the need for a wife to engage in any legitimate economic activity, which he said, would enable her to fulfill the divine mandate as a helper for her husband.
The Anglican cleric prayed God to give mothers the grace that would enable them to play their roles faithfully.
The service, which was a celebration like no other, featured special prayers for political leaders, religious leaders, special presentation by the mothers and the children of the church, among others.
