Following our 10:30 service we will enjoy Simnel Cake.
Mothering Sunday, not to be confused with Canadian Mother’s Day, is celebrated in Anglican Churches on the fourth Sunday in Lent.
In Canada Mothers’ Union branches observe Mothering Sunday by distributing flowers to mothers and serving the traditional simnel cake and/or cookies during the coffee hour. Simnel cake is a light fruit cake made with a layer of marzipan in the middle and if desired a layer on top which is decorated with 11 marzipan balls representing the 12 apostles minus Judas, who betrayed Christ. If 12 balls are used, the 12th one is to represent Jesus.
MOTHERING SUNDAY