Would you give Mom Flip-Flops for Mother's Day?
 

This was from the local Social Church one town over. Their attendance is about 600. As you can see they have 2 Sunday AM services for Mother's Day.

This ad was in the paper this week also.

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Last week it was hot- almost 80. Tomorrow is expected to be like today 50-55 and heavy winds. Cold, damp and very miserable. Maybe, Mom is supposed to think of the beach with these?!?

what a practical gift, but some may find it insulting.

I would not give my Mother Flip=Flops!

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Hmmmmmm......kind of weird. I think I prefer the good ole single rose as a gift.

Maybe not insulting, but definitely odd. I would think flip flops in as a gift from church only if it fit with the theme of the sermon or something. It's very differnt, that's for sure.

Would you believe that you have to look really really hard to see it!

I found it expressly odd since it was so cold today.

Boy you were on that one quick. I edited and deleted it as soon as it popped up because I realized that you said, it MIGHT be.....

I guess they didn't check the forecast before they planned their gift. :lol
But you know how it is. It can be hot for weeks before Easter and everyone goes out and buys pretty new spring clothes and it seems like it turns off cold every year for that one day.

Is Jumping to conclusions not stated likely to lead to flip-flopping of position.


<whispers to Tamar>

I did not see THAT title either....


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Thank you!! :thumbsup

Perhaps this shoe thing is something that WOULD last longer than a pen...... if it caused them to THINK of the church. I do not see it happenning in our church tomorrow, though.

Maybe PO and TheMrs can chime in on the shoe deal.
This man don't get it.

THIS SAYS THE FLIP FLOPS ARE A MEMORABLE GIFT...LOL. I'D SAY SO.

Maybe they are giving pedicures at the church and everyone needs flip flops to wear home.:ursofunny

This indeed would not surprise me at this church!

:heeheehee

Don't look at me...I'm not the shoe person! :nah

I think pink flip flops are nice gifts for the ladies...even it's just to wear em while you are going out to get the paper or take up the trash...they are handy to have around.

At the Heart to Heart Minister's Wives Retreat a MW shared a recipe for some great hand/foot cream. I bought some jars from specialtyboxes.com and fixed up some little gift bags...Papabear designed some nice labels for me with the NewBirth Logo on them. I'm hoping the ladies will like them. We will give one to all the females in the church and then give the rest to visitors until we run out.

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Okay.......... maybe I'm blind, but I don't see where it says that they are giving the mothers flip flops. I just see one ladies' flip flop used as a graphic for mother's day...... Does the the ad actually state they are giving flip flops and I missed it?????? I does say "memorable gift" - but I don't see it state what the memorable gift will be. Are we jumping to conclusions here? :icecream Let me know if I missed where it actually states that. :heeheehee

I'm not sure either Sweet Pea. But I know year after year it gets hard to think up something original...I may remember flip-flops for next year! Of course it would be difficult to know what sizes to get everyone...

If they were giving them away, would you think it appropriate?

I bought my mom roses to plant in her flower garden.. and a nice Mother's day card with a gift card enclosed.

My mother doesn't wear flip flops, so I definitely wouldn't have purchased them for her. :D

I can't imagine our church handing out flip flops to mom's either...

uh.. right next to the "sandal" you read in size one thousand font "A memorable gift..."

that's a nice gift...

addendum to thread question :

...... and live to tell about it?

There is a large charismtatic church in our town that gives first time visitors a nice jar of jam / jelly with a custom label that says " Especially Made for World Outreach Church" and in big letter's "We're glad you came". It also has the church name, address and a sloagan "Recognizing God's Faithfulness In A Changing World".

That's a sticky situation!

There's a small place nearby that gives away 1 lb of chocolate to first time visitors. I'm a first time visitor once a yr!!:lol

Our church gave all the mothers a candle.

Cool.

We had an assortment of bath & Body type lotions, gift packages, candles, etc.

We gave potted flowers, plants, porcelan(?sp) tea cups, lotions, body sprays, and Large hanging baskets.

Well, if you do give your mother flip-flops, be sure and call them "flip-flops."
Don't use the older term for that type footwear and call them "thongs."

Very nice. My wife would have been there for the hanging basket!

::::snicker, snicker:::::::::::::::: Ok, I WOULD have a problem with a church giving out thongs on Mother's Day!

Very nice indeed!:thumbsup

I gave the hanging baskets to the oldest mother and the newest mother. I gave large potted plants to our "scavenger hunt" winner and then I asked if anyone had an old card in their purse and we had a "young" mother that had a card from one of her kiddos in there..Kewl!

Then all mothers got to choose if they wanted a baby potted plant, lotion, spray, or a tea cup.

They liked it and I like to do it!!!