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Mrs Sheila Walsh, guest speaker at the meeting on Thursday 9 February, in church at 7.45 pm, will be talking about her recent visit to Canada.
The Afternoon Group will be celebrating a Eucharist service in church on Thursday 23 February at 2.45 pm.
All are welcome to join us. Hazel Yarwood Olive Johnson
Our Mothers' Union is 75 years old “taking away the rough and tumble for stressed families”.
YES, on 8 September we held a special birthday for our Mothers' Union Groups here in Padgate; and NO we are not a group of old “fuddy duddies” serving tea and biscuits all the time; although you will see quite a number of us in the Coffee Shop, and wherever a tea urn is available!
Our photographs show MU members enjoying a “Lancashire Night” fifty years ago ...… ...
Our interests and support goes worldwide, and do you know we are linked to 82 countries with four million members? Any country in crisis has our immediate support.
The men are not to be outdone, and recently Richard Robinson was an impressive figure carrying the Padgate banner in Liverpool Cathedral, together with 71 other banners from groups in our Diocese. Our own Mothers' Union Group was founded in 1936 when Mrs. Vallance Cook (the then Rector's wife) started a small group of women interested in all facets of family life. She also instituted our monthly Communion Service, which has carried on to this day on the first Wednesday of each month.
I cannot possibly list the whole spectrum of our meetings and the charities we gladly serve; from local Community Days , Pantomimes and Choirs to social time and Theatre visits, and on the serious side, our Children’s Societies, USPG, AFIA* holidays, NSPCC Bike rides and our Friday “Playtimers” for children. Also we have visits to our indoor members and this September our support is for the McMillan Nurses.
… … and again celebrating the 75th Anniversary on 8 September
So YES, we are an enthusiastic and willing group with a membership of 70, ranging in ages from 30 to 80+, and we always welcome any new members to our Groups.
We are very proud that Margaret Houghton is the President of our Liverpool Diocese and does sterling work.
The afternoon group, led by Olive Johnson, meets on the last Thursday of each month with peaceful meditation and a speaker; while our “noisy”, larger Evening Group, led by Hazel Yarwood, meets on the second Thursday of each month.
Mary Sumner, our Founder in 1876, had a vision and her dream has come to fruition. Jean Jones *AFIA stands for “Away From It All”. It is a holiday scheme organised and funded by the Mothers’ Union as a practical and important way to help support family life.
Cake Baking is making a comeback” (not that it has ever gone away from MU members), so Mrs Sandra Brinksman from the Cakecraft shop should be a very popular speaker at our meeting on Thursday 10 November at 7.45 pm in church, demonstrating her cake-making skills.
The afternoon Group will be holding their annual General Meeting on Thursday 24 November at 2.45 pm in the church meeting room.
A very warm welcome is extended to all who would like to join us.
The Mothers’ Union is as relevant today as it was to Mary Sumner in 1876. 3.6 million Members in 77 countries around the world are seeking to improve lives through the transforming love of Jesus Christ. Mary Sumner’s heart was to see a “Mothers’ Union” wherein all classes could unite in faith and prayer” and this has become the foundation of all that the Mothers’ Union has achieved and will continue to achieve for more generations. WE all have a role that serves to improve family life in the communities where we live, through practical action and prayer. WE ARE a global voice that has the power to influence world leaders and witness changes that can improve family welfare and alleviate poverty. WE AIM to keep our Christian faith central to all that we do. It has the power to change, unite and provide fellowship! WE AIM to help those around us in great need through a variety of outreach projects. OUR PRAYER is that we may serve those around us, as Christ wants us to. DID YOU KNOW that anybody can join Mothers’ Union (male or female, single or married) so long as they have been baptised as a Christian and support our aims and objects. As we meet in our various communities we remember: The goal of the Mothers’ Union is to be specifically committed to strengthening and preserving family life and marriage, by our Christian Faith and through practical action. How we fulfil this, is through our OBJECTIVES: · To uphold Christ’s teaching on the nature of marriage and promote its wider understanding. · To encourage parents to bring up their children in the faith and life of the Church. · To maintain a worldwide fellowship of Christians united in prayer, worship and service. · To promote conditions in society favourable to stable family life and the protection of children · To help those whose family life has met with adversity. If you have any questions about Mothers’ Union or would like to know more please give me a ring on 820898 Margaret Houghton Diocesan President, Liverpool Mothers’ Union
What is The Mother's Union
It is a worldwide
Anglican organisation whose purpose it is to be concerned with all aspects
of Christian family life. The Mothers’ Union has around 800,000 members
worldwide, 80% of whom live outside the UK and Ireland. For more than 90
years, in partnership with local members, the Mothers’ Union has
encouraged educational and self help projects to grow and flourish across
the world. This work is supported by the Mothers’ Union Overseas Fund.
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