Diocese of Winchester

Mothers’ Union are working on their commericalisation of childhood campaign (see below for more information) and will soon be producing a resource to help families understand and navigate the commercialisation of childhood. But they want the practical experiences of the impact advertising has on the children in your family, and how you handle them, so [...]

Join Mothers’ Union members in the Diocese of Winchester to hear news from Southern Sudan. One Mothers’ Union member from the Diocese of Winchester has spent several years living and working among the people of Southern Sudan, and she has offered to share her experiences with everyone who is interested in the region and it’s [...]

If you feel you need to take time-out from your normal schedule to sit with God and receive from him, here’s a really good chance for you to do just that. You would be most welcome to come and share in the next Mothers’ Union Quiet Day to be held at Wolvesey in Winchester on [...]

You are invited to join Mothers’ Union supporters from across our region at our annual Festival Service at Winchester Cathedral Wednesday 16th June 2010 at 11.00am Presiding at our Festival Eucharist is Right Revd Michael Scott-Joynt Bishop of Winchester The preacher will be Debbie Thrower local television presenter and Reader in the Diocese of Winchester The [...]

When do you pray? Some people pray occasionally, some in emergencies, some daily, some frequently each day. Everyone is different, but some patterns of prayer bind groups of people together. Mothers’ Union supporters have a pattern of prayer which makes them stop whatever work or meetings they may be undertaking together at mid-day, and they [...]

Well the sun has finally come out, even if we’re still a little chill and so we’re looking ahead to summer, when Mothers’ Union are running their Wheels Appeal – raising vital transport funds for Mothers’ Union aid and development work around the world (like the Family Life Programme, and our Literacy and Development Programme). [...]

News from the staff at Mothers’ Union head office (Mary Sumner House) is that the Mothers’ Union family has now expanded to more than 80 countries: there are now Mothers’ Union members living out our aims and values in the Republic of Congo (otherwise known as Congo-Brazzaville or Little Congo) and Namibia. One of Mothers’ [...]

Today’s formal announcement that the UK General Election will be held on 6th May 2010 makes it necessary for everyone to reflect on what issues we feel are important.  If politicians are to represent us effectively they need to know what we think, and therefore we need to keep ourselves informed as to what they are saying [...]

This weekend sees the opening of the North Hampshire Child Contact Centre in Hook. It will be opening on the first and third Saturday’s of March to its first clients. The North Hampshire Child Contact Centre has been initiated by, and the management committee is made up of, members from the North Hampshire Downs Mothers’ [...]

The Christian Calendar is now moving into Lent as we mark Ash Wednesday on 16th February 2010. Christian tradition encourages us to examine ourselves honestly, acknowledge our shortcomings, and seek reconciliation with God and with each other where we have compromised our relationships. Mothers’ Union has produced some material for Lent: Lent-Easter-Meditations2010 As part of this [...]

Mothering Sunday 2010 is on Sunday 14th March, and once again Mothers’ Union are running their ethical gift campaign to enable people to remember the much loved Mothers and raise funds for much needed project work across the world. If you are reading this before Tuesday 9th March 2010, and haven’t yet taken part, you [...]

Valentine’s Day this year falls on Sunday, the last day of National Marriage Week 2010. It gives churches the opportunity to celebrate God’s gift of love and marriage, and the commitment that both involve. Mothers’ Union believes strongly that marriage provides couples, and children of the couple, with the best foundation for a happy, stable [...]

Mothers’ Union members around the globe have started to pray for members and projects organised by Mothers’ Union in the Diocese of Winchester, and the family of diocese to whom it is linked in our annual cycle of prayer. Winchester, Kitgum and Muhabura (both in Uganda), Masasi (in Tanzania) and Kajo-Keji (in Sudan) will remain [...]

Kitgum is situtated in Northern Uganda and is one of the Diocese we form our regular international links through the Mothers’ Union Wave of Prayer. Together with Kitgum and Muhubura in Uganda, Masasi in Tanzania and Kajo-Keji in southern Sudan, we will be at the centre of the prayers of all Mothers’ Union members around [...]

The theme over-arching all Mothers’ Union work in 2010, across the 78 countries in which it operates, is Relationship Not Rules. We are moving into a new triennial in the development of our activities, and many members will be taking new leadership roles in their local Mothers’ Union groups and quite possibly in their church [...]