Diocese of Winchester

This month’s prayer letter from Jade the Community Chaplain talks about the things that men who have just been released want and need, and the welcome that churches can provide to those who have come to faith. Jade talks honestly about the idea of a drop-in centre in Southampton for released prisoners not having been [...]

SORI stands for’ Supporting Offenders through Restoration Inside’ and is run in HMP Winchester  where it seeks to help offenders understand the impact of their crimes. Jade, the Church Army Community Chaplain at HMP Winchester runs the scheme and recently wrote the following report as part of her prayer letter: We have just completed our [...]

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’ [...]

It has been a while since we updated the prayer requests for HMP Winchester, its chaplaincy staff and been able to share the news of Jade, their Community Chaplain. This is purely down to the error and overloaded life of the webmistress – HMP Winchester still need our prayers! In her prayer letter this month [...]

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 [...]

Last week, Mothers’ Union backed calls from Churches in Sudan for peace and a respect for human rights to be upheld as the country prepares for national elections in April 2010 and crucial referendum in January 2011 on unity or independence for Southern Sudan. Mothers’ Union has families of Diocese stretching across the world who [...]

MASASI HEALTH CENTRE PROJECT – TANZANIA Sick people in Masasi currently have to travel 25 km (15 miles) to the nearest health centre and 16 km to the nearest dispensary just to buy drugs for pain or for prophylaxis treatment for malaria, which is among the top ten diseases in Tanzania. In addition to this, [...]

Sunday 6th December, four Mothers’ Union members (including one new gentleman) attended service in the West Hill Chapel of HMP Winchester, as they normally do on the first Sunday of each month. It was a lovely service for a few men who really are committed to the faith they have found with God – time [...]

Mothers’ Union has just launched its new all year round ethical giving catalogue: Global Village Fair Using the website Global Village Fair (click on the link) or leaflet you can choose from a range of ethical gifts for any occasion. Whether in memory of somebody, as a birthday present or for a wedding gift, your [...]

Mothers’ Union members go to one wing of HMP Winchester each month to worship with, and preach for the inmates. One of our contacts there is Jade, a member of the chaplaincy and it’s Church Army Community Chaplain, a role which enables her to have contact with the inmates families, and to follow up their [...]

Here is the latest news and prayer requests from Jade, the Community Chaplain at HMP Winchester. Jade is a Church Army evangelist, who is undertaking this five year post as a “fresh expression” of church. She was able to talk about her work at the recent Greenbelt festival. She was really encouraged by the number [...]

Southampton Street Pastors, who we supported earlier this year with a donation of flip-flops, are in need of volunteers for their prayer teams on Friday and Saturday nights. The teams that go out on the streets on those nights have been making a considerable difference to the people of Southampton. In the first 3 months [...]

Starting on Saturday 15th August for a week, our biggest Diocesan project will be digging sandcastles, painting faces, watching the sunset and generally having fun on the Isle of Wight. Team members will be welcoming a full house of families, all of whom are in need of this chance to refresh and rebuild their family [...]

Regular readers and local members of Mothers’ Union will remember we collected flip-flops at our Festival Service in May. Some of these were passed via members to the newly launched Southampton Street Pastors. Their area co-ordinator Richard Pitt has recently been in touch with the following message and update: “Thanks so much for the flip [...]

The government recently recognised the unique contribution that faith-based organisations like Mothers’ Union make in delivering development and connecting with community needs. As part of its white paper “Building our Common Future” the Department for International Development have said they will be doubling funding to to faith-based groups engaged in such work. In the mean-time [...]