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As the Anglican calendar remembered Mary Sumner, the founder of the Mothers’ Union, members and supporters across the Diocese of Winchester were actively living out her desire to support family life, in a whole variety of ways. At 10.30am on Monday 9th August , a small group of members gathered at the grave of Mary [...] 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’ [...] 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, [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] Hand washing stand at Lowero Model Home in Uganda (photographed August 2006) 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 [...] Mothers' Union relief distribution in Muhabura, Uganda to refugees from Democratic Republic of Congo in February 2009 Members of the Mothers’ Union in the Winchester region will be pleased to know that a new edition of ‘Archway’ is due out at the end of July. It will be distributed at our forthcoming Information Evening, [...] The Mothers’ Union values the children it meets and would like to do some work involving children and their prayers. This exciting new initiative requires the help of children worldwide who are in contact with the Mothers’ Union. Staff at Mary Sumner House (the head office of Mothers’ Union) would like to receive prayers from [...] It’s the time of year for a lot of weddings, but how many people still think about getting married in Church? A church wedding can have a lot of things that a wedding at another sort of venue might not offer: you can invite many more people to share in the celebration of your wedding [...] A pile of more than 60 pairs of flip-flops were collected at our Mothers’ Union Festival Service last Wednesday. Some were immediately taken by members for the newly launched Southampton Street Pastors group, and the rest will be distributed in the next few weeks to Portsmouth Street Pastors (from whom we heard at our recent [...] We are now looking for local Mothers’ Union members in Southampton, Eastleigh and Fair Oak to provide a simple link with the Street Pastors in their area. The idea is that in the short term they will take a share of the flip-flops collected at our Festival Service at Winchester Cathedral at 11am on 29th [...] |
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