Diocese of Winchester

Southampton Street Pastors have been patrolling the city centre on Friday and Saturday nights since May this year. There 48 volunteers are each out once per month from 10pm to 4am helping people to stay safe and have a good time. Over the last four months they have helped nearly 100 people in different ways.
They [...]

Our next Information Day is on
Friday 23rd October 10am – 2pm
at
St. John’s Underhill Centre,
St. John’s Road, Hedge End, Southampton SO30 4AF
We will be welcoming
John Wilkinson OBE
Secretary of Hampshire based charity
Education Uganda
John is one of a group of experienced educationalists who are improving primary education in Uganda by supplying schools and training Ugandan teachers in the [...]

Two useful updates have come out from Mothers’ Union central office today.
The first is the latest update about Social Policy issues as the Mothers’ Union connects with current reports and issues affecting family life, including parental leave.
Rachel Aston, Head of Social Policy at Mothers’ Union, and speaker at this weeks Mary Sumner Day event at [...]

Our next regional meeting will be at
St. Boniface Church Centre, Chandlers Ford
Wednesday 22nd July 6.00pm – 9.00pm
(drinks from 5.30pm)

Our Mothers’ Union and personal faith foundations will be explored in three workshop sessions looking at reaching out and sharing our principles and faith. These will be led by our
Faith and Policy Co-ordinator,
Angela Bushell
There will also [...]

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, to be held at St. Boniface Church, Chandlers Ford at 6.00pm on Wednesday 22nd July.
Features in the forthcoming [...]

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 [...]

More than 200 Mothers’ Union members from across the region gathered at Winchester Cathedral on Wednesday 29th April. Together with fellow member Right Revd Michael Scott-Joynt (Bishop of Winchester) they celebrated the theme of ‘Living Love’ in worship, prayer, music and an inspiring drama called ‘The Good Punk Rocker’. The Eucharistic Service also heard an [...]

National Family Week is being supported by Mothers’ Union and members’ near Ringwood are hosting a

FAMILY PICNIC
at Toad’s Corner, North Poulner Road, Ringwood
12 noon – 2pm on Thursday 28th May
Bring a picnic blanket, some food, drink and friends to share the fresh air and have fun in the play area.
Why not join them to [...]

Mary Sumner founded Mothers’ Union in Old Alresford in 1876. Each year she is remembered in the Anglican Calendar on 9th August, which this year falls on a Sunday.
To mark the day, the Diocese of Winchester have kindly made available to Mothers’ Union some of the facilities at Old Alresford Place, the rectory in which [...]

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 April, [...]

Following a suggestion at our recent Diocesan Meeting, you are invited to buy and bring new pairs of Flip-flops to our Festival Service at 11am on Wednesday 29th April at Winchester Cathedral.
This appeal is in response to a presentation last week about Street Pastors who provide these items free to those who would otherwise walk [...]

After today’s fantastic meeting in Romsey learning about Street Pastors, Community Prison Chaplains and more, I’ve got several things to post in the next few days – so to kick things off:
Women in and around the New Forest may be interested in attending a talk entitled
WHAT MAKES AND SHAPES US
by regional TV presenter, and Reader [...]

Mothers’ Union works in co-operation with a variety of other non-government organisations, both in local communities around the world to provide support for families, and to raise awareness of particular regions or concerns.
Mothers’ Union Diocese of Winchester is therefore delighted to be represented at, and supporting our Diocese and USPG – Anglicans in World Mission [...]

Our next Diocesan meeting will be held on 31st March 2009 at the Crosfield Hall, Romsey. The feature talks will be on street pastoring schemes and community chaplaincy, and there will be a sale of Mothers’ Union cards, gifts and merchandise.
Like all our meetings, they are open to anyone who is interested in finding out [...]

This year our festival service is being held on Wed 29th April 2009 at 11.00am in the beautiful setting of Winchester Cathedral. The preacher and celebrant at this years service is Right Revd Michael Scott-Joynt, Bishop of Winchester (pictured above).
The theme this year is “Living Love” and will reflect this years Mothers’ Union theme which [...]