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On Wednesday 11th August at RAF Odiham’s Family Day, Mothers’ Union members from across the Diocese of Winchester distributed free drinks and homemade cake to the family members of serving personnel at the base. The gift of free tea, coffee, squash and cake, grew out of a desire by local Mothers’ Union members to show [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] Wolvesey in Winchester 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 [...] 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 [...] Southampton Street Pastors and members of the public pose for a photo 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 [...] 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 [...]
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 [...] 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, [...] 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 [...] The closing procession at the Mothers' Union Festival Service 2009 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 [...] 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 [...] Old Alresford Place 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 [...] 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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