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| All Saints' Branch of the Mothers UnionWelcome to our webpage. The All Saints' branch of the Mothers' Union is closely involved with family activities within the Church and meets once a month to enjoy a variety of talks and visits, all relevant to living with our faith in the everyday life of our homes and families. Our meetings are usually held in the Church Meeting Room beginning at 8.00 p.m. and are open to everyone, both men and women, whether married or not - all are welcome. We are the only remaining branch in Hertford and Ware and welcome members who worship in other parishes or who move into the area. We have a link MU branch, Holy Trinity, South West Rocks in New South Wales, Australia.The Mothers' Union is a worldwide charity providing Christian care for families. Click here for an introduction. Further details and literature are available from Ann. |
| Branch Leader: | Mrs Rosalie Barron | 01992 584165 |
| Branch secretary: | Mrs Rosemary Bolton | 01992 589535 |
| Branch Treasurer: | Mrs Ann Stephens-Jones | 01992 447726 |
| Monday 4th February | 8.00 pm | "Marriage through the ages". To celebrate National Marriage Week, Margaret Greely will present a talk about marriage. Please bring a photo of your wedding. |
| 13th Feb - 12th March | 8.00 p.m. | Every Wednesday at 8.00 pm through Lent, a Bible study and Art course at the URC led by Jo Loveridge and Alan Stewart. Our monthly meeting will be at the last one on Wednesday 12th March. |
| 25th February - 9th March | Fairtrade Fortnight. Please consider buying some extra Fairtrade products. | |
| Sunday 2nd March | 11.30 a.m. | All Saints' Church. Mothering Sunday Service |
| Friday 7th March | 2.00 p.m. | Methodist Church.. Women's World Day of Prayer prepared by the Christian women of Guyana.. |
| Saturday 12th April | Action and outreach day "Hands across the World" at the Civic Centre, Old Welwyn. 10 am- 3pm. Tickets from Rosemary Bolton. | |
| Tuesday 15th April | 7.30 p.m. | Church Meeting Room. John and Fiona Earle will give a talk with slides on Aschiana, a charity supporting street children.. |
| Wednesday 16th April | 2.30-6.00 p.m. | Castle Hall. Mayor's Vintage Tea Party. We shall host a table. Party food & help needed please. |
| Tuesday 29th April | 10.00 a.m. | Deanery Coffee Morning at 39 Fordwich Rise. |
| Wednesday May 7th | 8.00 p.m. | Church Meeting Room. Our local Police Community Officer, Maria Fernandez will explain her role and give us advice. |
| Saturday 10th May | Christian Aid walk. All Saints' are responsible for the first stage at Hartham. Helpers needed, please contact Rosemary Bolton (589535). | |
| Wednesday 11th June | 8.00 pm | Church Meeting Room. "Double Trouble". Mrs pauline Rhodes will talk about her book and living with manic depression. Copies of the book will be on sale. |
| Saturday 21st June | MU Roadshow in Leicester. Transport available. Tickets from Rosemary Bolton. | |
| Tuesday 8th July | Wave of Prayer 6-10th July. St Alban's Diocese continues the MU worldwide cycle of prayer. Our Deanery time is 12-1pm. | |
| Wednesday 9th July | Private visit to the Gibberd carden in Old Harlow. We will start with an introductory talk at 7.00 pm followed by the freedom of the garden and refreshments will be available. | |
| Monday 15th September | 8.00 p.m. | Church Meeting Room. We will be talking abour our "Treasures". Please bring along a (small) treasured (but not necessarily expensive) object. and we will talk about the tings we value and why. |
| Monday 13th October | 8.00 p.m. | Church Meeting Room. Doug Loveridge will talk about "Hospital Chaplaincy". |
| Wednesday 12th November | 7.30 p.m. | Church Meeting Room. Pot luck supper. Please bring a friend or two and one of your favourite dishes to share. |
| Sunday 30th November | Church. Advent Sunday. Our MU travelling cribs will be blessed and sent on their journeys from home to home until Christmas Eve. Please contact Jean Gilby (583125) if you would like a crib to come to your home. | |
| Monday 1st December | 7.30 p.m. | Annexe. We wil be making our door wreaths & table decorations ready for the Christmas Tree Festival. Bring greenery, twine and secateurs |
| Friday 5th-Sunday 7th | Christmas Tree festival in Church. We would like everyone to be involved please! | |
| Wednesday 14th January 2006 | 8.00 p.m. | Church Meeting Room Planning evening and AGM. Come with good ideas for 2009! |
The Mothers Union is a world-wide organisation within the Anglican Church. There are 3 million members in 70 countries around the world, 122,000 of them in the UK alone. Its purpose is to be especially concerned with all that strengthens and preserves marriage and Christian family life.
Through Action and Outreach, the M.U. reaches the wider community. Prison visiting, running parenting groups, providing 'Away from it all' holidays for needy families, and running family Contact Centres to enable estranged parents to visit their children following relationship breakdowns, are just some of the ways the M.U. is achieving its aims.
Members pray regularly for their overseas contemporaries. An overseas fund supports projects in needy parts of the world. The M.U. recently received three-quarters of a million pounds from Comic Relief, to help extend and develop its literacy and development programme in Burundi, Maiawi, and the Sudan. Women are being taught to read and write, allowing them to have increased confidence and control over every aspect of their lives, to the benefit of their families and the wider community.
Closer to home, we at All Saints have had many interesting and memorable speakers and visits over the last fifteen years. The Mothers Union banner stands resplendent next to the children's altar; on two occasions we have been able to give it an outing as it joined a sea of banners parading through St. Albans Abbey, at M.U. Diocesan Festivals.
The numerous speakers, both 'home grown' and from further afield have provided us with a diversity of talks over the years, from seasonal meditations, to far flung corners of the globe, our meetings have catered for all ages tastes and needs. Our annual programme is on the blue notice board at the back of church (or on our web page). Copies are available to take home. Please join us regularly or on an occasional basis if a specific topic is of interest to you. Either way, you will be very welcome! Back to programme.
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