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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 |
| 7th Feb - 14th Feb | National Marriage Week | |
| Monday 11th February | 8.00 pm | "Shetland". John & Fiona Earle |
| 23rd February - 8th March | Fairtrade Fortnight. Please consider buying some extra Fairtrade products. | |
| Monday 2nd March | 8.00 pm | Lenten Meditation with Mrs Janet Bird. |
| Friday 6th March | 2.00 p.m. | St Joseph's Church. Women's World Day of Prayer. |
| Sunday 22nd March | 10.00 a.m. | All Saints' Church. Mothering Sunday Service. There will be a retiring collection for the MU. We will alos be asking the congregation to support the MU's project supplying toiletries to those admitted to hospital. |
| Wednesday 25th March | 7.15 p.m. | Compline for Lady Day by candlelight |
| Tuesday 31st March | 8.00 p.m. | Poetry with Mollie Day and John Earle. |
| Sunday 12th April | 10.00 a.m. | Family Communion for Easter Day. "Count Your Blessings" collections due. Payments to Ann please. |
| Wednesday 22th April | Festival Service at St Mary's Hitchin | |
| Tuesday 28th April | 10.00 a.m. | Deanery Coffee Morning at 39 Fordwich Rise. Proceeds to MU Overseas Fund |
| Saturday 9th May | Christian Aid walk. All Saints' are responsible for the first stage. Helpers needed, please contact Rosemary Bolton (589535). | |
| Thursday May 21st | 2.00 p.m. | St John's Hall. Come and join us for our first afternoon meeting. Enjoy afternoon tea and a chat in St John's Hall or a picnic on the grass if weather permits. |
| Monday 15th June | 8.00 pm | Church Meeting Room. "The Cost of Relationships." Shirley Dodgshon, Action & Outreach Co-ordinator will talk about the MU Theme for 2009. |
| Tuesday 7th July | Wave of Prayer 6-10th July. St Alban's Diocese continues the MU worldwide cycle of prayer. Our Deanery time is 12-1pm at Bramfield Church. | |
| TBA July | Our July meeting will be a visit to Bill & Jean Kemm. Exact date to be advised. | |
| Tuesday 15th September | 8.00 p.m. | Church Meeting Room. Craft Evening -Cancelled |
| Tuesday 6th October | 8.00 p.m. | Church Meeting Room. Janet Bird will talk about her work with the Citizens Advice Bureau. |
| Tuesday 10th November | 8.00 p.m.. | Church Meeting Room. Rev Jo Loveridge will talk about "Saints". |
| Sunday 29th 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. | |
| Wednesday 2nd December | 7.30 p.m. | Annexe. We wil be making our door wreaths & table decorations ready for the Christmas Bazaar. Bring greenery, twine and secateurs |
| Wednesday 13th January 2010 | 8.00 p.m. | Church Meeting Room. Pot-luck Supper, Planning Evening and AGM. Please come with good ideas for 2010! |
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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