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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 |
| 8th Feb - 14th Feb | National Marriage Week | |
| Monday 15th February | 8.00 pm | "Global Warming - save carbon, save cash". John Earle |
| 16th February - 4th April | Relationship not Rules: Lent 2010. A chart with a thought for each day is avilable from the back of church. | |
| Tuesday 2nd March | 8.00 pm | Lenten Meditation with Rev Jo Loveridge |
| Friday 5th March | 2.00 p.m. | Women's World Day of Prayer. |
| Sunday 14th March | 10.00 a.m. | All Saints' Church. Mothering Sunday Service. |
| Thursday 25th March | 7.15 p.m. | Lady Day |
| Sunday 4th April | 10.00 a.m. | Family Communion for Easter Day. |
| Wednesday 7th April | 2.00-6.00 | Sele School. Mayor's Tea Party |
| Tuesday 13th April | 8.00 p.m. | How well do you know Hertfordshire? with Ann-Marie Parker |
| Saturday 17th April | 12.00 noon | St Catherine & St Paul, Hoddesdon. Commissioning Service for Diocesan President Susan Roberts and new Trustees. |
| Tuesday 20th April | 10.00 a.m. | Deanery Coffee Morning at 39 Fordwich Rise. Proceeds to MU Overseas Fund |
| Wednesday 5th May | 11.00 a.m. | Coventry Cathedral. Commissioning Service for Provincial President, Felicity Hawke. |
| Saturday 8th May | Christian Aid walk. All Saints' are responsible for the first stage. Helpers needed, please contact Rosemary Bolton (589535). | |
| Wednesday 12th May | 8.00 p.m. | Relationship not Rules - Diocesan presidebt Susan Roberts |
| TBA June | Visit to Butterfly World. Exact date to be advised. | |
| Wednesday 7th July | Wave of Prayer 6-10th July. St Alban's Diocese continues the MU worldwide cycle of prayer. Our Deanery time is 2.00 pm at Bramfield Church. | |
| TBA July | Our July meeting will be a visit to Bill & Jean Kemm. Exact date to be advised. | |
| Tuesday 7th September | 8.00 p.m. | Church Meeting Room. What did Great-Grandma read? with Ann-Marie Parker |
| Monday 4th October | 8.00 p.m. | Church Meeting Room. Family in 21st century Margaret Cramphorn. |
| Wednesday 3rd November | 8.00 p.m.. | Church Meeting Room. Craft Evening. |
| Sunday 28th 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 29th November | 7.30 p.m. | Annexe. We wil be making our door wreaths & table decorations ready for the Christmas Bazaar. Bring greenery, twine and secateurs |
| Monday 10th January 2011 | 8.00 p.m. | Church Meeting Room. Pot-luck Supper, Planning Evening and AGM. Please come with good ideas for 2011! |
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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