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St Mary’s Branch

Mothers’ Union meetings are

OPEN TO ALL whether MU members or not.

Not all our members are married or mothers - we have single members, childless members and a few male members.

Meetings are usually held on the fourth Tuesday of each month at 8.00 pm in St Mary’s Church Hall.

Branch Leader
Chris Bromley

Secretary
Jan Crosby

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PROGRAMME - 2009

The MU runs a Children’s Bookstall in the Church Hall on the second and fourth Sundays of the month. Parents are encouraged to look at the books with their children. Books, CDs and DVDs may be borrowed.

St Mary’s Parish Church

Marshalswick, St Albans

The Mothers' Union is an international family charity with 3.6 million members dedicated to promoting marriage and family life. It realises that the wellbeing of the family cannot be separated from the welfare of wider communities and therefore undertakes groundbreaking community work in 77 countries. Subjects of recent concern are the MU’s Flexible Families Campaign which advocates the passing of laws to give parents of all children under 18 the right to request flexible working; representation at the UN on the Commission on the Status of Women; and promoting marriage and gender equality in marriage. Other initiatives include training facilitators to organise parenting groups, projects in child contact centres and prisons. Globally, thousands of women and girls have benefited from the MU's Literacy and Development programme.

www.themothersunion.org

Some meetings in the 2009 programme may be subject to change

Tuesday 27 January -.8.00 pm Service - Cost of Relationship then Annual General Meeting (St Mary’s Church)
Monday 9 February - 10.00 am Deanery Meeting on theme for the year - Cost of Relationship (hosted by St Peter’s MU in its church library)	Speaker Jean McIntosh Diocesan Co-ordinator for Faith and Policy
Tuesday 24 February - 8.00 pm Deanery Meeting on theme for the year - Cost of Relationship (hosted by St Mary’s MU in the Church Hall)	Speaker: The Revd Janet Ridgway Diocesan Vice President
Tuesday 24 March - 8.00 pm Lady Day Service - other Deanery branches invited to attend (St Mary’s Church)
Wednesday 22 April (evening) Diocesan Festival Service (St Mary, Hitchin)
Tuesday 26 May Mothers’ Union Project Night Exact format to be determined
Tuesday 23 June Experiences as a Magistrate	Speaker: Alison Bailey MU Diocesan Marketing Co-ordinator, wife of Reg Bailey, MU CEO
Sunday 12 July - 3.00 pm to 6.00 pm Fund-Raising Event - Literacy and Development Project (St Mary’s Church)
Monday 20 July - 7.00 pm for 7.30 pm Diocesan Annual Meeting (hosted by St Mary’s)
Tuesday 22 September How to be the Perfect Mother-in-Law (St Mary’s Church Hall)	Speaker: Jean McIntosh Diocesan Co-ordinator for Faith and Policy
Thursday 1 October - 2.00 pm Deanery Quiet Afternoon (St Michael’s)	Led by Vanessa Cato
Tuesday 27 October General Members’ Night includes election of branch officers and committee members for 2010-2012 (St Mary’s Church Hall)
Saturday 21 November - 6.00 pm to 9.00 pm Beetle Drive with Supper MU Fund-Raising Evening (St Mary’s Church Hall)
Tuesday 15 December - 7.30 pm to 10.00 pm Christmas Social (A member’s home)
Mothers’ Union in St Albans Deanery - 5 branches: The Abbey, St Mary’s, St Michael’s. St Paul’s, St Peter’s