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, unless stated otherwise.

 

Other events/services open to all members.

Branch Leader
Alison Thomas

Treasurer
Jan Crosby

PROGRAMME - 2012

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 2012 programme may be subject to change

Mothers’ Union in St Albans Deanery - 5 branches:
The Abbey, St Mary’s, St Michael’s. St Paul’s, St Peter’s

Tuesday 24 January

Corporate Communion followed by Annual General Meeting

 

Sunday 12 February

Afternoon teas - 3.00 to 5.00 pm

Fund raising event for Mothers’ Union charities

 

Wednesday 14 March

Letting Children be Children (Welwyn) - 7.30 pm

 

Sunday 25 March

Lady Day Deanery Service/Afternoon tea (St Paul’s) - 3.00 pm

 

Wednesday 18 April

Christian Art (Abbey) - 8.00 pm

The Revd Iain Lane

 

Tuesday 24 April

Getting to know you and the Mothers’ Union just a bit better

Susan Roberts (Diocesan President)

 

Tuesday 22 May

Marketing Mothers’ Union in the 21st century - in a rut or in the groove

Alison Bailey (Co-ordinator, Marketing Unit)

 

Tuesday 26 June

Spiritual Journey: The inner journey made while walking the pilgrim way to Santiago de Compostela in 2005

Althea Hayton

 

Saturday 30 June

Going Global (Woolmer Green) 10.00 am - 3.00 pm

Rosemay Kempsell (Worldwide President)

 

Friday 6 July

Wave of Prayer in Church - 1.30 pm

 

Monday 9 July

Diocesan Annual Meeting (Potters Bar) - 7.30 pm

 

Tuesday 17 July

Meditation (probably at St Leonard’s)

 

August

Possible Visit to Mary Sumner House

 

Tuesday 18 September

Songs of Praise Service (Harpenden) - 7.30 pm

 

Tuesday 25 September

Mothers’ Union Finances - where does your money go?

Susan Stokes (Co-ordinator, Finance & Services)

 

Tuesday 23 October

Signing of Christmas Cards for Prisoners and General Update

(Bring Christmas cards for signing)

 

Tuesday 27 November

Advent - Christmas Social

 

December

No formal meeting