Walton Mothers’ Union

The group meets at 2pm in St. John’s Room on the second Wednesday in the month. Venue: St. John’s Church, The Furrows, Walton-on-Thames

We are a friendly lot and the meetings are open to anyone who wishes to come along.  Membership of the Mothers’ Union is open to all and membership can be through the internet if for some reason meetings don’t suit.

MOTHERS’ UNION PROGRAMME
September 2010 – January 2011

2010
8th September – Service in St. John’s Church.

13th October – Tricia Lea, MU speaker, will be telling us about the Listening
Project at Send Women’s Prison.

10th November – Guildford Diocese MU work and social.

16th November – FORUM – St. Michael’s Sheerwater 9.30-1.00

8th December – Christmas Buffet Lunch. 1pm

2011
12th January – Social Afternoon.

For details please ring: Carol Heyden (01932) 240 231

The Evening Group is looking to restart if someone would like to take this forward. The meetings were usually held on the 3rd Thursday of the month.

Mothers’ Union

St. Mary’s with St. John’s branch are proud to belong to the world wide Mothers’ Union organisation, joining over 3.6 million women and men, living in 79 countries, who believe in the importance of families.  As well as encouraging and supporting families and marriage, members work to reach out as God’s family to those who are isolated, in trouble, or in need of help.

Founded in 1876 by Mary Sumner, her vision has continued to grow and where, through fellowship, programmes, policy and prayer, Mothers’ Union members around the world change lives and bring Christ’s hope.

As part of the Guildford Diocese MU, we in the Walton Parish, help play a part in the work done throughout the diocese. From helping with “Welcome Packs” for the four women’s refuge centres, providing toilet bags for the A&E hospital units for people who are admitted suddenly into hospital, providing wool for different support schemes and knitting items for neo-natal units. We support AFIA, the “Away From It All” scheme, which provides holiday breaks and day outings for families who are unable or who have never had the opportunity to have time away to enjoy the sea or countryside.

Many individual branches help in the women’s prisons in Send and Downview and men’s prisons, High Down and Coldingly. They aid Mother and Toddler groups, hold Marriage Preparation courses, help in Family Contact Centres, run parenting courses.

Here in Walton we help with the Toddlers Praise service and welcome the Baptism families for the afternoon occasions.  Our “Welcome Packs” go to the local Thames Homeless house.  Every year in May time, we support the “Genesis” clothes collection for the charity shop which serves a large deprived housing estate in Sheffield. So there are many things done quietly in local communities by the Mothers’ Union members.

National website: www.themothersunion.org

Guildford website:  www.muguildford.org.uk

For more information about the Mothers’ Union contact Carol Heyden (01932) 240 231