Christmas Letter to Indoor Members

I opened my post last week-end to find my first Christmas Card of 2011. It was the 19^th November! Far too early I thought. I was already a little irritated by all the Christmas jingles and sales pitch in my local Supermarket. All that commercialism six weeks before Christmas doesn’t really get me into the right frame of mind to celebrate the birth of Jesus.

The Trustees with Mothers' Union Chaplain  Rev Jeff Engel, Canon Mike Finlay and Mothers' Union Chief Executive Reg Bailey, who was the Keynote speaker at the Annual Rally 2011

Mothers' Union influences Government policy

The Mothers’ Union has had a very successful General Meeting in Edinburgh on June 9th this year.

The review by Reg Bailey may be found at the following web page.

 

http://www.education.gov.uk/b0074315/bailey-review/

 

Call for an end to the exposure of children to sexualised marketing

Mothers’ Union has submitted a petition to David Cameron, calling on the Government to prohibit sexualised media, marketing and products being aimed at, or easily accessed by children under 16.

The petition of over 18,500 signatures was presented to No. 10 Downing Street on Monday 14^th March by Rosemary Kempsell, Worldwide President of Mothers’ Union, Margaret Beringer, Trustee, and supporters of the Christian charity’s Bye Buy Childhood campaign. The campaign also attracted cross party support from within Parliament, with MPs Helen Goodman, David Morris, Fiona Bruce and Jim Dobbin taking part in presenting the petition.

Dear friend, It’s so lovely to be able to be in touch with you again and hope that you are enjoying this gorgeous sunshine. It’s so wonderful that God shows us such beauty in the new life that spring brings in to our gardens. As the bees fly in and out of the flowers for nectar, it reminds me of Mothers’ Union spreading the word of Christian Love. We have so many things to be thankful to God for, especially for all the good work members do in the Mothers’ Union. On May 14th the Board of Trustees and members are doing a sponsored walk along Southport Pier and around the lake. This will be about 2miles of easy walking suitable for buggies and mobility scooters. Members are asked to wear blue and yellow clothing and they will be carrying banners and balloons. We hope this will be a great family day for all and money raised will go to the Diocesan Fund.