MIDDLE RASEN MOTHER'S UNION

Meetings are held on the first Wednesday in the month. In the Church Hall at 7.30pm.

Branch Leader Mrs Elaine Jennings

The group in Middle Rasen has recently appointed a new branch leader, Elaine Jennings, who lives at Fruitwood House, Gainsborough Road (near the new crossing). They meet at 7.30pm on the first Wednesday of every month at Middle Parish Church Hall and have a mixture of speakers and social events.

However there is more to Mothers Union than its Wednesday meetings. Members also try to support families in many practical ways. For many years they have helped to staff the crèche at Lincoln Prison and collect practical resources like food parcels, toiletries and children's toys for the Women's Refuge in Lincoln . They encourage families with newly baptised children, sending cards, and help with refreshments in the church hall after the Pram Service that meets at Middle Rasen Parish Church on the first & third Mondays at 2.15pm. You may have called in for a coffee at St Benedict's, the Mothers Union centre on the high street in Lincoln city centre (the church near M&S) which branch members staff on a rota basis three times a year.

Membership of Mothers Union costs £14 a year, but, being a Christian group, members must have been baptised. However, anyone is welcome to attend a monthly meeting to see if they want to become involved. For more information contact Elaine Jennings at elaine@elgo.net (842269). Or visit the Mothers Union website www.themothersunion.org

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Speakers & Meetings in 2011

(Telephone 01673 842269)

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Friday 4th March

Woman's World

Day of Prayer.

New Life Church

Festival Hall

Market Rasen

12th January

AGM Elaine's house

2nd February

Guide Dogs

2nd March

Reverend Ian Robinson

6th April

Reverend Chris Harrington

Service and Talk

4th May

Speaker

“Hill House” Osgodby

1st June

Summer Party

To be arranged

6th July

Janice Wiseman

“Medical Research”

3rd August

Outing

Watch this Space

7th September

Joy Liddle

” Lincoln Street Pastors”

5th October

Teresa Roberts Xmas Crafts,

“Gift Boxes”

2nd November

Lunch—the Golf Club (to be arranged)

No evening meeting

7th December

MU AGM (bring and share supper)

NEW MEMBERS FOR MOTHERS UNION

Middle Rasen Mother's Union meets every first Wednesday of the month in Middle Rasen church hall at 7.30 pm. The aim of the M.U. is to promote Christian Care for families worldwide. We are a small friendly and enthusiastic group. In July 2010 we enrolled two new members Helen Cook and Jaycee Parkin. The enrolment was, of course, followed by a celebratory party where the theme for the evening was strawberries and cream.

Nora, Julia, Jaycee, Margaret, Helen, Muriel & Elaine

This group actively supports the Women's Refuge in Lincoln, sends out Baptism Cards to the newly baptised, as well as serving tea and coffee at St Bennedict's (Mother's Union Coffee shop in Lincoln city centre) and supporting M.U. projects worldwide. If you are interested in joining us or want know more please phone Elaine Jennings (01673 842269) or feel free to just pop along to a meeting, you will be most welcome.

Mothers' Union is a Christian organisation with more than 3.6 million members in 79 countries worldwide. The backbone of Mothers' Union is its worldwide network of grassroots volunteers. Whatever their individual backgrounds, members are united in their commitment to supporting marriage and family life. They give their time to generously help others, whether by running local projects, supporting international campaigns, or fundraising.

Mothers' Union also employs over 300 paid workers around the world. These are women drawn from local dioceses, so they speak the language, understand the culture and customs and have first-hand experience of the problems their neighbours face. Mothers' Union workers provide vital leadership for efforts in the community.They enable people to gain essential skills, develop and encourage sustainable self-help projects, and run training seminars for local Mothers' Union members and the wider community.

Workers also run the Literacy and Development Programme in Malawi, Sudan and Burundi. This programme enables learners to become literate and numerate as well as gaining skills in health, hygiene, HIV/AIDS and poverty alleviation.

Mothers' Union is also involved in campaigning and lobbying on a number of worldwide issues such as parental rights, international debt relief and child poverty. We are happy to be working in partnership with various organisations, including the United Nations and other ecumenical groups. Read about all our campaigns and policy work in What we do?

MU members are active in prisons, literacy projects, and parenting programmes. Members share a desire to express common care for family life through faith in Christ, prayer, and practical action.

• Community Care
• In the UK an estimated 150,000 children have a parent in prison
• 7 % of children will experience a father's imprisonment during their time at school.
• Those statistics mean that in every community there are parents struggling to manage children or infants whilst prison visiting.