posted by: Joan Vine | on: Friday, 1 March 2024, 17:11
Thoughts from your President, Maxine Paul: As promised, I am writing this on board our cruise ship, Arcadia, in the middle of the Coral Sea to the east of Australia, en route to Port Douglas and The Great Barrier Reef. So far, we have visited Sydney and seen all the notable sights and Brisbane where we got up close to some of the native animals, ... read more
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posted by: Joan Vine | on: Friday, 2 February 2024, 08:22
Thoughts from your President, Maxine Paul: In some respects, January has been a very quiet month for me after all the busyness of last year, but it seems to be a month for meetings. This can be a bit tiresome, but, on the other hand, it is also inspiring to hear all that will be going on in MU in the future, particularly the new Provincial Gath ... read more
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posted by: Joan Vine | on: Friday, 5 January 2024, 08:06
Thoughts from your President, Maxine Paul: Happy New Year, Everyone! How did your Christmas go? Well, mine was a lovely, busy mixture of spending time with family and friends enjoying the festivities and lots of church services. My last few MU engagements before Christmas saw me celebrating 95 years of MU in Rainham at St Helen’s and St Gi ... read more
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posted by: Joan Vine | on: Saturday, 2 December 2023, 08:21
Thoughts from your President, Maxine Paul I do hope those of you who came enjoyed the service and AGM at the Cathedral last month. How lovely it was to see so many of you there and to come together to worship, to share what has been happening during the year and to look to the future. It was also such a privilege to have Bishop Lynne with us and ... read more
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posted by: Joan Vine | on: Tuesday, 28 November 2023, 17:31
This church: 1. Will teach what it means to be male and female, equally made in God's image. 2. Understands domestic abuse to be the abuse of a person physically, sexually, psychologically, spiritually, emotionally, socially or financially within an intimate or family-type relationship, which forms a pattern of coercive and controlling behaviour. ... read more
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posted by: Joan Vine | on: Saturday, 25 November 2023, 08:16
Violence against women and girls: how does our Christian faith guide our understanding? The reasons for campaigning against violence against women and girls are many; any number of individuals and groups will find themselves drawn together to champion such a cause. For us as Mothers’ Union however, we must have a distinctive voice as we join ... read more
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posted by: Joan Vine | on: Thursday, 2 November 2023, 13:38
Thoughts from your President, Maxine Paul: What a busy and exciting month I’ve had – Apart from visiting some of the branches I dashed through during my “Summer of Hope” Challenge which is always a privilege, I was also privileged to represent CDMU, along with VP Rose, at the consecration of the new Bishop of Bradwell at W ... read more
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posted by: Joan Vine | on: Saturday, 30 September 2023, 09:14
Thoughts from your President, Maxine Paul: Whilst you were all sweltering at the beginning of September, Jon and I were enjoying our post-“Summer of Hope” Challenge break – a cruise (needless to say) to the islands and archipelagos of Sweden. The weather was very kind to us (low twenties, no rain) and our visit to the Ice Bar in ... read more
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posted by: Joan Vine | on: Tuesday, 19 September 2023, 09:07
I am pleased to upload a small section of the latest IMPC newsletter from Jamaica and the Cayman Islands forwarded to me by Lucy Bubb… Dear Friends, at a MU gathering I asked that we pray for the MU Diocesan Presidential elections due soon. This led to a discussion on leaders and their selection. One moot point was that the Mothers’ U ... read more
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posted by: Joan Vine | on: Friday, 1 September 2023, 20:00
Thoughts from your President, Maxine Paul: Well, I did it! I visited every church where a branch meets and quite a few extra churches where the branch represents more than one parish such as Billericay – 48 in total! And, what a wonderful time I’ve had doing it – meeting members, capturing pictures with banners, finding out about ... read more
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