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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
Posted: 19 Sep 2023 | There are 0 comments | make a comment / view comments
posted by: Joan Vine | on: Friday, 1 September 2023, 17:45
Two musicians, armed with various strings, things and a Laptop, are on a mission to spread love, joy and peace through music! You are invited to join us to hear “A Million Dreams” to be held on Saturday 7th October 2023. Starting at 7pm at Emmanuel Church, Billericay, CM12 9LD The lads hope to spread lots of happiness and Joy through t ... read more
Posted: 1 Sep 2023 | There are 0 comments | make a comment / view comments
posted by: Joan Vine | on: Friday, 18 August 2023, 08:20
On 29th July 2023, Upshire Mothers' Union branch held a Coffee Morning to raise money in support of the Summer of Hope Appeal. We had all been busy making cakes for the event. A couple of our members, made many more cakes to enable us to have a cake stall alongside our Bring and Buy stall, Raffle, Pom Poms for sale (inspired by the Hope appeal to ... read more
Posted: 18 Aug 2023 | There are 0 comments | make a comment / view comments
posted by: Joan Vine | on: Monday, 12 June 2023, 10:45
The President’s Challenge for 2023 is to use the prayer and information in the Diocesan letter received in May, as creatively as you can. Remembering the three Re-Imagining MU pledges of: Engaging with your clergy to broaden the awareness of MU, travelling well together with them in their parish role and thanking them for the support they giv ... read more
Posted: 12 Jun 2023 | There are 0 comments | make a comment / view comments
posted by: Joan Vine | on: Monday, 12 June 2023, 10:37
This year, our prayers, are again needed for people, wherever they live in the world whether they are experiencing the tragedy and trauma from conflict, violence or natural disasters or just struggling with the everyday stresses of modern-day life. This summer, our focus is turning Hope into Action, giving us the chance to pray together hoping to b ... read more
Posted: 12 Jun 2023 | There are 0 comments | make a comment / view comments
posted by: Joan Vine | on: Monday, 22 May 2023, 09:20
Dairy products are all the foods made from milk. Not eggs, even though eggs are often associated with dairy products they are a separate entity altogether, so I will deal with eggs in the next Eco Kitchen. Dairy products consist of milk, cheese, butter etc. Lots of dairy products are thrown out each day of the week, so to be eco-friendly we have t ... read more
Posted: 22 May 2023 | There are 0 comments | make a comment / view comments
posted by: Joan Vine | on: Friday, 14 April 2023, 18:09
I honestly believe that if we could look back at stone-age peoples’ diet we would find that, apart from the odd animal that was caught, cooked, and consumed, most of their food would come from forests, bushes, trees, hedges and fields. After all, fruit might drop but it can’t run so anything growing would be easy to pick and eat… ... read more
Posted: 14 Apr 2023 | There are 0 comments | make a comment / view comments
posted by: Joan Vine | on: Tuesday, 21 March 2023, 09:06
The members of the Mothers' Union at Waltham Abbey church gave out beautiful bookmarks to all who attended the Service on Sunday to mark Mother’s Day. The bookmarks held those wonderful verses from 1 Corinthians 13: v 4-6 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonour others, it i ... read more
Posted: 21 Mar 2023 | There are 0 comments | make a comment / view comments
posted by: Joan Vine | on: Friday, 17 March 2023, 19:51
Salad! Do you eat salad vegetables daily? Or do you only put out a dish or bowl of salad if you are expecting company? Fresh salad vegetables are wonderful, beautiful, refreshing and extraordinarily good for your health. Another great thing about salads is the fact that because they are so low in calories you can eat masses of salad without the con ... read more
Posted: 17 Mar 2023 | There are 0 comments | make a comment / view comments
posted by: Joan Vine | on: Friday, 17 February 2023, 10:37
For our introductory Eco Kitchen I offered a general chat about the purchase and storge of our precious food. Food prices have risen sharply over the months and I am sure you will agree when I say that none of us can afford to waste our money. Nevertheless, it seems (according to national statistics) that almost the same amount of food is being thr ... read more
Posted: 17 Feb 2023 | There are 0 comments | make a comment / view comments
posted by: Joan Vine | on: Monday, 12 December 2022, 09:00
Heavenly Father, we pray to you and humbly ask that you watch over our families, those people we love and cherish. Keep them safe and warm this winter. – We don’t know all of their comings and goings but we know, that God Knows… We pray for our friends and neighbours, those people who live close to us who we sometimes have to re ... read more
Posted: 12 Dec 2022 | There are 0 comments | make a comment / view comments
posted by: Joan Vine | on: Tuesday, 6 September 2022, 11:44
Owing to the death of our beloved Queen Elizabeth II the Cocktail Evening for the 13 September has been CANCELLED and will be resheduled Cocktail Evening: Our first two members days are being held this month – an opportunity for members to meet with our trustees, wors ... read more
Posted: 6 Sep 2022 | There are 0 comments | make a comment / view comments
posted by: Joan Vine | on: Tuesday, 1 March 2022, 07:45
A message from our Diocesan President Maxine Paul: After the busyness of preparing for the Commissioning service hotly followed by my first Trustees meeting, February was a time for fact-finding and what a lot of facts there are to find out about who does what, where, when, why and how in CDMU! I was also privileged to represent CDMU at the Conse ... read more
Posted: 1 Mar 2022 | There are 0 comments | make a comment / view comments
posted by: Joan Vine | on: Saturday, 12 February 2022, 13:40
In the Autumn 2021 edition of Connected. There is an article by Bishop Emma Ineson entitled ‘Finding Joy in Whatever Life Holds’. A truly beautiful article, all about the Joy that we can find in the bible and the Christian Faith and how we can pass that joy into other people. The bishop’s article has inspired me to write somethin ... read more
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