Our vision, mission and values
Our mission We aim to show our Christian faith by the transformation of communities worldwide. We can do this through the promotion of stable marriage, family life and the protection of children. This is our mission. It is what we aim to achieve. Our values There are more than four million members of Mothers’ Union today in 83 countries around the world. Each member subscribes to the same values; the moral and ethical codes that are central to the ways in which we operate. Firstly, we are firmly rooted in a voluntary ethos centred on mutual respect and collaboration. Secondly, our governance, leadership, and programmes are driven by and undertaken through members within their own communities worldwide. Thirdly, we work with people of all faiths and none. Our objects are:
Who can join the Mothers’ Union? Women and childen and men, married and unmarried, parent or not, all can, and do, join Mothers’ Union. With over 4 million members in 84 countries the Mothers’ Union has always quietly provided the peoples with the support they need. As they need it and where they need it through local networks although financed from our worldwide resources. Did you know that we have 4,000 members in Bagdad who daily risk their lives by taking help to those who need it regardless of faith? Did you know that we are currently quietly working to ease the situation for many families in the South Sudan?
Supporting prisoners’ Families at the Prison Visitor Centre at HMP Hewell Making and supplying welcome baby packs for new babies visiting their fathers in prison providing Christmas gifts for every visiting child providing each prisoner with a Christmas card for themselves
We make beautiful gowns and bonnets for Premature babies This is sensitive work carried out with compassion and caring by members many of whom are housebound who knit in prayer the love of God
We knit & distribute teddies to children as needed We provide prayer shawls for the infirm and terminally ill - which aids in their comfort We make fiddle/twiddle muffs and blankets for people with dementia and these are distributed throughout our hospitals, residential/care homes, community care services
AFIA - Away From It All Holidays We Provide holidays for families who are in need of a break. 'Away From It All' Holidays are provided by most dioceses for families under stress and unable to fund their own holiday.
Here in Worcester we try to sensitively provide holidays suitable to our families needs, for example:- disabled couples needing specalist accomodation; families needing safe and secure facilities; children needing assitance to join a school trip/day activity. We aim to be flexible in meeting the needs of our communities
Many members participate in 'open the book'​ in schools
Having a presence in schools where domestic crafts are learned by primary school children, where resources are provided for families, and participating schools sharing in our worldwide links.
'Loving Lord, we thank you for your love so freely given to us all. we pray for families around the world. Bless the work of the mothers' union as we seek to share your love through the encouragement, strengthening and support of family life. Empowered by your spirit, may we be united in prayer and worship, and in love and service reach out as your hands across the world. In Jesus' name. Amen' Currently the Mothers’ Union in this Diocese, is linked with
The Mothers’ Union is much, much more than this and really the only way to find out about us is to talk to us to see how we could be of assistance where you live and hear what else we are doing in the Diocese elsewhere. If you believe in praying; enabling and campaigning for justice and family life, Why not join us? See our very informative national website for further information: www.themothersunion.org MU in the Diocese of Worcester invites new members/or interested people/friends to share in the valuable work being done in the name of Mothers' Union. For further information, please contact us: president@worcestermu.org.uk Diocesan President Mrs Judith Grubb
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