Our members are not all mothers, or even all women. They are single, married, parents, grandparents, or young adults just beginning to express their social conscience. Mothers’ Union provides, for all four million members, a network through which they can serve Christ in their own community – through prayer, financial support and actively working at the grassroots level in programmes that meet local needs.
In Norham, the branch is a group branch, made up of members from the Parishes of Branxton, Carham, Cornhill and Norham (all the parishes served by our Vicar).
We have about 25 members and meet regularly to enjoy each other’s company and learn more about the world about us.
We support many local initiatives, including providing items for the BordersGeneralHospital – emergency toiletries bags, knitted items for the baby unit, cheer-up bags for children and teddies. We also support Away-from-it-all holidays for families who would not otherwise manage a week’s holiday, the Women’s Refuge in Newcastle, the Prison Visitor Centre and the Newcastle People’s kitchen. We take regular deliveries to the Berwick Food Bank and organise the Drop-in-4-coffee mornings once a month.
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 marriage and 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.