Objectives:
- To promote and support married life
- To encourage parents in their role to develop the faith of their children
- To maintain a worldwide fellowship of Christians united in prayer, worship and service
- To promote conditions in society favourable to stable family life and the protection of children
- To help those whose family life has met with adversity
Vision:
Our vision is of a world where God's love is shown through loving, respectful, and flourishing relationships.
Mothers Union Prayer
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. Amen
Thought for the Week
from Anglican Mothers Union Australia
Sunday 14th April
Walking with God
‘Walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us
and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God’.
(Ephesians 5:2)
Once we understand the love of God in Christ, our lives are transformed.
Instead of walking in the way of the world, following our own desires,
we seek to please the Lord. At the very heart of our obedience is love,
love for God and love for neighbour. In particular there is the practice of forgiveness,
just as we have been forgiven. Furthermore, our forgiveness has been so costly,
as Christ loved us, dying on the cross that we may have peace with God.
And so, every day we are to walk in the way of love, forgiving others,
caring for others, honouring others, whoever they may be.
Question for thought: Does the love of Christ control my life?
Heavenly Father, we give thanks for the many members in Papua New Guinea
and pray for those members in the Diocese of Dogura.
We pray for their prison ministry and also as they campaign against gender-based violence.
May they assure them of your love and care for them with the Lord as their shepherd.
May our members in Canberra-Goulburn Diocese continue to trust you
as they seek your wisdom in knowing the way forward. Amen.