THE 40-day season of Lent in the Anglican Church began this year on Shrove Tuesday, 4 March and Ash Wednesday the following day.
Members of the Anglican Mother’s Union celebrated with a pancake tea at St John’s Church in Nagambie and the Ash Wednesday services at both Nagambie and Seymour.
Some of the members also attended the ecumenical World Day of Prayer services in Seymour or Nagambie on Friday, 7 March.
At present, the Anglican Diocese of Wangaratta has four branches of the Union in Albury, Wodonga, Wangaratta, and Central Goulburn, and hopes to open another in the next few months in Thurgoona/Tallangatta.
The Mother’s Union, now in its 150th year, is an outreach of the Anglican Church, connecting with communities through prayer and building relationships.
Like other rural dioceses, many of our smaller parishes are closing due to aging and travel, with the diocese being 300km across and long.
People are also moving into larger towns and cities to work or to retire.
The diocese’s largest branch is the Lone Members branch with 32 members and is for those isolated in the countryside or in towns where there are no branches.
At our last AGM in November 2024 Bishop Clarence Bester challenged us to change the way we operate, wanting the MU to extend their hospitality to other parish folk and their communities.
So, the Parish of Central Goulburn Mother’s Union branch, consisting of St Paul’s Avenel, St John’s Nagambie, and Christ Church Seymour, accepted the bishop’s challenge to embrace their fellow parish folk, district parishes, and the community in which they live in 2025.
The Central Goulburn Mother's Union has organised a Lady Day service on Tuesday, 25 March at St John’s in Nagambie.
An invitation has gone out to district churches to attend and make it a celebration event.
Morning tea will be at 10.30am, Eucharist at 11am, followed by lunch at the Nagambie Rowing Club at 12.30pm.
RSVP for the lunch by Thursday, 20 March to Diane Grant on 5794 1720.
Members will be making posies and simnel cake for Mothering Sunday on 30 March.
Any person who would like to join this Mother’s Union branch that meets to improve members' own family life and that of others through faith in Christ, prayer, and practical action may contact Diane Grant 5794 1720.
