MU meeting 19 July 23
This was the last meeting of the year before the Summer Break.
We thought about what it means to be a member of the MU and discussed ideas for our own future meetings.
This was the last meeting of the year before the Summer Break.
We thought about what it means to be a member of the MU and discussed ideas for our own future meetings.
Our MU branch held another enjoyable Strawberry Supper meeting attended by 50 members and guests on Tuesday 13th June.
This month we invited Kath Murphy, a Reflexology therapist working in the village, to talk to us about reflexology, how she got into the specialty and how it can help us.
This month’s meeting on 19th April was attended by 25 members but we were first saddened to hear the news that our dear, long-standing member, Ann Stafford, had passed away that morning.
We went on to welcome our vicar, Canon Rob McLaren, who had been invited as our guest speaker, to learn how his being a choirboy had influenced his life.
We were pleasantly surprised by the increased number of members who attended the branch AGM.
We read out the report of events over the last year and the financial report prepared by Dorothy.
At this month’s meeting we invited Daryl Hales and his wife, Sue, to come and speak about their individual experiences in their recovery from alcoholism.
This was a really interesting and informative talk and Daryl and Sue hoped it had given us an insight into the issues of alcohol and alcoholism.
It was lovely to see about 28 members, including several from Sandbach Heath and Brereton, turn up on a very cold, snowy day for our Epiphany service and party on Wed 18th Jan.
Canon Rob conducted a Communion Service for us, and reminded us of the importance of Epiphany. After the service he enrolled his mother, Margaret McLaren, as a member of
the Mothers’ Union.
We had a lovely meeting this month – John Murfin gave us an interesting talk about bell-ringing and handbells and we finished by singing carols.
The recent considerable rise in MU fees prompted quite a discussion. Ann Peach, from Brereton and a Trustee of MU, was able to explain where all the fees went to and how MU is in deficit by a considerable amount.
The main theme for the meeting was ‘Who has inspired you?’ and three of our members shared their personal accounts.
The meeting included a very interesting talk by John Clowes, entitled: “Twenty years of garden design and how it happened”.
John began by telling us about his father’s interest in his childhood garden in Timperley but that his own interest and passion only began when he married and had his own home to garden.