Mothers Union in Blackburn Diocese

Euxton Parish Mothers Union, Chorley Deanery celebrated our Queen's 80th birthday with a Tea Party at the home of our treasurer Margaret Clarke. About fifty members sat out in the warm sunshine in the beautiful garden and enjoyed
tea and cakes.
We had a Make A Crown competition, a Royal Jelly Products Raffle, a Red, White and Blue Bring and Buy stall and a Royal Quiz.
A birthday cake was decorated with a crown filled with tiny sugar daffodils by our talented member Betty Halliwell and this was cut by our oldest member Elsie Hall who remembered the Queen being born when she was 15 years old! As well as having a wonderful time we also raised £200 for the Mothers Union Literacy Fund.

Jean Bond
Enrolling Member. 

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The Aims and Objects of the Mothers' Union are central to all that we do in Chorley Deanery.

With 628 members in 16 branches, Chorley Deanery extends from Standish in the South, to the outskirts of Wigan in the North and West to Wrightington and Mawdesley.

Our Deanery has both urban and rural parishes with recent housing developments and good motorway links attracting many newcomers to the area.

These are some of the activities our members are involved in....Cathedral Welcome, Hospital and Nursing home visits, Women's Refuge, WRVS work, Child Contact Centre, Toddlers and Playgroups, luncheon clubs, toy bags and books for church, links with overseas Parishes, Women's World Day of Prayer, supporting baptism families,

Deanery Festival

Our annual festival is in late May. As we are a large Deanery we can only rotate between our larger churches. This year we met at St Wilfred's, Standish. On this occasion, two new banners were displayed from St Wilfred's and Brindle St James.

Members of Chorley Deanery helped create all the colours of the rainbow at the Diocesan Rainbow Sale.

This Deanery project began in August 2003. Toiletry bags are supplied to the Medical Assessment Unit at Chorley Hospital.

This has been a very successful project much appreciated by the ward staff and patients.

Our indoor members are always on our minds and the annual party for them is always a happy and joyous occasion. 

This past year St George's, Chorley hosted this event when we welcomed our new Deanery Chaplain, Rev John Hudson from Coppull.