Vision † Aim & Purpose † Mission † Values † Beliefs
Vision:
Our vision is of a world where God’s love is shown through loving, respectful, and flourishing relationships.
Aim & Purpose:
To demonstrate the Christian faith in action by the transformation of communities worldwide through the nurture of the family in its many forms.
Mission:
- 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.
Values:
Mothers’ Union is firmly rooted in a voluntary ethos. Its governance, leadership, and programmes are driven by and undertaken through members around the world as they respond to God’s call to faith and action.
Beliefs:
- We believe in the value of each individual and their unique qualities.
- We believe in the value of relationships. Jesus said, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul and all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbour as yourself.”
- We believe in the value of the family in its many forms as a source of love and support for individuals and the basis for a caring community.
THE MOTHERS’ UNION DIOCESE IN EUROPE
Archdeacon Meurig Williams re-commissioned Mrs Tonie Chandler as Diocesan President for Europe on 17th May 2019. The ceremony took place during the Archdeaconry Synod for France and Monaco in Lyon, France.
Across the world there are many Mothers’ Union provinces, dioceses and individual branches
The Province of Canterbury includes the Diocese in Europe
The Province of Canterbury covers the southern part of England, Europe, the Channel Islands and Burmuda (Sri Lanka and the Falklands also fall within the Province but we have no members there yet!). The Provincial President is Nikki Sweatman and she has been in the role since 1 January 2016.
Nikki has served Mothers’ Union in several capacities, most recently as Finance coordinator and Deputy President in the Diocese of Canterbury. She is also on the MSH training team and has privately has worked in Finance and in Mental Health, and has a family and several grandchildren.
The Provincial President is the link between the Central charity and the dioceses within the province. Currently the role also involves being a Worldwide Trustee of the Central charity. Nikki visits the dioceses to encourage, inform and also to support members and trustees as required.
Nikki passionately believes that supporting family life in whatever form helps to develop healthy families and children.
If you would like to know more about Mothers’ Union Province of Canterbury please contact the Provincial President via the link below:
To find out more about Mothers’ Union in the dioceses of Canterbury Province please visit: www.canterburyprovincemu.org.uk.
The Canterbury Province consists of 29 dioceses in England and the Diocese in Europe.
