NORTHERN / WESTERN REGION
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Co-ordinator:
Bev Cottell Branches Altona St Eanswythe’s MU 2nd Thursday 10.00am Altona St Eanswythe’s Caritas 2nd Tuesday 7.30pm Corio/Norlane St Andrew’s 2nd Wednesday 9.30am Diocesan Members 1st Wednesday (March, June, August, October, December) Geelong St Paul’s MU 3rd Tuesday 10.00am Glenroy St Matthew’s / St Linus’ Merlynston (MU Members...no branch) 1st Wednesday 10.00am Holy Communion & MU Prayers Grovedale St Cuthbert’s / Mount Duneed St Wilfred’s Caritas 4th Thursday 1.00pm Hoppers Crossing Epiphany MU 2nd Saturday 12noon Newtown All Saint’s Last Monday 1.15pm Rosanna St Andrew’s 3rd Monday 1.30pm St Alban’s St Alban the Martyr MU 1st Friday 10.00am Sunbury St Mary’s MU 3rd Wednesday 10.00am Watsonia Holy Spirit MU 4th Wednesday 10.00am Werribee St Thomas’ MU Saturday evenings West Brunswick St John Chrysostom 1st Thursday 1.00pm West Coburg St Alban’s MU 4th Wednesday 11.00am 
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Snippets from N/W Region Report in the 2020 Diocesan Annual Report-
Welcome to 2020! Ready to roll up the sleeves and embrace the New Year. Altona welcomed new members to Mothers’ Union. What a great way to start the year. The ladies from Grovedale prepared the service for Geelong Lady Day. Sunbury were to again host a Quiet Day on May 20th to be facilitated by MU Chaplain, Rev Carmel Hunter. Corio Visit -There were 11 Karen and 10 older Australian members present, a memorable visit. Well, that was the way we enthusiastically embraced 2020. (But then COVID-19 arrived with lockdowns and all plans and preparations were curtailed…Edit) The last face to face contact I’ve had with members was the distribution of the Autumn Mia Mia in March. And as we look back, we give thanks to God for the new technologies we have embraced to keep in contact with our members throughout this lockdown year. Zoom meetings have become the norm for some, certainly telephone contact has increased, and throughout, we have been praying with and for our members both near and far and this has been encouraging for us all. At Sunbury’s 30th Birthday celebratory zoom meeting, the guest speaker was the Rev. June Robertson, who is the Anglican Prisons Chaplain at both Ravenshall and Dame Phyllist Frost. Corrections Victoria is now permitting the distribution of the Mothers’ Union Christmas Cards again this year to Dame Phyllis Frost and Tarrengower. Corio prepared gift packs of encouragement (photo below) to their members as a fund raiser for their branch. Their monthly giving isn’t being realised so she has thought of four ways the members may choose to participate. The ideas are suitable for all branches.
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