2010 Events

On Saturday July 10th 2010 Mothers' Union Deanery Leader, Jeanette Appleton, got up at 5am and started to bake 1,000 cakes at her local church centre (St Michael and All Angels, West Kirby) to raise funds and awareness for Mothers' Union world wide project work.
Jeanette was inspired by projects such as the one in Ethiopia, which provides cooking pots for families arriving in the refugee camps from nearby Sudan. Jeanette baked the 1,000 cakes using just bowls, spoons, knives and forks, in keeping with the utensils that the women use in the refugee camps.
The event was widely publicised and people, from all over the Wirral and as far afield as Chester, came to buy the cakes throughout the day. Over £1,100 was raised from the sale of cakes and through gifts on the day and donations via Jeanette's webpage www.justgiving.com/Jeanette-Appleton .It maybe too late to buy one of Jeanette's 1,000 cakes but you can sample her recipe for a cake baked in a mug in the microwave which you will find on Jeanette's webpage. While you are eating this delicious chocolate cake you may like to make your own donation.

Wirral North Deanery celebrated ten years of the literacy and development programme at a Eucharist service at St Michael and All Angels, Pensby on May 26th. The service was led by Reverend Paddy Benson, Kate Nelson sang an Anthem Psalm 23 and Reverend Gillian Rossiter, Rural Dean preached on the work of the literacy and development project.

Wirral North Mothers' Union held a 'WAGS and BAGS' event at St Peter's Church Centre, Heswall in March 2010. Friends, neighbours, church family and thanks to Radio Merseyside, listeners to the Roger Phillips show, were invited to go with their donation of new or nearly new items for local women's refuges. Did you know that women, who seek refuge from domestic violence, often leave their homes in the middle of the night with nothing, not even a bag of clothes? At a guess, we sent in excess of £3,000 of clothing to the women's refuges. We had plenty of younger people turn up and the children's play corner was put to good use. A huge thank you to the ladies in the kitchen who were wonderful and to those ladies who helped with the card stall and raffle - a real 'Deanery Team effort'.

Wirral North members took part in the Wave of Prayer on Thursday 11th March and are pictured at St Michael and All Angels, Newton, St Peter, Heswall and St John, Frankby

Jeanette Appleton was commissioned as Deanery Leader on Thursday 4th March at a service at St Michael and All Angels, Newton, West Kirby. Members from many branches attended the service.

2009 Events

Recently an Overseas Lunch was held when 96 members came and enjoyed food from around the world. Each branch put together a display table representing a country or countries, showing the valuable work that the Mothers' Union does in those places. The branch also provided a main course, and dessert that would be eaten in that country.
The magnificent amount of £776 was raised for Overseas Fund and the Kenyan Relief Fund.