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Glasgow and Galloway
Festival Service

Holy Trinity, Ayr, 15th May 2010
The members and friends of the Ayr branch of the Mothers' Union did Glasgow and Galloway proud on Saturday, 15th May. The Festival service was greatly appreciated by everyone thanks in no small part to the welcome, cooperation, hospitality and spirituality extended to us all by the people of Ayr. Thank you one and all!
Mothers' Union Parenting Group
in Maryhill

Heart for the City is a Christian Charity, with a vision of restoring and transforming cities, for the Glory of God. The Glasgow International Christian Church is the local church arm of Heart for the City, largely composed of relatively recent immigrants from various parts of Africa and India. There are many families, and Mothers’ Union members.
Hearing that Mothers’ Union offers parenting groups, the members asked if a facilitator could come and help them explore their parenting and discuss their problems. I was lucky enough to be chosen; lucky because this was a group of enthusiastic mums, who approached the meetings eager to explore ideas and techniques, ready to share their experiences and advice. We discussed when to allow children to go to the park on their own, how to ensure that the rules your family sets are adhered to and how to persuade boys to eat vegetables, (answer: develop great acting skills, lick your fingers and shriek with delight as you prepare a salad!) I was helped on a couple of occasions by Enid Scobie and Hilary Moran.
We met for seven Tuesday mornings, the presence of several small children—without
exception gorgeous—only adding to the positive atmosphere. There was a final session
with the dads (always more nerve-
Ann Cook
Ann Cook is one of four trained parenting facilitators in and around the Glasgow area. If you are interested to join such a group and share parenting experiences please contact hilary.moran@btintertnet.com
Campaign for Body Confidence
A member of the Adrossan branch has alerted us to this campaign organised by Jo Swinson MP and Lynne Featherstone MP.
The campaign pledges to ‘influence the fashion, beauty, diet, and media industries – and the government to:
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We believe that the pressure to conform to impossible stereotypes is damaging our
sense of well-
Information and forms can be found at www.realwomen.org.uk Please take the time to support this campaign.
The campaign will feature in the May edition of the Mother’s Union Faith & Policy Watch.
By all working together we can make a difference.
Commissioning of Provincial President and Diocesan Trustees

Following the commissioning of Hilary Moran as our new Provincial President at the festival service on 13 February 2010 in St Mary’s Cathedral, the Rev’d Scott Robertson, MU Chaplain for Glasgow and Galloway commissioned the trustees of the Diocesan Mothers’ Union. With all the local members and visitors and friends from far and wide, it was a joyful occasion. Full report of the event is available by clicking here...


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