(1) 2.00pm Llandaff Diocese Mothers’ Union Service – Thursday 7th September 2023 – YouTube

Service of Thanksgiving and Banner Festival to celebrate 130 years of Mothers’ Union in Llandaff Diocese

Gwasanaeth o Ddiolchgarwch a Gŵyl Faneri i ddathlu 130 mlynedd o Undeb y Mamau yn Esgobaeth Llandaf

Thursday 7^th September 2023 2pm     Dydd Iau 7 Medi 2023 2pm

Llandaff Cathedral

Gathering Hymn

Procession of Banners

God is working his purpose out
as year succeeds to year.

Welcome        Croeso         Revd Canon Marc Preece

Opening Prayer of Celebration

 As we come together in the 130^th Year of Mothers’ Union in Llandaff Diocese, we celebrate and give thanks for all that has been achieved through our action as Jesus hands and feet and voices in the world.

We celebrate and give you thanks

For the vision of Mary Sumner

We celebrate and give you thanks

For transformed families

We celebrate and give you thanks

For the vast improvement in women’s lives over the past 130 years

We celebrate and give you thanks

For the vast reduction in infant mortality

We celebrate and give you thanks

For the huge increase in the numbers of women surviving childbirth

We celebrate and give you thanks

For our new Bishop, Mary

We celebrate and give you thanks

For our Worldwide President Sheran Harper

We celebrate and give you thanks

For all our new members who will be enrolled this afternoon

We celebrate and give you thanks

For being able to be together this afternoon in our Mother Church

We celebrate and give you thanks

For the fellowship we enjoyed at this year’s Deanery Festivals

We celebrate and give you thanks

For our AFIA caravan

We celebrate and give you thanks

For our officers, trustees and unit members

We celebrate and give you thanks

For our branch leaders and committees

We celebrate and give you thanks

For your unfailing love and support to Mothers’ Union and to us as individuals

We celebrate and give you thanks

For our new and exciting future as we continue to put our Faith into Action

We celebrate and give you thanks for the past and for the future. Amen

After 130 years, we have mixed feelings about the evolving future of Mothers’ Union, so we pray for such Seasons of Change with the words provided by Mary Sumner House for Midday Prayer on Thursdays in September:

God changes times and seasons…

He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.

Daniel 2:21

God of changing times and seasons

we give praise that you remain the same

whilst your mercies are ever new.

We pray for all who approach a change in season:

Where the past has been good, may they be thankful,

and filled with vision for the season ahead.

Where the past has been hard, may they know rest,

and be filled with hope for the season ahead.

Give us all grace to embrace seasons of change;

to set aside regrets and welcome fresh paths,

with trust in your unchanging love.

God of changing times and seasons

we give praise that you remain the same

whilst your mercies are ever new. Amen

Collect

Faithful and loving God, who calls us all to strive for the renewal of family life: give us the gift of your Holy Spirit, that through word, prayer and deed your family may be strengthened and your people served; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen

Y Colect

Dduw ffyddlon a chariadus a elwaist bob un ohonom i weithio dros adnewyddiad bywyd y teulu: rho i ni ddoniau dy Ysbryd Glân, fel trwy air, gweddi a gweithred y cyfnerthir dy deulu a gwasanaethir dy bobl; trwy Iesu Grist dy Fab ein Harglwydd, sy’n fyw ac yn teyrnasu gyda thi yn undod yr Ysbryd Glân, un Duw, nawr a hyd byth.  Amen.

The Old Testament Reading                 1 Kings 19. 9-15

Beryl Rhydderch

At that place he came to a cave and spent the night there.

Hymn – O God You Search Me               

Darlleniad o’r Testament Newydd                  Luc 10. 1-9

Margaret Jones

The Sermon – The Right Reverend Mary Stallard, Bishop of Llandaff

Emyn / Hymn                                         

Tydi a wnaeth y wyrth, O! Grist, Fab Duw,

Address by Sheran Harper, Worldwide President Mothers’ Union

Membership Service

Admission of new members

Prayer:

Loving Lord

We thank you for your love so freely given to us all.

We pray for families around the world.

Bless the work of the Mothers’ Union as we seek to share your love through

the encouragement, strengthening and support of marriage and family life.

Empowered by your Spirit, may we be united in prayer and worship,

and in love and service reach out as your hands across the world.

In Jesus’ name.

Amen

Gweddi Undeb y Mamau

Arglwydd cariadus,

diolchwn i ti am dy gariad a roddir mor rhad i bob un ohonom.

Gweddïwn dros deuluoedd ledled y byd.

Bendithia waith Undeb y Mamau wrth i ni geisio rhannu dy gariad 

trwy hyrwyddo, cryfhau a chynnal bywyd priodasol a bywyd teuluol.

Wedi’n cyfnerthu gan dy Ysbryd, bydded i ni gael ein huno mewn

gweddi ac addoliad, ac mewn cariad a gwasanaeth estyn allan

a bod yn ddwylo i ti ar draws y byd. 

Yn enw Iesu. 

Amen. 

 

Prayer for our diocese.

Heavenly Father,

as members of this diocese we commit its life to you;

we seek your blessing in all we do:

your presence in our fellowship

your inspiration in our activities;

your strength in our service to the Church

and to the community;

help us to be faithful in prayer and worship

and outgoing in our witness to the gospel,

that we may advance your kingdom,

and glorify your name,

through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

Gweddi dros ein hesgobaeth

Dad nefol,

fel aelodau yr esgobaeth hon fe gyflwynwn ei bywyd i ti;

ceisiwn dy fendith ar bopeth a wnawn:

dy bresenoldeb yn ein cymdeithasu

dy ysbrydoliaeth yn ein gweithgareddau;

dy nerth yn ein gwasanaeth i’r Eglwys

ac i’r gymuned;

cynorthwya ni i fod yn ffyddlon mewn gweddi ac addoliad

ac yn eofn yn ein tystiolaeth i’r efengyl

fel y gallwn hyrwyddo dy deyrnas,

a gogoneddu dy enw,

trwy Iesu Grist ein Harglwydd.  Amen.

 

 

The Peace

The Peace of the Lord be with you always

And also with you.

 

May we know peace;

peace in this world,

in our country, our communities,

peace in our families.

May we know peace in ourselves

And be givers of peace.

As peacemakers in our families,

in our communities, our countries,

peacemakers in this world. Amen

 

Let us share with one another a sign of peace.

Prayers of Intercession                

Response:

Lord, in your mercy: hear our prayer.

Ending with the Lord’s Prayer:

Our Father who art in heaven,

hallowed be thy name,

thy kingdom come, thy will be done,

on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us our trespasses

as we forgive those who trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom,

the power and the glory,

for ever and ever. Amen.

Ein Tad,

yr hwn wyt yn y nefoedd,

sancteiddier dy enw,

deled dy deyrnas,

gwneler dy ewyllys;

megis yn y nef, felly ar y ddaear hefyd.

Dyro i ni heddiw ein bara beunyddiol

a maddau i ni ein dyledion,

fel y maddeuwn ninnau i’n dyledwyr.

Ac nac arwain ni i brofedigaeth;

eithr gwared ni rhag drwg.

Canys eiddot ti yw’r deyrnas,

a’r gallu, a’r gogoniant,

yn oes oesoedd.  Amen.

Offertory Hymn                                             

All creatures of our God and King,

Words of Thanks by Sue Rivers Llandaff Diocesan President

Final prayers:

Loving Lord, at the end of this thanksgiving service

we will carry with us

Our past members

Our current members

Our future members

As we go out into our communities

With Joy

With Love

With Faith

With Action. Amen

 

May we sense that we are held by God

during our working week and waking hours.

 May we seek God’s presence among us

as we continue to put our Faith into Action.

 May we continually strive to fulfil our mission

to reach out as your hands across the world.

Blessing

Final Hymn                                              

Go forth and tell! O Church of God, awake!

Llandaff Diocesan Banner

 The Diocesan banner was designed by Mrs Evershed and was featured in an article on her School of Needlework in the Girls Own Paper.

 ‘The Diocesan Banner of Llandaff…is a particularly beautiful piece of work, with its exquisite views of the Cathedral, half hidden by the trees in the foreground.’

At the base of the banner, on either side of the Madonna lily are the coats of arms of the Mothers’ Union and the Diocese of Llandaff. The total cost of the banner was £53.8.10d paid for by a levy of 1d per member. In 1926, membership reached 6,000 with five new branches and 507 new members.

The banner was dedicated on 5^th June 1928 by the Dean of Llandaff, Revd Frederick William Worsley 

St Bride’s Major banner

The Mothers’ Union branch of St. Bride’s Major and Wick is the oldest in the Diocese of Llandaff and was started by Mrs C. E. Booker in 1891.

It is believed that she was a prolific correspondent with Mary Sumner and had many connections throughout the country.

At this time Mothers’ Union meetings were planned for the poor and run by the ladies from the big houses. There might be Bible reading, and a thrift club but the emphasis was on providing food and clothing for those whom life was a struggle.

This fact was appropriately commemorated by the naming of the treble bell ‘Bridget’ in the new ring of bells in Llandaff Cathedral in 1992. This was the gift of Llandaff Diocesan Mothers’ Union in its centenary year. (£2,500 raised)

The banner pictured here, was presented to the branch in memory of the founder and her daughter, Etta Booker, Enrolling Member, in 1919.

Diocesan Presidents

Mrs Richard Lewis           1893 – 1895

Mrs Vaughan                   1896 – 1901

Mrs William David            1901 – 1903

Mrs Mitchell                     1903 – 1906

Lady Mackworth              1907 – 1915

Lady Mather Jackson      1915 – 1921

Mrs Llewellyn                   1922 – 1935

Hon. Mrs John Bruce       1936 – 1943

Mrs Cennydd Traherne   1944 – 1952

Mrs John Cory                 1953 – 1961

Mrs Norman Ingledew     1962 – 1966

Mrs Duncan Alexander    1966 – 1970

Mrs Eric Roberts              1971

Mrs David Reece             1971 – 1976

Mrs Kate Autton               1977 – 1982

Mrs Barbara Riddett        1982 – 1988

Dr Chrystal Davies          1989 – 1994

Mrs Beryl Rhydderch       1995 – 2000

Mrs Margaret Jones        2001 – 2003

Mrs Tyann Leonard         2004 – 2009

Mrs Raye Saunders         2010 – 2015

Mrs Lynne Davies            2016 – 2018

Mrs Sue Rivers                2019 –

The Collection will be taken for projects within Llandaff Diocesan Mothers’ Union.

We would like to express our thanks to the Dean and the cathedral staff for all they have done to support and make us welcome today.

Hymns reproduced under CCL: 829936