MOTHERS' UNION DIOCESAN COUNCIL.

Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume 27, Issue 4, 1 April 1937, Page 7

MOTHERS' UNION DIOCESAN COUNCIL.

A meeting of the above was held m the Diocesan Hall, Napier, on Friday, March 12th, at 2.15 p.m. After the opening prayers and the minutes, the Council received with great regret the resignation, owing to her mother's serious illness, of Deaconess Mabel Henn, Diocesan .Secretary and Treasurer. A message of appreciation and sympathy was sent to her, and the hope was expressed that she would be able to take up the work again. No one being willing to be nomin- * ated, Deaconess E. Brand offered to carry on for the present as Secretary, provided that a Treasurer could be found m Napier. Mrs. H. Mayo's offer to add the duties of Diocesan Treasurer to those of Literature Secretary and Treasurer was gladly accepted. Both were elected pro tern. There was some interesting correspondence from England. Mrs. Rowland enclosed the agenda of an "Invalids' Prayer Circle" Conference. The Council decided to adopt one suggestion made at that Conference, viz., "That on each Branch Committee one member be appointed to help the work and increase the number of members of the "Invalid's Prayer Circle." The. President drew attention to the transference of the Feast pf the Annunciation — Day pf Cprpprate Cpmmunipn for the Mothers' Union — from March 25th (Maundy Thursday) to Tuesday, April 6th. "Religion m the Home. " A set of addresses had been lent to the Secretary by the Christchurch Mothers' Union, and she had typed copies of each. These can be borrowed by the Branches for use at meetings, and the President hoped that every Branch wpuld make use of as many as possible during the year, so that our members throughout the Diocese may have every help m Carrying out one of the main objects of the Union.* Mrs. Henley's report of the M.U. Banner Fund was received with much satisfaction. It was made m Christchurch, total cost £6 Bs. It "was dedicated by the Dean of Waiapu

on February 24th, and is kept m St. John's Church, Napier. Mrs. Oxford gave a report of the Diocesan Library. Sixteen Branches had borrowed parcels of books. Secretaries were reminded that the time for keeping books is three months; if kept longer, a fine is imposed. A donation for the purchase of new books by Anthony Deane was promised by Mrs. Y. Y. Anderson, and a similar amount' by Mrs. H. W. Williams. The Library has no reserve fund for the purchase of books. *Titles of Addresses on "Religion In the Home." 1. The Children's Prayers. 11. I Believe. in God the Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. 111. I Believe m the Holy Ghost. IV. Children's Questions.. V. The Vocation of a Mother. VI. Teaching the New Testament. Will Secretaries please apply to — DEACONESS ESTHER BRAND, 305 Market Street South, Hastings, for a copy of either of these Addresses and return it as soon as it has been read at the meeting.