The first Object of the Mothers’ Union is “to uphold Christ’s teaching on the nature of marriage and to promote its wider understanding.” And so, at the November meeting, the theme was marriage and especially the forthcoming 70th wedding anniversary of Her Majesty the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. With the wonder of the internet it was possible to find the sermon preached by the Archbishop of York at the wedding on November 20th, 1947, which was read out followed by one of the prayers.

Members were asked to bring a photograph of their own wedding which provoked much discussion as they were asked to guess who was who.

A card had been made by Tina Raddenbury, to send to the Queen and Duke and of course, being a celebration, cake was involved. This had been made by Sue Ryan and decorated with a pattern from the wedding dress. It was cut by Leah Lewis whose own wedding anniversary fell closest to their majesty’s.

The afternoon was full of laughter and sharing as well as thoughtful thanks for the example set by the Queen and Duke.