Mother’s Union Chapter Two
House of Ruth
Established September 2006
MISSION
Mother’s Union, Chapter Two, “House of Ruth” is dedicated to the fulfillment of the Great Commission as found in Matthew 28: 18-20.
PURPOSE
We show forth the love of Jesus Christ through our work in homeless shelters, nursing homes, hospitals, prisons, visiting the sick and shut-in, and wherever else the Lord calls us to serve. In addition, we seek to create a diverse and high quality organization in collaboration with other Mother’s Union through the empowerment of organizing and planning.
GOALS
Prison Ministry
Our goal is for the prisoners to become followers and grow as fruitful disciples of Jesus Christ. We will work directly with prison chaplains to facilitate programming to assist their ministry as of the Church on the inside. We will lead regular Bible Studies and conduct Worship Services.
Sick and Shut-In
Our goal is to provide love, care and to support those who are sick and in the hospital, in nursing homes and are at home.
Care Packages
Our goal is to provide clothing, stapled goods, beddings, blankest, shoes to those in and around our community, neighborhoods, neighboring cities and to the Caribbean Islands on an ongoing basis.
Food Pantry
Our purpose is to provide short-term food aid to persons in need in our church and community. By providing canned and stapled goods to those who enter our Church home.
Angel Tree
Our purpose is to provide to the children of prisoners Christmas gifts, the Gospel and a personal message of love on behalf of their incarcerated parents through the Angel Tree, a program of Prison Fellowship.
Mother’s Union News
Prison Ministry
Children of St Ann’s Spiritual Baptist Church-Boston, Mother’s Union, Chapter Two, conducted its very first prison Worship Service on Friday August 31st, 2007 to the women of MCI-Federal Prison located in Framingham, Massachusetts.
109 women flocked to hear the WORD of God. They came seeking encouragement, prayers, comfort and love as we sang hymns and lifted our voices in praises to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Many of the women remained after the hour long service asking us to pray for them, their children and loved ones at home.
Under the leadership of Reverend Mother Maureen Doyle, our goal is for the prisoners to become followers and grow as fruitful disciples of Jesus Christ as we work directly with the Prison Chaplain, Reverend Lucy Marshall, to facilitate programming to assist in their ministry as of the Church on the inside. We believe through regular Bible Studies and Worship Services God’s Holy Word will impact lives within the prison.
We began our preparation for this blessed day, back in May of 2007, when we visited the prison to observe a Worship Service. Our steps as ordered by God continued on as we attended the Prison Orientation for Volunteers and obtained further training when the Prison Chaplain visited The Children of St Ann’s to conduct her workshop for Volunteers.
Angel Tree
In 2007, the Children of St Ann’s Mother’s Union, Chapter Two, became part of the Angel Tree. We through the Angel Tree program provide Christmas gifts to the children of prisoners.
The Angel Tree is a program of Prison Fellowship which reaches out to the children of prisoners and their families with the love of Christ. Angel Tree relies on local churches and groups to give hundreds of thousands of children a gift, the Gospel and a personal message of love on behalf of their incarcerated parent.
President: Reverend Mother Maureen Doyle
Secretary: Minister Karen Thomas
Treasurer: Minister Debra Olufemi
Members at Large:
Deaconness Maria Doyle
Shepherdess Joaquin Guy
Sister Germaine Williams
Sister Samantha Thomas
Minister Brenda Thawe
Sister Mavis Boucard
Sister Agatha Jacob
Sister Amie Grupee
Sister Agnes Best