Mothers Union Sydney
Sharing Christ’s love by encouraging, strengthening & supporting marriage & family life.
Explore our volunteer run ministries
Parenting Courses
Mothers Union Sydney is passionate about helping parents, within their own unique family, to intentionally apply these wonderful resources and to seek to do so in a way that honours God as the author and creator of families.
Annual Christian Seminar
Watch our free Annual Christian Seminar and access talks from our past seminars
Mothers Union Gift Shop & Office
In the CBD, Town Hall Square Shop 39 is the bricks and mortar home of Mothers Union Sydney. It is our retail shop and office and is a Christian presence and “oasis in the city”.
It is where our members and friends drop off their handmade & donated gifts of High-Quality knitted, crocheted or sewn baby-wear, quilts and craft items to be sold in our shop or organised to be given as gifts.
It is the administration point for our ministries across the diocese and beyond. It’s the place to come for that special card or gift and where a friendly, listening ear can be found. Where smiles are many and where people comment on it’s welcoming atmosphere because of our wonderful staff and volunteers.
All proceeds from the shop support our Christian marriage and families ministries. Drop in and visit us sometime or shop online…
Mothers Union Sydney members Volunteer…
Hospital Visits to New Mums
For 80 years, we have had a ministry to Maternity Hospitals across our diocese. We visit families and welcome new babies into the world with a handmade gift, prayer leaflet, and the Gospel of Luke. For some lonely isolated Mums – who are far from their homes in country NSW, interstate, or newly arrived from overseas or estranged from their families – we might be their only visitors. We see it as a wonderful opportunity to serve our local community.
When things don’t go to plan, we lovingly make and donate special Baby clothes for premature babies who often have various life support lines attached to them in the Neonatal Units.
We also make and supply beautiful grieving layettes for little ones who don’t survive. Families can spend precious moments with their baby and have a tangible memory during a very hard time. This is a true gift of love.
If you sew, we would love to have you make and donate these much-appreciated specialist garments. We then deliver to order to the hospitals.
If you knit or crochet and would like to help make these special baby gift items, booties, caps and more OR if you are interested in volunteering and making hospital visits, please send us your email…
Children & Family Courts
Mothers Union Sydney has a long history of offering support to families in crisis. Our court ministry is part of this work. At the Family Courts and the Children's Courts, we serve refreshments to children, youth and their families as they wait during a difficult and stressful time. We offer tea or coffee and a biscuit, but most importantly a listening ear and the opportunity to chat. We are there at the request and the invitation of the magistrates as they find the demeanour of the waiting rooms calm down when we are present.
If you can spare one day per month, we would love to have you serve in this important ministry with us. This is a great ministry to do together with your spouse or a friend.
Mothers Union Sydney Members and our friends volunteer at Children’s and Family Courts throughout the diocese including: Surry Hills Children’s Court, Parramatta Children’s Court, Sydney Family Court & Moss Vale Local Court.
If you can help or would like more information, please send us your email…
Fund Church Workers
Since 1990, Mothers Union Sydney has offered seed funding for the employment of additional Church Workers across the Sydney diocese. These gifted and dedicated people are usually funded to serve in family ministry; setting up playgroups, Sunday Schools and Scripture classes, family support, and connecting with the local community to draw families to the Lord.
We work in partnership with churches providing salaries and superannuation for these new staff with the expectation that their ministry will be self-funded in usually 2 to 3 years.
If you would like to make a donation that goes directly toward funding new Church Workers, use the donations button at the bottom of this page.
Support Special Projects
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2024/2025 Intsika, South Africa
Based in Gqeberha (formerly Port Elizabeth), Intsika is addressing poverty through education and mentorship of children. It runs a homework club, school readiness program for preschoolers, ministry training for young Christian leaders, and a Friday afternoon kids outreach club with around 140 children attending regularly.
Intsika gives practical help to families through home visits, food parcels, and clothing and also encourages parents and carers in their faith through a Bible study group.Description goes here
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2022/2023 – The Good Shepherd School, East Lebanon
Mothers Union Sydney is raising funds to help support the education of refugee children in Lebanon.
This school is life changing and bringing joy to these children who have experienced war and loss of family members.
If you would like to make a donation that goes directly toward the school, use the donations button at the bottom of this page.
This project is run in partnership with Anglican Aid.
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2020/2021 Nungalinya College iPads for Students
Nungalinya College equips Indigenous Australians for leadership roles in churches and for teaching the Good News in their communities. Established in 1974, it is a Combined Churches Training College in Casuarina, a suburb of Darwin, NT.
Mothers Union Sydney has a long standing prayer and support partnership with the college providing financial assistance, large print bibles and our recent special project, the provision of classroom iPads for students.
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2018/2019 Tanzania Sewing Machines for Teenage Girls
Mothers Union Sydney raised funds to help teenage students purchase their own sewing machines after they completed their tailoring course at Jitegemee Tailoring Centre, vocational school. This project is run by Mothers Union members in the Diocese of Mara, Tanzania.
The school’s aim is to educate the teenage girls to provide them with skills to earn an income and prevent them being pressured into an early marriage by their families, sometimes as young as 14 years old.
Explore other Mothers Union run ministries
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Mothers Union Australia
Find out more about the ministries of Anglican Mothers Union Australia (AMUA) the national headquarters of Mothers Union Australia.
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Mothers Union Overseas
Find out more about the grassroots ministries of Mothers Union in other countries like Ethiopia, Iraq and Sudan. Local Mothers Union members volunteer in their own communities to support parents and families. For example, they provide training, literacy and health programs and so much more...