Broadmayne Methodist Sisterhood

I would have liked to have mentioned when the Sisterhood actually started, but we do not seem to have any records available. The nearest time we can give is sometime between 1920 and 1930. Cyril Durrant remembers going along with his mother before he started school.

The aim of the Sisterhood is to encourage and help women to fulfil their Christian responsibilities in every aspect of life, in the home, church and community. We are also an ecumenical fellowship. We have a membership of fourteen which now includes gentlemen and are very happy to include some residents from Lytchetts Residential Home in our number. Although we always include a short devotional time in our meetings every week, we try to have a more formal devotional meeting once a month. Our speakers cover a vast range of subjects from ‘sugarcraft’ to ‘speaking in tongues’. We also have members’ afternoons when everyone takes part. In November, we hold a bazaar when we make donations to church funds, to the MacMillan Nurses and to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. Our December meetings include a concert for the NCH Action for Children and also a Christmas Service. We always leave time each week to have a chat over a cup of tea or coffee. Sometimes during the year, we join with other Women’s Meetings in the Dorchester and Weymouth areas to celebrate their anniversaries. We occasionally go out to lunch together and also have an ‘outing’, usually in May. This year, we enhanced our skills when we made banners to decorate the schoolroom – they depict the four seasons of the year. Our fervent hope is that, over the years, we will get some young people into the church who will be interested in joining Sisterhood so that it can continue to develop as a Christian Fellowship.

Rosina Adams

Broadmayne Methodist Church