Our museum on the life and work of George Müller is once again fully open. There are several new exhibits, including excellent examples of needlework by some of the orphans at the Ashley Down Homes, given as a present to one of their teachers and now on long term loan to us. We have a new timeline of Müller's life, a photograph wall and an interactive screen presentation covering many aspects of orphan life.

We continue to stock many books on Müller and the orphan work, along with samplers and other items. Many are available through our online bookstore on this website.

Please let us know if you intend to come, either individually or with a group, so that we can give you some personal attention. We would love to see you.

Please note that the museum is open during normal office hours only and that Müller House will be closed between Christmas and New Year.

Our latest Annual Report is now available to download. It gives news of our progress over the last year, as well as an insight into some of the things we hope to develop in the future. 

Just click on the link below.

http://www.mullers.org/images/stories/keith/george muller_report2011_lores.pdf

Please let us know what you think.

We have an 8 flat house providing sheltered accommodation for over-60's in Weston-super-Mare (see elderly care on this website for more details). Currently, we have vacancies in two of the flats and would be interested to hear from anyone who needs this type of supported housing.

Please contact the warden, Kate Strawbridge, on kate.tranquil@gmail.com or 07786520616 for more details.

Due to refurbishment, our museum of the life and work of George Müller will be closing with effect from Friday 12th August and reopening on Thursday 1st September.

So, please do not visit after Thursday 11th, although we are still able to take bookings during this time for when the museum reopens.

The refurbishment will include exciting new interactive screens giving a tour of orphanage life, as well as new displays and exhibits.

Even if you have been before, why not plan to visit again in the near future? We are open Monday to Friday, 10am - 4pm and you can book by phoning 0117 9245001 or sending us an email. We take group bookings, as well as individuals.

Hope to see you soon.

Last Saturday we entertained some 30 Old Boys and Girls (former orphan home residents) and their families, a total of some 100 people to their annual reunion here at Müller House. We prayed daily for good weather in the preparations for the Saturday, so were disappointed with the deluge on Saturday morning. However, come the start of the event and the rain gradually stopped, to be replaced in due course by bright sunshine, so that people could enjoy the gardens or stand and chat comfortably outside.

 A big hit was the DVD of a summer holiday in 1947, playing all day in the Training Room compiled from cine film, bringing back memories for several of our guests. The biggest hit, of course, was the opportunity for this 'family' to get together and wander down memory lane.

My thanks to the staff and volunteers, who worked so hard to make the day possible and such a success for our guests.So, no incidents, no accidents, no rain - thank God!

Just a week before we were due to host the annual reunion of orphans from Ashley Down and the scattered homes, a major happening on the lawn at Müller House, right by the expected site of the marquee. Our ancient cherry tree - the subject of some significant past surgery - finally announced its end with a great bang.

Not being ones to panic, within hours the staff had arranged for a tree surgeon to come with a full team and the tree soon disappeared, piece by piece. All we are left with is a nicely planted stump, plenty of light and some wooden seats in the garden. The extra space has come in handy as well, and now we can see the beds so long obscured behind the tree. All was completed in plenty of time for the reunion.

In the year of the 175th anniversary of the children's work (started 1836 in Wilson Street, Bristol), we were pleased to be asked to contribute to a feature in the Bristol Evening Post this week, commemorating this milestone. Although unsolicited, the approach was welcome and helps to promote the profile of the work, to the glory of God.

The article itself was sympathetically written and very largely accurate in its details, although the photos of certain staff look a bit suspect - I see now that I was being asked to strike a Müller-esque pose!

Let us know if you found the article helpful and informative - why not let the Bristol Evening Post know, too! There is a comments tab on their website under the article; see: www.thisisbristol.co.uk/news/PLACE-HOME/article-3540788-detail/article.html

Download Evening Post Scan

Ever since the start of the original work, George Müller wrote an annual report to account for his handling of the money, services and articles given to him by God. In it, he would set out the ways in which God had provided and what he had therefore been enabled to achieve, to the glory of God. In this way, Müller could demonstrate good stewardship, financial integrity and an evangelical zeal to see non-believers converted.

Today we publish annual accounts through the Charity Commission and Companies House and thereby retain financial transparency. However, we also continue to prepare and distribute an Annual Report of the work, so that we can do more than account for the proper use of our finances. In our Annual Report you will find articles, photos and stories of the various arms of the work. You may be surprised to see the extent of our involvement in missions around the world, for example.

Why not take a look?

Click on the picture below to download.

The Mix is a monthly youth event, sponsored by Müller's as a partner. Here are a few stories to highlight last term's meetings.

"We are packing out Woodlands most months, seeing over 400 young people from across Bristol and beyond joining together to worship God. We have over 40 churches represented across many different denominations.

A church leader from one of the villages outside of Bristol felt moved to bring his young people to the Mix. He wasn't sure whether or not they would like it, because they didn't seem particularly engaged with faith in the church. But he brought them and they did like it, inasmuch as they were curious about what the others were experiencing and wanted to find out more. Off the back of their intrigue, he began a Youth Alpha course which had a good take-up. He ran the Holy Spirit day and was blown away to see the young people, many of whom had very little discernable interest in faith, experiencing the presence and power of God first hand.

We've also been pushing a few boundaries recently. The Mix fell on Easter Sunday this year so we wanted to do something to help young people really get to grips with what it's all about. Rather than having a traditional preach, we led a multi-media meditative worship journey through the experience of the cross and then celebrated what Jesus' resurrection means to each of us. It was a really great evening with loads of young people experiencing the presence of God in a new way. We were also joined by up and coming Christian band 'A Kiss Goodbye' for a special after hours gig, as part of their UK tour.

We've also seen more young people getting involved in the Mix. Colse Leung is doing a great job supporting young worship leaders from churches around Bristol who join the band. We regularly have young people sharing testimony of what God is doing and has done as part of the evening. Last month, Ruth (17) did a great job envisioning the young congregation in how they can get practically involved in standing against injustice. As a team we're keen to see more young people given the opportunity to develop their gifts and calling and are discussing how we can further this.

We contine to address a variety of topics in our preaches. Recent topics that the Mix have covered include:

Yesterday was the AGM and trustees’ meeting of the Trust and also the final occasion on which Peter Mulhall joined us as a trustee, retiring after a faithful 33 years of service! Peter – a retired solicitor and avid sports fan with particular fondness for cricket, tennis and Arsenal - was appointed back in the dim and distant days of 1978 and has seen off several directors, trustees and even long serving members of staff in his time. His expertise has been evident and particularly valued through many changes and challenges for the Trust during that period.

This sad but celebratory event was marked with a lunch, followed by a presentation and speech by Rob Scott-Cook, chair of trustees and former director. Peter responded in his usual dignified, humorous and slightly mischievous manner before cutting a cake and leading us into his final meeting.