A Celebration of Faith: Board Game
Question Cards answer sheet
Do you know your link dioceses in the Wave of Prayer?
If not, how can you find out?
Your diocese will be able to give you details of your Wave of Prayer links.
Wave of Prayer links are included Prayer Diary in Families Worldwide.
A complete Wave of Prayer calendar can be found at through the Members Section of
the website: I’m a Member - Prayers and worship resources – Midday Prayers
Or use the following link:
http://www.mothersunion.org/sites/default/files/New%20Wave%20of%20Prayer%
20Calendar%20from%20January%202015.pdf
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What is the name of the Mothers’ Union campaign to challenge the
commercialisation and sexualisation of children?
Bye Buy Childhood.
For more information about this campaign and how your branch could get involved,
talk to your diocesan Social Policy Contact or go to
http://www.byebuychildhood.org/
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What is the name of the Mothers’ Union fundraising initiative offering
ethical gifts for Mothering Sunday?
Make a Mothers’ Day. Ethical gift catalogues and promotional leaflets are available
from the beginning of the year.
For more information, go to:
http://makeamothersday.org/
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In how many countries is Mothers’ Union present across the world?
84
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Where will the Mothers’ Union General Meeting be held in 2016?
In Winchester.
Details about the General Meeting will be available nearer the time from your diocese
and on the Mothers’ Union website.
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Mothers’ Union members across dioceses are involved in a whole range
of projects that involve knitting.
What knitting projects have you heard of – in your own diocese or
elsewhere?
Mothers’ Union members knit all sorts of things:
 Teddies for children in hospital, or distributed through the emergency services
 Angels and teddies as baptism gifts
 Knitted breasts to help teach new mothers how to breastfeed
 Sheep and other characters for travelling nativity sets.
 Prayer shawls
 Angel pockets for babies who are stillborn or whose life is short
For more information, look at the Inspired website
https://inspired.mothersunion.org
If you are thinking of getting involved in an initiative involving knitting, speak to
your diocesan Action & Outreach coordinator who will be able to give you guidance
on what items can be distributed in your diocese and the appropriate materials to
use.
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What is the name of the Mothers’ Union booklet that offers support on
managing the commercial world as a family?
Labelled for Life.
For more information, go to:
http://www.byebuychildhood.org/resources
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Mothers’ Union lobbies governments on gender equality at UNCSW.
What does UNCSW stand for?
United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.
For more information, go to:
http://www.mothersunion.org/uncsw-2015
Loving for Life is a Mothers’ Union programme concerned with – what?
Training members and others to effectively facilitate groups for couples planning to
marry in church.
For more information, go to:
http://www.mothersunion.org/our-focus/marriage/preparing-couples-marriage
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What is the name of the process that changes the way members work
overseas by re-engaging Mothers’ Union and churches in their
communities using a scripture to change attitudes and break
dependency?
The Church and Community Mobilisation Process. Mothers' Union has several
unique versions of this process including an adult literacy version called Awaken and
Eagle, which operates in Uganda, and is a hybrid with the Family Life Programme to
create a more transformational, Church-led process of comprehensive community
change.
For more information, go to:
http://www.mothersunion.org/our-focus/supporting-family-life/communitydevelopment/church-community-mobilisation-process
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What is the Mothers’ Union programme abbreviated to LFEP concerned
with?
This is the Literacy and Financial Education Programme: adult literacy combined
with Savings and Credits groups.
For more information, go to:
http://www.mothersunion.org/our-focus/supporting-family-life/literacy-financialeducation-programme