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Events in May 2021

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26/04/2021(2 events)

International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day


26/04/2021

World Intellectual Property Day


26/04/2021

27/04/2021
28/04/2021(1 event)

World Day for Safety and Health at Work


28/04/2021

This day is set aside to remind all of us of our responsibilities to do all we can to be safe and healthy at our places of work wherever they are!  We all have a role to play:

  • governments are responsible for providing appropriate laws and services - including inspections to ensure compliance;
  • employers  are responsible for ensuring that the working environment is safe and healthy;
  • workers we are responsible to work safely and to protect ourselves and not to endanger others.

CLICK HERE for a 75 second reflection on our own mission statement commitment to safety!

A PRAYER FOR TODAY (available here as a 1:00 video)

Loving God,

who, on the 7th day of creation - demonstrated the importance of rest and appreciation of a job well done,

give us wisdom to know when to work and when to rest;

help us be hardworking and industrious;

while being calm and mindful of the physical and mental health of ourselves and others.

Help us to be safe in our work practices and to appreciate our own worth – as well as those we work with.  

And where difficult conversations need to take place – give us words that will result in just and compassionate outcomes.

We pray this in your holy name.  AMEN

29/04/2021(1 event)

International Dance Day


29/04/2021

This is a lovely day to celebrate!  Humans seem to have a universal desire to dance.  It happens across all societies and it was wonderful in 2019 that we had our own flashmob dance in the Peace Garden to mark this event.   Here it is!

Here's another flashmob of joy!

 And here's a wonderful song - I HOPE YOU DANCE:

 

A PRAYER FOR TODAY (available here as a 1:00 video)

Creator God,

we thank you for the beauty of dance.

Help us to leap with your joy,

to stretch with your passion,

to balance with your strength

as we express our thoughts and emotions.

May our dancing always be a spirit-filled,

life-giving expression of our humanity.

 

We pray this in your holy name. AMEN

 

30/04/2021(1 event)
01/05/2021
02/05/2021(1 event)

World Tuna Day


02/05/2021

03/05/2021(1 event)

World Press Freedom Day


03/05/2021

Why should we care about press freedom?  (1:13)

So, how are things around the world? This video (3:2) compares the freedom of the press.  What do you think of where the UK is ranked?

 

 

A PRAYER FOR TODAY (available here as a 1:00 video)

Loving God,

We give thanks for journalists who investigate, inform and celebrate.

 

Strengthen and direct all who write what many read,
and speak where many listen.

May they be courageous in confronting evil and injustice:
and understanding and compassionate of human weakness;
seeking always to convey not just aspects of truth but the whole truth.

May they act with honesty and integrity,

And feel protected and empowered to challenge oppression in all its forms.

 

We ask this in your holy name!

 

St Julie: pray for us, protect us and bless us.

04/05/2021
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07/05/2021
08/05/2021(2 events)

Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation ...


08/05/2021 09/05/2021

... for Those Who Lost Their Lives During the Second World War.

World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day


08/05/2021

Sp, what are the basic principles of the Red Cross and Red Crescent (2:22)?

 

Here are 5 great facts about the movement! (0:55)

09/05/2021(1 event)

Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation ...


08/05/2021 09/05/2021

... for Those Who Lost Their Lives During the Second World War.

10/05/2021
11/05/2021
12/05/2021
13/05/2021(1 event)

Feast of St. Julie (anniversary of her beatification in 1906)


13/05/2021

On this special day, do CLICK HERE for a short (3:52) video reflecting on the 'What If' moments of the life of St. Julie.

14/05/2021
15/05/2021(1 event)

International Day of Families


15/05/2021

16/05/2021(2 events)

International Day of Light


16/05/2021

17/05/2021(2 events)

World Telecommunication and Information Society Day


17/05/2021

Why not catch up on the boxset of The Julie Show on this day!

 

18/05/2021
19/05/2021
20/05/2021(1 event)

World Bee Day


20/05/2021

21/05/2021(1 event)

World Day for Cultural Diversity ...


21/05/2021

... for Dialogue and Development

22/05/2021(1 event)

International Day for Biological Diversity


22/05/2021

23/05/2021(1 event)

International Day to End Obstetric Fistula


23/05/2021

24/05/2021
25/05/2021
26/05/2021
27/05/2021
28/05/2021
29/05/2021(1 event)

International Day of UN Peacekeepers


29/05/2021

30/05/2021
31/05/2021(1 event)

World No-Tobacco Day


31/05/2021

01/06/2021(1 event)

Global Day of Parents


01/06/2021

This day was set up by the United Nations in 2012 and it is designed to appreciate all parents for their "selfless commitment to children and their lifelong sacrifice towards nurturing this relationship."   Of course, not all parents manage to live up to such high standards all the time.  There are plenty of bumps along the road of parenting and some parents struggle and fail.  Today though, we are encouraged to focus on the challenge of being a parent.

A prayer for Global Day of Parents (available here as a video 1:35)

Loving, Creator, parent God –

we hold before you now – all parents.

 

Being a parent can be exhausting and overwhelming –

give all parents the strength and resilience required to meet the challenges.

 

Being a parent involves making difficult decisions –

Give all parents wisdom as they consider them – and peace of mind when they are made.

 

Being a parent isn’t easy – and all parents make mistakes,

When this happens, help them to put things right.

 

And when parents get older and need looking after,

May their children do so with patience, kindness and compassion,

ensuring their parents retain the dignity which comes as being a child of God created in your image!

 

We pray this in your holy name. AMEN

02/06/2021
03/06/2021(1 event)

World Bicycle Day


03/06/2021

04/06/2021(1 event)

International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression


04/06/2021

05/06/2021(2 events)

International Day for the Fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing


05/06/2021

World Environment Day


05/06/2021

06/06/2021(1 event)

Russian Language Day


06/06/2021