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Events in January 2021

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28/12/2020
29/12/2020
30/12/2020
31/12/2020
01/01/2021
02/01/2021
03/01/2021
04/01/2021(1 event)

World Braille Day


04/01/2021

Here's a video (3:30) about how braille came to be devised, created, invented!

A PRAYER FOR TODAY

Loving God, we give thanks for the ingenuity and determination of Louis Braille

and we ask you help us to notice and respond creatively and generously to our own needs and those of others.

We pray this in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. AMEN

 

 

05/01/2021
06/01/2021
07/01/2021
08/01/2021(1 event)

International Awareness Day for Human Trafficking


08/01/2021

09/01/2021
10/01/2021
11/01/2021
12/01/2021
13/01/2021
14/01/2021
15/01/2021
16/01/2021
17/01/2021
18/01/2021(1 event)

Martin Luther King Day - 2021


18/01/2021

This day falls on the 3rd Monday in January each year!

Here's an excerpt from Martin Luther King's final speech on 3rd April, 1968.   The following day he was murdered!

This is a video concerning MLK's vision of what a life's blueprint should look like!

This is the full "I have a dream" speech from 1963.

 

A PRAYER FOR TODAY

Loving God, 

We remember with gratitude today the witness of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,

and we ask that we have the courage and determination

to follow his example in battling injustice and living the Gospel of love.

Help us to be ever more the community you want us to be.

 

We pray this in your holy name. AMEN

19/01/2021
20/01/2021
21/01/2021
22/01/2021
23/01/2021
24/01/2021(1 event)

International Day of Education


24/01/2021

Do you ever really reflect on education and what it means?  Today is a day set aside by the United Nations to focus on that.  So have a great day!

Here's a short video(1:30) that you might enjoy watching!

What do you think we can learn from it?

This one is really special too (2:07).  As you watch it, try to walk in the shoes of those who are shown.

 

A PRAYER FOR TODAY

Loving God,

all children are born with a curiosity to learn about their world.

Help us to nurture that curiosity so that it never wains.

Where education is denied, inspire and empower leaders and decision makers to make it available.

Where opportunities for education are ignored, touch the hearts of those who ignore it

that they might be inspired afresh to see its relevance.

Help educators to see education as a mission, a vocation, an opportunity to transform lives

And help us never to lose our sense of purpose

to make this world a place of peace and justice where love reigns supreme.

 

We pray this in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.  AMEN 

 

 

25/01/2021
26/01/2021
27/01/2021(1 event)

Holocaust Memorial Day


27/01/2021

27th January 1945 was the day Allied Forces liberated the Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp.   Each year we mark this date in memory of those who died in The Holocaust and in the genocides which have happened since.

Below are a set of resources which support this:

Irena Sendler - a remarkable story (3:30) - including a prayer

What is Holocaust Memorial Day (1:27) - a video charting HMD and genocides since The Holocaust.

An animated video of Anne Frank (3:03) - the author of a famous diary.

A multi-faith prayer (1:30) - written collaboratively by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Chief Rabbi and the Chief Iman,

Jacob's story (2:43) - a survivor's recollections

Nazi Boots (5:41) - a survivor's story

A one-minute prayer for HMD (1:00)

 

 

 

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