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Events in January 2020

  • World Braille Day

    World Braille Day


    04/01/2020

    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

     

     

  • International Day of Education

    International Day of Education


    24/01/2020

    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 

     

     

  • Holocaust Memorial Day

    Holocaust Memorial Day


    27/01/2020

    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)