My Calendar
Week of Nov 9th
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World Science Day for Peace and Development
World Science Day for Peace and Development
10/11/2021
World Science Day for Peace and Development
Here's a video (2:10) created in 2020 which outlines what World Science Day for Peace and Development is all about:
A PRAYER FOR TODAY - AVAILABLE HERE AS A 75 second VIDEO
Creator God,
we give thanks for the wonders of creation
which science helps us understand and appreciate.
Give inspiration to all doing scientific research – as they search for insight and truth;
Give determination to all who apply science - in helping us live life in all its fullness;
Give wisdom to decision makers - that science might always be used for the betterment of all who share this Common Home.
We pray that science be instrumental in bringing us to that day
when we will all live in peace;
using, conserving and sharing equitably - the resources of this planet.
We pray this in your Holy Name. AMEN
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Armistice Day
Armistice Day
11/11/2021
So what about the silence?
Here's how this poem came to be written:
A PRAYER FOR THIS DAYLord of the nations -
We remember with grateful hearts
the men and women of our country
who went forth to protect the liberty we enjoy
but who did not return!
Help us recognise the debt we owe them
so that we may strive, in our own lives,
to protect the freedoms
that were won at so great a cost.
And so we commit to your safekeeping
those who have died in war;
those whose memory we treasure;
those who have sacrificed themselves
in the service of humankind.
Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord
And let perpetual light shine upon them.
May they rest in peace. AMEN
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Transgender Awareness Week
Transgender Awareness Week
13/11/2021 – 19/11/2021
World Kindness DayWorld Kindness Day
13/11/2021
Love this video - it's well worth investing 5 minutes and 44 seconds to watch it!
Now, how about doing something about it? There are a load of ideas below:
CLICK HERE FOR PLENTY OF IDEAS!
CLICK HERE FOR A VIDEO PRAYER FOR TODAY
Loving God,
If I cannot be brilliant, let me be kind.
If I cannot change the world, let me inspire just one other to do so.
If I cannot give away riches, let me be loving.
Let me be known for kindness, for it is the greatest glory.
Amen -
Transgender Awareness Week
Transgender Awareness Week
13/11/2021 – 19/11/2021
World Diabetes DayWorld Diabetes Day
14/11/2021
So how does having diabetes affect lives?
CLICK HERE for a short quiz to highlight symptoms of diabetes.
Here's a really great 6 minute video of Things Not To Say To Someone With Type 1 Diabetes.
A PRAYER FOR TODAY
Loving God,
we hold before you all who are living with or are affected by diabetes
and ask you to ease suffering and to quiet fears.
We give thanks for their fortitude and ability to organise
and ask you to give them strength and encouragement.
We pray for those researching treatments and cures,
that they will use their skills and knowledge,
finding the inspiration to make diabetes a thing of the past.
We pray this in the name of the Father,
and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. AMEN.