Worship resources for special days and events in January:
1st – New Year
6th – Epiphany
15th – Martin Luther King, Jr Day, USA
27th – Holocaust Memorial Day
Holocaust Memorial Day, Yom HaShoah — 27 January
…lest we forget Observances around the World Different countries observe Holocaust Memorial Day on different days. Many countries have adopted 27 January, the date designated by the United Nations as International Holocaust Memorial Day. Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration and death camp, was liberated by Soviet troops on 27 January in 1945. The UK has adopted this date, […]
Martin Luther King Day, USA
Everybody can be great… because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace, a soul generated by love.’ –Revd Dr Martin Luther King, Jr Martin Luther King Day is an […]
New Year
What words will we use to usher in a new year? What words express our hopes and visions as we look into the year ahead? What words can enable us to release the past year and leave it in peace? Newest ‘New Year’ posts . . . (images link to posts) Alphabetical archive of all ‘New Year’ […]
Prayer for the New Year — Thandiwe Dale-Ferguson, USA
Quietly the New Year slips in. Are we now more fearful, the radio asks? More careful? More tired? Are we now more aware of the suffering, the violence, the inequality, the injustice in our world? Holy God, In this New Year, We seek you As we have always sought you. We need you As we […]
