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Public Issues Calendar Each year, the Joint Public Issues Team (Baptist Union of Great Britain, Methodist Church and United Reformed Church) publishes details of dates on which churches might focus on particular issues. Below is the 2012 calendar of Sundays/Weeks for which organisations involved in some way with social justice, offer worship and other resources via a web-link. We suggest that congregations select subjects that will interest and challenge, and perhaps where there is expertise available to plan a Sunday service or some other event. We hope people will be able to make a connection with their faith, and prayerfully support particular local or national projects. Some will feel able to make a practical commitment; they will need the church’s prayerful support. The list is not exhaustive; please let us know if you think others should be included by e-mailing enquiries@jointpublicissues.org.uk 2012 15 January World Religion Day www.worldreligionday.org 18 - 25 January Week of Prayer for Christian Unity www.ctbi.org.uk 27 January Holocaust Memorial Day www.holocaustmemorialday.gov.uk 29 January World Leprosy Day www.leprosymission.org.uk 28 Jan - 5 Feb Poverty and Homelessness Action Week www.actionweek.org.uk 5 February Education Sunday www.educationsunday.org 27 Feb - 11 March Fair Trade Fortnight www.fairtrade.org.uk 2 March Women’s World Day of Prayer www.wwdp-natcomm.org 4 March Tear Fund Sunday www.tearfund.org 12 -18 March Climate Week www.climateweek.com 9 April Deir Yasin Day www.sabeel.org 28 April International Workers’ Memorial Day www.hazards.org/wmd 13 - 19 May Christian Aid Week www.christianaid.org.uk 20 May Not for Sale Sunday (Churches Alert to Sex Trafficking Across Europe) 3 June Environment Sunday www.arocha.org.uk 18 - 24 June Refugee Week www.refugeeweek.org.uk 26 June International Day in Support of Victims of Torture 8 July Sea Sunday www.biss.org.uk 23 August Slavery Memorial Day (International Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its 1 Sept - 4 Oct Creation Time www.ctbi.org.uk ; www.ecen.org 9 September Racial Justice Sunday www.ctbi.org.uk 16 September Peacemaking Sunday (International Day of Prayer for Peace - 21 Sept) 7 October Disability Sunday www.throughtheroof.org/sunday/disabilitysunday.html 14 October Micah Sunday www.micahchallenge.org.uk 14 - 20 October National Ethical Investment Week www.neiw.org 21 October Healthcare Sunday www.healthcaresunday.org.uk 21 - 28 October One World Week www.oneworldweek.org 11 November Remembrance Sunday www.ctbi.org.uk 18 November International Day of Prayer for Persecuted Christians www.csw.org.uk 18 November World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims www.roadpeace.org 18 - 24 November? Prisons Week www.prisonsweek.org 1 December World Aids Day www.worldaidsday.org 10 December Human Rights Day www.un.org/events/humanrights
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