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 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

2009

18 - 25 October One World Week www.oneworldweek.org

8 November Remembrance Sunday www.britishlegion.org.uk/content/Remembrance-Sunday-508933.shtml

15 November International Day of Prayer for Persecuted Christians www.csw.org.uk

15 - 21 November Prisons Week www.prisonsweek.org

1 December World Aids Day www.worldaidsday.org

10 December Human Rights Day www.un.org/events/humanrights

2010

17 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

31 January World Leprosy Day www.leprosymission.org.uk

31 January Education Sunday www.educationsunday.org

30 Jan - 7 Feb Poverty and Homelessness Action Week www.actionweek.org.uk

22 Feb - 7 March Fair Trade Fortnight www.fairtrade.org.uk

5 March Women’s World Day of Prayer www.wwdp-natcomm.org

7 March Tear Fund Sunday www.tearfund.org

9 April Deir Yasin Day www.sabeel.org

28 April International Workers’ Memorial Day www.hazards.org/wmd

9 - 15 May Christian Aid Week www.christianaid.org.uk

16 May Not for Sale Sunday (Churches Alert to Sex Trafficking Across Europe) www.chaste.org.uk

6 June Environment Sunday www.arocha.org.uk

14 - 20 June Refugee Week www.refugeeweek.org.uk

26 June International Day in Support of Victims of Torture www.fiacat.org/en/spip.php?rubrique21

11 July Sea Sunday www.biss.org.uk

23 August Slavery Memorial Day (International Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition) www.unesco.org.uk

1 Sept - 4 Oct Creation Time 2010 www.ecen.org ; www.ctbi.org.uk

12 September Racial Justice Sunday www.ctbi.org.uk

19 September Peacemaking Sunday (International Day of Prayer for Peace - 21 Sept) www.jointpublicissues.org.uk/peacemakingsunday/

3 October Disability Sunday www.throughtheroof.org/sunday/disabilitysunday.html

17 October Healthcare Sunday www.healthcaresunday.org.uk

17 October Micah Sunday www.micahchallenge.org.uk

17 - 24 October One World Week www.oneworldweek.org

… November National Ethical Investment Week www.neiw.org

14 November Remembrance Sunday www.britishlegion.org.uk/content/Remembrance-Sunday-508933.shtml

21 November International Day of Prayer for Persecuted Christians www.csw.org.uk

21 November World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims www.roadpeace.org

21 - 27 November Prisons Week www.prisonsweek.org

1 December World Aids Day www.worldaidsday.org

10 December Human Rights Day www.un.org/events/humanrights