(under construction)
A compilation of special days/months, and events which may be a focus to include in worship. Integrating community foci and community concerns is one way of engaging the biblical narrative and worship with what is happening in the world, and the community conversation.
January
1 New Years Day (prayers and blessings)
Day of Mourning (Sunday before Australia Day)
February
13 Anniversary of National Apology (2008)
14 Valentine’s Day
20 World Social Justice Day
March
1 Season of Autumn begins (Australia)
World Day of Prayer (first Friday in March)
21 Harmony Day
21 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
21 World Down Syndrome day (link here)
22 World Water Day
30 Earth Hour
April
22 Earth Day
25 ANZAC Day
Break the Silence Sunday (fourth Sunday in April)
28 International Workers Memorial Day
May
2 Holocaust Remembrance Day
First Sunday in May is a day ‘set aside’ for Pluralism Sunday)
Mothers Day (second Sunday in May)
26 Sorry Day + Reconciliation Week
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (29 May-5 June 2022)
June
5 World Environment Day
July
NAIDOC Week
August
September
Season of Creation
Fathers Day (Australia – first Sunday in September)
October
November
December
1 World AIDS Day
