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Ecumenical Special Sundays

Ecumenical Special SundaysSome Special Sundays resources are provided ecumenically. You may wish to contact the relevant offices:

Holocaust Memorial Day - 27 January 
See Resources for Holocaust Memorial Day. You may also contact Joy Barrow, Methodist Church House, 25 Marylebone Road, London NW1 5JR. Tel: 020 7467 5249
E-mail barrowj@methodistchurch.org.uk

Octave of Prayer for Christian Unity - 18-25 January 2011
For more information, see the website of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland www.ctbi.org.uk. Planning and worship resources are available in both English and Welsh versions from CTBI. Also see a Prayer for Christian Unity

Homelessness Sunday - 30 January 2011
Further info and ordering details for resources available from: Housing Justice www.homelessness-sunday.org.uk 209 Old Marylebone Road, London NW1 5QT Tel: 020 7723 7273 Fax: 020 7723 5943 E-mail: hs@housingjustice.org.uk

Nightstop UK is a registered charity supporting a network of safe emergency accommodation for homeless young people. More information at www.nightstop-uk.org

Christian Aid Week - 15-22 May 2011
www.christian-aid.org.uk - Christian Aid, 35-41 Lower Marsh, London SE1 7SA. Tel: 020 7620 4444

Sea Sunday - 10 July 2011
An opportunity to remember and pray for those who work at sea, and the people who support them. Resources are available from the Mission to Seafarers at http://www.missiontoseafarers.org  If this date is not convenient (e.g. because of the clash with Action for Children Sunday), you can use the worship materials at any other convenient time.

Peacemaking Sunday - 19 September 2010 (18 September in 2011)
For many years, the United Nations has encouraged the observance of September 20 as the International Day of Peace. The World Council of Churches calls on Churches to make this a day of prayer for peace, and to include prayers for peace in their services on the Sunday before or after September 20. Resoures have been prepared by the Joint Public Issues Team and can be found at www.jointpublicissues.org.uk/peacemakingsunday

Back to Church Sunday - 26 September 2010
www.backtochurch.co.uk 
Email: team@backtochurch.co.uk, Tel: 0845 859 0006 
In 2009 Back to Church Sunday mobilised around 4,650 churches in the UK to invite their friends to church. As a result over 80,000 extra people attended church on Back to Church Sunday, with a long-term result of around 10,000 people added to the church in one day.

The Revd Dr Martyn Atkins, General Secretary and Secretary of the Methodist Conference endorses Back to Church Sunday and says "the feedback we have received from participating Methodist churches is very positive".

One World Week - 17-24 October 2010 (23-30 October in 2011)
Details from www.oneworldweek.org - PO Box 2555, Reading RG1 4XW. Tel: 0118 939 4933
E-Mail: enquiries@oneworldweek.org

Bible Sunday -  
www.biblesociety.org.uk E-mail: info@biblesociety.org.uk, Bible Society, Stonehill Green, Westlea, Swindon SN5 7DG. Tel: Janet Fuller on 01793 418100 

Remembrance Sunday -  14 November 2010 (13 November in 2011)
http://www.ctbi.org.uk

World Aids Day - World AIDS day is traditionally celebrated on 1 December each year. The weekend either side of this date offers an opportunity for churches to hold an AIDS themed service. You can listen to an audio feature on what The Methodist Church is doing to fight AIDS on methodist web radio 

A hymn written for World Aids Day is available here

'The Body of Christ has AIDS' poster is available from Methodist Publishing (Tel: 01733 235 962; e-mail: sales@mph.org.uk; www.methodistpublishing.org.uk order code GA290).