Season CalendarRevised Common Lectionary1 Resources (Current - Year A)
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Event CalendarThematic Resources (Holidays, Dates, Special Occasions)
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Event Calendar
The following chart includes links to resources for an event in the church calendar year or special United Nations Day. Links to related thematic materials are also given.
Other "undated" resources suitable for special occasions (e.g. baptism, wedding, anniversary, etc.) can be found via a general keyword search.
Quick Links:
January | February | March | April | May | June |
July | August | September | October | November | December |
Month |
Event Resources |
Thematic Resources |
January |
January 1 |
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Week of Prayer for Christian Unity January 18-25 |
Unity of the Church |
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Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday Sunday closest to January 21 |
Christian Ecumenism |
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January 27 |
War/Genocide |
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February |
February 14 |
Love |
February 20 |
General Social Justice |
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March |
March 8 |
Gender/Sexuality |
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination March 21 |
Racism/Anti-Racism |
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March 22 |
Water |
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April |
World Health Day April 7 |
Healing |
First Sunday after Easter |
Humour |
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April 22 |
Creation Care |
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May |
Second Sunday in May |
Motherhood |
International Day of Families May 15 |
Family |
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June |
The month of June |
Gender/Sexuality |
Third Sunday in June |
Fatherhood |
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June 20 |
Refugees |
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National Indigenous Peoples Day (Canada) June 21 |
Indigenous-Settler Relations |
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July |
July 1 |
General Canada |
International Day of Friendship July 30 |
Friendship |
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August |
August 6 |
War/Genocide |
International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples August 9 |
Indigenous-Settler Relations |
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September |
First Sunday in September |
Vocation |
First Sunday after Labour Day |
Grandparenting |
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Early September |
Faith Formation |
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September 11 |
Peace Theology |
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Sunday closest to September 21 |
Peace and Nonviolent Practice |
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National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (Canada) September 30 |
Residential Schools |
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October |
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Honouring and Awareness Day October 4 |
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls |
World Animal Day October 4 |
Animals |
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First Sunday in October |
Communion |
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October 10 |
Mental Health |
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Second Sunday in October |
Gratitude |
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October 16 |
Food Justice |
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Third Sunday in October |
Christian Mission |
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Last Sunday in October |
Anabaptism |
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November |
November 11 |
Peace Theology |
Sunday closest to November 11 |
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Universal Children's Day November 20 |
Spirituality at Childhood |
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Last Sunday of the church year |
Death & Dying |
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International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women November 25 |
Abuse Response & Prevention |
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International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People November 29 |
Palestine/Israel |
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December |
International Day of Persons with Disabilities December 3 |
Persons with Disabilities |
December 10 |
Human Rights |
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December 21 |
Grief/Loss |
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December 31 |
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Church Occasions
Church Occasion Resources |
Thematic Resources |
Anointing/Healing |
Healing |
Baptism |
Understanding Baptism |
Camp Blessing |
Camping Ministry |
Child Blessing |
Child's Birth |
This "Church Occasion" list is under construction. More links will be added.
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Season Calendar
Based on the Revised Common Lectionary1
Please use the following calendar to determine which days are observed this year.
And then link to our resources from the charts below.
Calendaring: The Revised Common Lectionary. Vanderbilt Divinity Library. https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/. 2008.
Year A(Current Year) AdventChristmasEpiphanyLentEasterOrdinary Time |
Year B
AdventChristmasEpiphanyLentEasterOrdinary Time |
Year CAdventChristmasEpiphanyLentEasterOrdinary Time |
Also see:
Black and White Art Images: for the Revised Common Lectionary
Reflection: Selected Texts and Images in Slideshow Formats: from the Revised Common Lectionary.
Year A
The following chart includes links to General seasonal items, Year A resources for each season, materials tagged with each lectionary text, and, when applicable, an online children's story based on the gospel reading.
Year B
The following chart includes links to General seasonal items, Year B resources for each season, materials tagged with each lectionary text, and, when applicable, an online children's story based on the gospel reading.
Year C
The following chart includes links to General seasonal items, Year C resources for each season, materials tagged with each lectionary text, and, when applicable, an online children's story based on the gospel reading.
The Revised Common Lectionary. Vanderbilt Divinity Library. https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/. 2008.