You Are Treasured – Holidays / Ceremonies for Church Resource Book
This is a provisional list – we can add or remove holidays and individual ceremonies as time goes on. The vision is to find or create at least one resource for each holiday or ceremony, and hopefully some of them will have multiple resources.
January
New Year’s Day – 1 January
Epiphany – 6 January
Martin Luther King Day – Third Monday in January
Holocaust Memorial Day – 27 January
February
Black History Month (US & Canada)
LGBTQ+ History Month (UK)
Candlemas (St Brigid’s Day) – 1 February
Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week – The first full week after Valentine’s Day
Ash Wednesday
March
Lent
Zero Discrimination Day – 1 March
International Women’s Day – 8 March
Mothering Sunday
International Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination – 21 March
International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade – 23 March
International Transgender Day of Visibility – 31 March
April
Good Friday
Easter Sunday
International Asexuality Day – 6April
Non-Binary Parents’ Day – Third Sunday in April
International Lesbian Visibility Day – 26 April
May
Trans+ History Day – 6 May
Mother’s Day (USA) – Second Sunday in May
International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia – 17 May
Pansexual and Panromantic Awareness Day – 24 May
June
Pride Month
LGBTQ Families Day – 1 June
World Refugee Day – 20 June
Pentecost – Seventh Sunday after Easter
Fathers’ Day – Third Sunday in June
Stonewall Riots Anniversary – 28 June
July
International Non-Binary People’s Day – 14 July
International Drag Day – 16 July
Nelson Mandela International Day – 18 July
International Day of Friendship – 30 July
August
UK Black Pride
International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples – 9 August
Black Ribbon Day – 23 August (commemorates the victims of oppressive regimes, especially Nazism and Stalinism)
Wear it Purple Day (Australia, holiday for LGBTQ+ youth) – Last Friday in August
International Day for People of African Descent – 31 August
September
World Suicide Prevention Day – 10 September
Bisexual Visibility Day – 23 September
October
Black History Month (UK)
LGBT History Month (USA)
World Mental Health Day – 10 October
National Coming Out Day – 11 October
International Pronouns Day – Third Wednesday in October
Spirit Day (USA, anti-bullying day for LGBTQ+ youth) – Third Thursday in October
Intersex Awareness Day – 26 October
Asexual Awareness Week – Last full week of October
November
Transgender Parent Day – First Sunday in November
Intersex Day of Remembrance / Intersex Solidarity Day – 8 November
International Men’s Day – 19 November
Transgender Day of Remembrance – 20 November.
December
World AIDS Day – 1 December
Advent
International Day of Persons with Disabilities – 3 December
Human Rights Day – 10 December
International Migrants Day – 18 December
Christmas
Kwanzaa – 26 December to 1 January
Individual Celebrations
Name Change Ceremonies
Confirmation / Renewal of Baptismal Vows (in a new name)
LGBTQ+ Wedding Ceremonies
Marriage Blessings
Renewal of Wedding Vows