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Action Card – September 2006Racial Justice SundayEvery year in the UK member churches of the Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI) observe Racial Justice Sunday (RJS) on the second weekend of September. The Churches’ Commission for Racial Justice (CCRJ) under the auspices of CTBI produces a Racial Justice Sunday pack every year which is offered to every church for use on this special Sunday.
RJS is an opportunity for people in the church and society to celebrate and affirm diversity and difference as gifts of God and as sources of growth and enrichment for humanity. It is a time to appreciate all that we can be and are to each other. It is a time to praise Christ for teaching us that loving God means seeing God in the ‘other’, in the one who is different, the stranger. It is also a chance for people to become active in racial justice advocacy networks or to reaffirm that commitment and to register through the church head offices. It can be a time for local churches to develop or renew links with groups in their local areas or with other churches committed to justice issues and to ridding our societies and world of racial prejudice and discrimination.
The Racial Justice Sunday pack offer very helpful suggestions for worship services on that Sunday, for prayers and songs/hymns, sermon outlines, readings and a whole host of other useful resources that users can access. They are available from all the member church offices and from CCRJ itself.
Although an annual date has been identified, churches/groups are encouraged to observe RJS whenever it is convenient. For example, some have RJS in October which is Black History month, others observe the day through having an event during the week. Whatever suits the group is the starting point really.
Please send your card to the staff of the Churches’ Commission for Racial Justice, to encourage them in the work they are doing.
Churches’ Commission for Racial Justice
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