January Calendar - Shepherd Of The Valley Lutheran Church, Dayton VA

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January 2019

1 New Year’s Day
Festival of the Name of Jesus (White)

2 Commemoration of J.K.W. Loehe, German Lutheran Pastor, died 1872. Founder of the Neuendettelsau Mission Society which sent missionaries to America, Australia, New Guinea, Brazil and the Ukraine.

5 Commemoration of Kaj Munk, Danish Lutheran Pastor, Martyr, died 1944. He opposed Hitler and the Nazis; shot in the head by the Gestapo; his body was found in a ditch. More than 4,000 defied Nazi orders and attended his funeral.

6 EPIPHANY OF OUR LORD (3 Kings Day)
12th Day of Christmas

13 Festival of Baptism of Our Lord (White)

14 Commem. of Eivind Josef Bergrav, Norwegian Lutheran Bishop of Oslo who opposed the Nazis during World War II. Bishop Berggrav died in 1959

15 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (national holiday 1/21)
King was born on Jan. 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia; killed on April 4, 1968 in Memphis, TN (at age 39)

18 Confession of St. Peter
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins

19 Commemoration of Henry, Bishop of Uppsala, Martyr, 1156. He was born in England early in the 12th Century and is remembered as the missionary martyr to Finland.

20 Third Sun. of the Month – remember food items/penny jar
Church Council Meeting after Worship

21 Commemoration of Agnes, martyr at Rome, c. 304

25 Conversion of St. Paul
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity ends

26 Festival of Saints Timothy, Titus, and Silas who were companions of Saint Paul

27 Festival of Saints Lydia, Dorcas, and Phoebe

28 Commem. of Thomas Aquinas, teacher, died 1274
Honored as the patron saint of scholars

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1		New Year’s Day Festival of the Name of Jesus (White)
2		Commemoration of J.K.W. Loehe, German Lutheran Pastor, died 1872. Founder of the Neuendettelsau Mission Society which sent missionaries to America, Australia, New Guinea, Brazil and the Ukraine.
5		Commemoration of Kaj Munk, Danish Lutheran Pastor, Martyr, died 1944. He opposed Hitler and the Nazis; shot in the head by the Gestapo; his body was found in a ditch. More than 4,000 defied Nazi orders and attended his funeral.
6		EPIPHANY OF OUR LORD (3 Kings Day) 12th Day of Christmas
13		Festival of Baptism of Our Lord (White)
14		Commem. of Eivind Josef Bergrav, Norwegian Lutheran Bishop of Oslo who opposed the Nazis during World War II. Bishop Berggrav died in 1959
15		Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (national holiday 1/21) King was born on Jan. 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia; killed on April 4, 1968 in Memphis, TN (at age 39)
18		Confession of St. Peter Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins
19		Commemoration of Henry, Bishop of Uppsala, Martyr, 1156. He was born in England early in the 12th Century and is remembered as the missionary martyr to Finland.
20		Third Sun. of the Month – remember food items/penny jar Church Council Meeting after Worship
21		Commemoration of Agnes, martyr at Rome, c. 304
25		Conversion of St. Paul Week of Prayer for Christian Unity ends
26		Festival of Saints Timothy, Titus, and Silas who were companions of Saint Paul
27		Festival of Saints Lydia, Dorcas, and Phoebe
28		Commem. of Thomas Aquinas, teacher, died 1274 Honored as the patron saint of scholars