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Material provided by the Hibbert Trust on topics for school assemblies
and Personal, Social and Religious Education.
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| The aims of The Hibbert Trust are to promote
public interest and personal scholarship in contemporary issues in liberal religion. |
| Advice to those leading worship |
| Reflective music for school worship |
In times of distress or struggle |
| Coping with Death |
Bullying |
| A prayer for the victims of terror |
Special times of the Year |
| Into
the Wilderness - pages for Lent |
| Harvest |
| A Prayer for World Aids Day and Advent
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Sensing the divine |
| Awe and Wonder |
| Sacred Space |
| Bringing
Religion down to earth. |
| Stained
Glass |
Saving lives and caring for the sick |
| For
those in peril on the sea: the Royal National Lifeboat Institution |
| The
first probationer nurses begin their course at the Nightingale Training
School (24 June) |
Martyrs for their Faith |
| The Martyrdom of Michael Servetus on 27 October 1553 |
| The Martyrdom of Sikh Guru Arjan on 26 May 1606
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Days and weeks to mark |
| The introduction of Food
Rationing (3 February 1917) |
| The death of Joseph Priestley, (6 February)
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| Charles Dickens
( born 7 February) |
| The birth of James Martineau, 21 February
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| National Book Day (March) and Children's Book Week (October) |
| The 200 anniversary of the Act of Parliament abolishing the slave trade in the British Colonies, 25 March 1807 |
| Anniversary
of the celebrated performance of Handel’s Messiah, 1 May 1750, at
Thomas Coram’s Foundling Hospital. |
| Down's syndrome awareness week (early May)
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| Epilepsy
(the anniversary of the birth of Julius Caesar, 12 July; Epilepsy Action National Tea Break, October) |
| Manhattan, 11 September 2001 |
| The Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October and Nelson's state funeral, 8-9 January |
| The death of Theophilus Lindsey, 3 November 1808 |
| Sir Henry Tate (died 5th December) |
Looking towards a fairer and more compassionate world |
| Celebrating the Difference |
| Women's Work: Celebrating more than 100 years of women's ministry in the Christian church |
Links |
| Some links to the sites of major world religions
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| About
the Hibbert Trust |
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| If you have queries, comments or suggestions, please contact the Hibbert Assembly co-ordinator |
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