Second Sunday in October

Each year, one Sunday is designated on the UCC church calendar as Access Sunday. In 2007, October 16 will be the occasion that all the UCC will join together in celebrating the gifts of persons with disabilities and the strides that the church has made in being more whole through being more accessible. It is also a day that we, the church, acknowledge the journey yet to be taken with our sisters and brothers with disabilities.

Pastors and lay leaders, invite your congregation to join your UCC friends around the country in celebrating Access Sunday on this day, or on a Sunday more fitting to your church calendar.

See “Blessing of the Give-Giving Tools.”

See “Dedication of an Assist Dog: A Litany.”

See “Blessing of the Options: A Litany.”

For additional inclusion resources, see Access Sunday Worship Aids and these materials from the Accessibility to All curriculum Anybody, Everybody, Christ’s Body:

Healing in the Hands We Hold: A Liturgy for Inclusion 

Them vs Us: A Litany