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CDF's National Observance of Children's Sabbaths® Weekend
October 17-19, 2008
Sponsored by the Children's Defense Fund, the National Observance of Children's Sabbaths Weekend is an annual, multi-faith holiday that celebrates children as sacred gifts of the Divine, and provides the opportunity for communities of faith to renew and live out their moral responsibility to care, protect, and advocate for all children. Through the service of worship, educational programs, and congregational activities, you can affirm what your place of worship already does with and for children in your community, state, and our nation. In some communities, all of the local congregations work together to sponsor a mulit-faith service to which the entire community is invited.
 This weekend is a part of a broader Children's Sabbaths movement that aims to unite religious congregations of all faiths across the nation in shared concern for children and a common commitment to improving their lives and working for justice on their behalf. In that respect, each action is bigger, more powerful and more inspiring than the efforts of any one celebration.
The National Observance of Children's Sabbaths Weekend is supported by Catholic Charities U.S.A., the Islamic Society of North America, the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., the National Assembly of Bahá’ís in the U.S., the Sikh Council on Religion and Education, the Union for Reform Judaism, the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, and more than 200 other religious organizations and denominations.
Though we can and should lift up children and our commitment to them all year long, the National Observance of Children's Sabbaths Weekend is celebrated the third weekend of October (October 17-19, 2008).
Join thousands of churches, synagogues, mosques and temples across the country in this celebration by holding special worship services, education programs, and advocacy activities to engage people of faith in the lives of children and their families.
To assist communities with planning and implementing their Children's Sabbaths Weekend, CDF produces an annual National Observance of Children's Sabbaths Manual: A Multi-faith Resource for Year Round Child Advocacy.
Children's Sabbath Promotional Resources
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