The Church Calendar
As the church keeps time with Christ through the year, we observe several different kinds of occasions.
- First, there are the seasons and festivals of the Christian year.
- Second, there are programmatic emphases of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
- Third, there are other events in public life that may be acknowledged in congregations.
This page provides an index to such occasions, with links to resources on the website of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
The Church Calendar
A
Advent Season (begins November 29, 2026)
All Saints’ Day (November 1, 2026)
Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day (April 24, 2026)
Ascension of the Lord (May 14, 2026)
Ash Wednesday (begins February 18, 2026)
B
Baptism of the Lord (January 11, 2026)
Blue T-shirt Sunday (February 22, 2026)
Building Beloved Communities: Dismantling Structural Racism
Building Congregational Vitality Sunday (April 5, 2026)
C
Camp and Retreat Sunday (February 8, 2026)
Celebrate the Gifts of Women (March 8, 2026)
Children’s Sabbath (October 18, 2026)
Christ the King / Reign of Christ (November 22, 2026)
Christian and Citizen; Election Day (November 3, 2026)
Christian Formation Week (September 13, 2026)
Christmas Eve (December 24, 2026)
Christmas Day / Nativity (December 25, 2026)
Christmas Joy Offering (December 20, 2026)
College and Young Adult Sunday (August 2, 2026)
Cultivating Economic Wholeness: Eradicating Systemic Poverty
D
Day of Prayer for the Peaceful Reunification of the Korean Peninsula (August 9, 2026)
Disability Inclusion Sunday (September 13, 2026)
Disaster Preparedness month begins (Sept. 1, 2026)
E
Earth Day (April 22, 2026)
Easter Day / Resurrection (April 5, 2026)
Easter Vigil (April 4, 2026)
Educate a Child, Transform the World (October 18, 2026)
Election Day (November 3, 2026)
Epiphany of the Lord (January 6, 2026)
Evangelism Sunday (Sept. 27, 2026)
F
Fair Trade Day (May 9, 2026)
Father’s Day (June 21, 2026)
First Sunday of Advent (November 29, 2026)
Forgiveness Sunday (February 22, 2026)
Foster Care Month (May 1, 2026)
G
Gifts of New Immigrants (September 27, 2026)
Giving Tuesday (December 1, 2026)
Global Week of Action Against Gun Violence (June 5, 2026)
Good Friday (April 3, 2026)
H
Higher Education/Collegiate Ministries (August 30, 2026)
Hiroshima Day (August 6, 2026)
HIV/AIDS Awareness (Dec. 1, 2026)
Holocaust Remembrance Day (April 13, 2026)
Holy Week (March 29 - April 5, 2026)
Honest Patriotism for Christian Citizens (November 3, 2026)
Human Rights Day (December 10, 2026)
Human Trafficking Awareness Day (July 30, 2026)
Hunger and Homelessness (November 15, 2026)
I
Immigration Sunday (July 5, 2026)
Independence Day (July 4, 2026)
Intercultural Church (June 7, 2026)
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade Abolition (Aug. 23, 2026)
International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples (Oct. 12, 2026)
International Day of Peace (Sept. 21, 2026)
International Day of Farmers’ Struggles (April 17, 2026)
International Roma Day (April 8, 2026)
J
Juneteenth (June 19, 2026)
L
Labor Day (Sept. 7, 2026)
Legacy Giving Sunday (May 3, 2026)
Lent Season (begins Feb. 22, 2026)
M
Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Jan. 19, 2026)
Maundy Thursday (April 2, 2026)
Memorial Day Observed (May 25, 2026)
Mental Health Awareness Month (May 1, 2026)
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit People (May 5, 2026)
Mothers’ Day (May 10, 2026)
Mr. Rogers Day (March 20, 2026)
N
National Day of Prayer (May 7, 2026)
National Gun Violence Awareness Day (June 5, 2026)
Native American Day (Sept. 22, 2026)
O
Older Adult Week (May 3, 2026)
One Great Hour of Sharing (April 5, 2026)
P
Palestinian Nakba Remembrance Day (May 15, 2026)
Palm/Passion Sunday (March 29, 2026)
PDA Blue T-shirt Sunday (Feb. 22, 2026)
Pentecost (May 24, 2026)
Presbyterian Federal Chaplaincies (Feb. 2, 2026)
Presbyterian Heritage (May 24, 2026)
Presbyterian Higher Education Sunday (Aug. 30, 2026)
Presbyterian Youth Triennium (July 24-27, 2028)
Presbyterians Affirm Black Lives Matter (Jan. 18, 2026)
Presidents Day (Feb. 16, 2026)
Public Education (Aug. 19, 2026)
R
Race Relations/Racial & Intercultural Justice
Reformation Sunday
Rural Life
S
Season of Peace begins
Self-Development of People Sunday
September 11 Anniversary
A Social Creed for the 21st Century
Souper Bowl of Caring
Stewardship Commitment
T
Thanksgiving Day
Theological Education/Seminary
Thursdays in Black
Transfiguration of the Lord (March 2, 2025)
Transgender Day of Remembrance
Trinity Sunday (June 15, 2025)
U
V
Veterans Day
W
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
Wills Emphasis Sunday
Women's History Month
World AIDS Day; Presbyterian HIV/AIDS Awareness
World Communion
World Community Day
World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
World Day of Prayer
World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation
World Food Day
World Refugee Day
Y
Young Adult Volunteer Commissioning Sunday
Young Adult Volunteers
Youth in the Church and the World Sunday
Day of Prayer for the Peaceful Reunification of the Korean Peninsula
Youth in the Church and World
NOTE: The church year begins with the first Sunday of Advent:
First Sunday of Advent (Nov. 29, 2026)
Second Sunday of Advent (Dec. 6, 2026)
Third Sunday of Advent (Dec. 13, 2026)
Fourth Sunday of Advent (Dec. 20, 2026)
January
New Year’s Day (Jan. 1, 2027)
Epiphany of the Lord (January 6, 2027)
National Human Trafficking Awareness Day (Thursday, Jan. 10, 2027)
Baptism of the Lord (January 10, 2027)
Ecumenical Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins (Jan. 18, 2027)
Racial & Intercultural Justice/Presbyterians Affirm Black Lives Matter (Jan. 18, 2026)
Per Capita Sunday (Jan. 19, 2026)
Matthew 25: Dismantle Structural Racism Sunday (Jan. 19, 2026)
Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Jan. 18, 2027)
February
Black History month begins (Feb. 1, 2027)
World Interfaith Harmony Week Begins (Feb. 1, 2027)
Remember our Chaplains - Presbyterian Federal Chaplaincies (Feb. 2, 2026)
Souper Bowl of Caring (Feb. 14, 2027)
Thursdays in Black (Feb. 5, 2026)
Presbyterian Media Sunday (Feb. 8, 2026)
Camp and Retreat Sunday (Feb. 8, 2026)
Self-Development of People (Feb. 8, 2026)
Transfiguration of the Lord (Feb. 07, 2027)
Presidents’ Day (Feb. 15, 2027)
Ash Wednesday (Feb. 10, 2027)
Lent Season (begins Feb. 10, 2027)
Fasting Season of Ramadan begins (Feb. 8, 2027)
PDA Blue T-Shirt Sunday (Feb. 22, 2026)
March
Women's History Month Begins (March 1, 2027)
World Day of Prayer (March 5, 2027)
International Women’s Day (March 8, 2027)
Celebrate the Gifts of Women Sunday (March 8, 2026)
Forgiveness Sunday (March 14, 2027)
Mr. Rogers Day (March 20, 2027)
World Water Day (March 22, 2027)
Holy Week begins (March 21, 2027)
Transgender Day of Visibility (March 31, 2027)
April
Maundy Thursday (April 2, 2026)
Good Friday (April 3, 2026)
Great Vigil of Easter (April 4, 2026)
Easter Day / Resurrection (April 5, 2026)
One Great Hour of Sharing (April 5, 2026)
Matthew 25: Building Vital Congregations Sunday (April 5, 2026)
International Roma Day (April 8, 2026)
Black Maternal/Birthing Health Week begins (April 11, 2026)
Holocaust Remembrance Day (April 13, 2026)
International Day of Farmers’ Struggles (April 17, 2026)
Earth Day; Caring for God's Creation (April 22, 2026)
Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day (April 24, 2026)
World Malaria Day (April 25, 2026)
May
Mental Health Awareness Month begins (May 1, 2026)
Asian American and Pacific Islanders Heritage Month begins (May 1, 2026)
Foster Care Month begins (May 1, 2026)
May Friendship Day (May 1, 2026)
Older Adult Week begins (May 3, 2026)
Legacy Giving Sunday (May 3, 2026)
National Day of Awareness and Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit People (May 5, 2026)
National Day of Prayer (May 7, 2026)
Path Building to Just Peace: Moving Beyond Militarism (May 7, 2026)
World Fair Trade Day (May 9, 2026)
Mother’s Day (May 10, 2026)
Ascension of the Lord (May 14, 2026)
Palestinian Nakba Remembrance Day (May 15, 2026)
Heritage Sunday (May 24, 2026)
Day of Pentecost (May 24, 2026)
Memorial Day (May 25, 2026)
Trinity Sunday (May 31, 2026)
June
Egg a Day Pledge (June 3, 2026)
National Gun Violence Remembrance Day (June 5, 2026)
Intercultural Church Sunday (June 7, 2026)
Juneteenth (June 19, 2026)
World Refugee Day (June 20, 2026)
Father’s Day; Presbyterian Men (June 21, 2026)
227th General Assembly of the PC(USA) begins (June 22, 2026)
Season of Prayer and Reflection in the Korean Peninsula begins (June 25–Aug. 15, 2026)
July
227th General Assembly of the PC(USA) ends (July 2, 2026)
Independence Day (July 4, 2026)
Immigration Sunday (July 5, 2026)
Youth in the Church and World Sunday (July 26, 2026)
World Day Against Trafficking in Persons (July 30, 2026)
August
College and Young Adult Sunday (Aug. 2, 2026)
Nuclear Victims' and Survivors' day (Aug. 6, 2026)
International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples (Aug. 9, 2026)
Day of Prayer for the Peaceful Reunification of the Korean Peninsula (Aug. 9, 2026)
Young Adult Volunteer Commissioning Sunday (Aug. 16, 2026)
Public Education Day (Aug. 19, 2026)
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade Abolition (Aug. 23, 2026)
Presbyterian Higher Education (Aug. 30, 2026)
September
Disaster Preparedness Month begins (Sept. 1, 2026)
World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation (Sept. 1, 2026)
National Suicide Prevention Month begins (Sept. 1, 2026)
A Season of Peace begins (Sept. 6, 2026)
Labor Day and Social Creed for the 21st Century (Sept. 7, 2026)
September 11 Anniversary (Sept. 11, 2026)
Christian Formation Week begins; Christian Formation Celebration (Sept. 13, 2026)
Disability Inclusion Sunday (Sept. 13, 2026)
Theological Education/Seminaries Sunday (Sept. 20, 2026)
International Day of Peace (Sept. 21, 2026)
Native American Day (Sept. 22, 2026)
Evangelism Sunday (Sept. 27, 2026)
Gifts of New Immigrants (Sept. 27, 2026)
October
Mental Illness Awareness Week begins (Oct. 4, 2026)
World Communion Sunday (Oct. 4, 2026)
Indigenous Peoples Day (Oct. 12, 2026)
World Food Day (Oct. 16, 2026)
Children’s Sabbath; Educate a Child, Transform the World (Oct. 18, 2026)
Young Adult Volunteer Program (Oct. 20, 2026)
United Nations Day (Oct. 24, 2026)
Reformation Sunday (Oct. 25, 2026)
November
All Saints’ Day (November 1, 2026)
Election Day; Honest Patriotism for Christian Citizens (Nov. 3, 2026)
World Community Day (Nov. 6, 2026)
Veterans Day (Nov. 11, 2026)
Hunger and Homelessness (Nov. 15, 2026)
Transgender Day of Remembrance (Nov. 20, 2026)
Christ the King / Reign of Christ (November 22, 2026)
Cultivating Economic Wholeness: Eradicating Systemic Poverty (Nov. 23, 2026)
Thanksgiving Day; Nativity Fast (Nov. 26, 2026)
First Sunday of Advent (Nov. 29, 2026)
December
World AIDS Day; Presbyterian HIV/AIDS Awareness (Dec. 1, 2026)
Giving Tuesday (Dec. 1, 2026)
International Volunteer Day (Dec. 5, 2026)
Second Sunday of Advent (Dec. 6, 2026)
International Human Rights Day (Dec. 10, 2026)
Third Sunday of Advent (Dec. 13, 2026)
International Migrants Day (Dec. 18, 2026)
Fourth Sunday of Advent (Dec. 20, 2026)
Christmas Joy Offering (Dec. 20, 2026)
Christmas Eve / Nativity (December 24, 2026)
Nativity of the Lord / Christmas Day (December 25, 2026)