Calendar

JANUARY

*Rachel Saint- January 2, 1914

Father Damien- January 3, 1840 (p 120)

*Max Lucado- January 11, 1955

Menno Simons- January 12, 1536 (p 48)

*Frank E. Peretti- January 13, 1951

Martin Luther King Jr.- January 15, 1929 (p 112)

Eric Liddell- January 16, 1902 (p 88)- 59

Susanna Wesley- January 20, 1669 (p 96)- 103

Amanda Berry Smith- January 23, 1837 (p 312)

Katie Luther- January 29, 1499- 61

Francis Schaeffer- January 30, 1912 (p 440)

FEBRUARY

Samuel Morris- Black History Month (p 136)/*Charles Mulli (Mully Children)

*Evelyn Husband and Rick Husband- February 1, 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia

Hannah More- February 2, 1745- 67

Rosa Parks- February  4, 1913- 75

Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer- February 4, 1906 (p 240)

Dwight L. Moody- February 5, 1837 (p 200)- 65

*Jonathan Goforth- February 10, 1859 

*Mildred Cable- February 21, 1878

*Betty Greene- First official missions flight/one of the original founders of Mission Aviation Fellowship February 23, 1945

Gladys Aylward- February 24, 1902 (p 272)- 15

*Wilfred Grenfell- February 28, 1865

MARCH

George Washington Carver- March 1 is Peanut Butter Lovers Day (p 352)- 35

WORLD DAY OF PRAYER- March 5th

William Henry Sheppard- March 8, 1865 (p 392)

*S. Truett Cathy- March 14, 1921 (p 224)

Saint Patrick- March 17- 77

*David Livingstone- March 19, 1813

Anne Bradstreet- March 20, 1612 (p 216)- 25

Francis (Franny) Crosby- March 24, 1820 (p 128)- 39

*Richard Wurmbrand- March 24, 1909- 109

Johann Sebastian Bach- March 31, 1685- 17

APRIL

Mary Jones- Walking Day is the first Wednesday in April (she walked 26 miles barefoot to get a Bible)- 51

*Paul Hutchens- April 7, 1902

*William Booth (wife Catherine)- April 10, 1829- 23

David Zeisberger- April 11, 1721 (p 304) 

*Samuel Zwemer- April 12, 1867

George Frideric Handel- April 14, 1759 (death)

Corrie ten Boom- April 15, 1892 (p 56)- 21

*Robin Jones Gunn- April 18, 1955

*Saint George Feast Day- April 23

*Apostle Mark/Saint Mark Feast Day- April 25

Lord Shaftesbury/Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury- April 28, 1801- 85

MAY

National Day of Prayer (first Thursday in May)

George Chen/Chen Min Lin- Asian Heritage Month 

*Lois Gladys Leppard- May 9, 1924

Brother Andrew- May 11, 1928 (p 40)- 11

Florence Nightingale- May 12, 1820 (p 152)- 73

*James Hudson Taylor- May 21, 1832- 93

Elizabeth Fry- May 21, 1780 (p 192)

Reverend and Mrs. Paton- May 24, 1824 (p 208)

*Count Nikolaus von Zinzendorf- May 26, 1700

*G.K. Chesterton- May 29, 1874

JUNE

*Rob Evans- DOUGHNUT MAN June 5th is Doughnut Day

*Rachel Held Evans- June 8, 1981

John M. Perkins- June 16, 1930 (p 64)

*Phil Vischer- June 16, 1966

*Charles Loring Brace- June 19, 1826

Charles Spurgeon- June 19, 1834- 89

Don Richardson- June 23, 1935 (p 256)

*John Williams- June 27, 1796

John Wesley- June 28, 1703- 101

Pastor Li De Xian- June 29 the Day of the Christian Martyr 

*Loren Cunningham- June 30, 1936

JULY

Charles A. Tindley- July 7, 1851 (p 296)

Cameron Townsend- July 9, 1896

Toyohiko Kagawa- July 10, 1888

 Mary McLeod Bethune- July 10, 1875

*John Calvin- July 10, 1509- 29

 *Klaus-Dieter John- July 13, 1952

Lilias Trotter- July 14, 1853- 95

Rembrandt- July 15, 1606- 81

*Dr. Paul Brand- July 17, 1914 

*Rebecca St. James- July 26, 1977

AUGUST

*Norman Grubb- August 2, 1895

*John Newton- August 4, 1725- 71

*Adoniram Judson- August 9, 1788- 53

*William Carey- August 17, 1761- 31

*Francis Asbury- August 20, 1745

-Birthday of Moravian Missions/Protestant Missionaries- August 21, 1732 ("Do all in the Spirit of Jesus Christ")

Selina, Countess of Huntingdon- August 24, 1707- 83

William Wilberforce- August 24, 1759- 107

Mother Teresa/Missionaries of Charity- August 26, 1910 (Feast Day is Sept. 5th)

Saint Augustine of Hippo- August 28th Feast Day- 13

*Nate Saint- August 30, 1923

 SEPTEMBER

Peter Cartwright- September 1, 1785

Prudence Crandall- September 3, 1803 

*Sundar Singh- September 3, 1889

*Katharina Zell- September 5, 1562 (death)- 113

-Zinzendorf and Countess Erdmuth Dorothea von Reuss married- September 7, 1722

Saint John Chrysostom- September 13 (Feast Day)- 37

Robert Raikes- September 14, 1736- 79

Thomas Barnardo- September 19, 1905 (death)- 19

*Helen Roseveare- September 21, 1925

*J.R.R. Tolkien- Hobbit Day/September 22

*Lillian Trasher- September 27, 1887

George Mueller- September 27, 1805- 69

Argula von Grumbach- September 30ish or September 1 (she was Bavarian so celebrate her around Octoberfest?)- 49

OCTOBER

Pastor Appreciation Month

Jimmy Carter- October 1, 1924

William Tyndale- Death October 6, 1536  (p 280)- 97

*Michael W. Smith- October 7, 1957

Jim Elliott- October 8, 1927- 45

*Florence Young- October 10, 1856

King Edward VI of England- October 12, 1537- 43

Joni Eareckson Tada- October 15, 1949- 41

Horatio Spafford- October 20, 1828

Keith Green- October 21, 1953 (p 264)

Henrietta Mears- October 23, 1890!

Reformation Day/Martin Luther- October 31, 1517- 63

 NOVEMBER

First Sunday in November is the International Day of Prayer (IDOP) for the Persecuted Church

*Edith Schaeffer- November 3, 1914

Watchman Nee/Ni Shu-tsu- November 4, 1903

Billy Graham- November 7, 1918- 47

*David Bussau- November 10, 1940

*Jago (Illustrator)- November 12, 1979

*Jacob DeShazer- November 15, 1912

*Lois Walfrid Johnson- November 23, 1936

John Knox- November 24, 1572 (death)- 55

*John Flynn- November 25, 1880

C.S. Lewis- November 29, 1898- 57

*John Bunyan- baptism November 30, 1628- 27

 

 DECEMBER

Mary Slessor- December 2, 1848- 87

*C.T. Studd- December 2, 1860- 91

*Ida Scudder- December 9, 1870

Lottie (Charlotte) Moon- December 12, 1840

Frances Havergal- December 14, 1836 (p 448)

*Clarence Wesley Jones- December 15, 1900

George Whitefield- December 16, 1714- 105

Amy Carmichael- December 16, 1867- 33

*Isobel Miller Kuhn- December 17, 1901

*Charles Wesley- December 18, 1707- 99

*Elisabeth Elliott- December 21, 1926- 45

*John Wycliffe- December 31, 1384 (death)- 111