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  • Restoring Lost Languages: MandS 2024: July 21. In partnership with Mission and Service, Inuinnaqtun language mentors get resources to allow them to work with apprentices to…
  • The Path toward Healing: Murray Pruden’s Work: YGM 2023: June 18. Supported by Mission & Service, the Rev. Murray Pruden has made significant gains in building relationships of trust and…
  • Preserving Language through the Mohawk Language Bible: YGM 2023: June 11. The much-anticipated Mohawk Language Bible will be available in fall 2023. Your gifts to Mission and Service allow projects to…
  • Preserving Culture through Language Revitalization: MandS 2024: March 24. Your gifts to Mission and Service support programs and partnerships for Indigenous cultural revitalization.

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Prioritize Indigenous Approaches to Climate Action

Martha Pedoniquotte writes that the integration of First Nations perspectives can foster a more comprehensive and effective response to climate change.
A Saugeen Ojibway Nation painting of four people sitting beside a bay.

Gathering Nations in Peace and Friendship in Atlantic Canada

In November 2023, the Atlantic Christian Training Centre (Tatamagouche Centre) hosted a four-day gathering based on ceremony, food, talking circle sharing, deep respect, and drawing in of ancestors and the land.
Campbell House at Tatamagouche Centre

An Invitation to Listen as We Walk the Path of Reconciliation

Elder Alf Dumont in a conversion about the work of reconciliation and how starting at the beginning again can be a good way to move forward together.
Alf Dumont, an Indigenous man, stands beside a creek, smiling and looking upstream.

Twelve Steps toward Ending White Supremacy

The author recommends a 12-step treatment process for White people to end the violence of White supremacy.
A hand print indicating ENOUGH on red background.

The Creator's Abundant Gifts

Rev. John Snow offers an Indigenous perspective on Epiphany season and the sharing of God's sacred gifts.
A beautiful photo of sacred medicines from both the Near East and Indigenous traditions laid out in a circle on a green cloth background..

Indigenous Circle Stirs Emotion and Action

St. Paul’s Indigenous Circle is an active group in a United Church congregation in Bowmanville, Ontario encouraging all to travel the rocky and difficult road to healing and reconciliation.

A group of five people about middle aged, each wearing an orange "Every Child Matters" t-shirt.

Our Voices Hold Power

Krista Forsberg, a 16-year-old Indigenous youth in The United Church of Canada, encourages people across the church to exercise their right to vote on election day.

Faith and Politics

Learning from the Land

Lori Ransom writes about here experience with Banff Teaching House, where Indigenous Elders and others are renewing and expanding perspectives through land-based learning.

Bill Snow speaking with John and Elenor Thompson (seated) near a brilliant blue lake on Traditional teachings in Upper Kananaskis. Jagged grey-blue mountains overlook the scene.

MMIWG: Bringing Safety for Women and Children

Quebec City, traditional territory of the Wendat people, hosted one of the last hearings of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
A blanket from the National Inquiry, sharing the poignant words of Psalm 118:5 and a drawing of a shoreline and a lake.

On “White Jesus” and Being an Ally

Author Aimee Gavin writes about teaching her son to understand colonization and its impacts.

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