Worship Ideas
2021 Indigenous Day of Prayer | Being a Good Neighbour (52.19 KB): Worship resources and a service bulletin/outline by Read Sherman, intended for use by non-Indigenous communities of faith.
2021 Indigenous Day of Prayer | Being a Good Neighbour bulletin (37.49 KB): Bulletin with service outline to accompany the Being a Good Neighbour worship resources.
2021 Indigenous Day of Prayer | Sermon Starter (37.57 KB): A reflection on 1 Peter 2:9‒17 by former Moderator Stan McKay.
A Narrow Rough Path to Reconciliation (37.25 KB): A worship service for the 2019 Indigenous Day of Prayer created to honour the meaning of National Indigenous Peoples Day and intended for use by non-Indigenous communities of faith. Written by SunDo Hyun and Hoeun Lee.
aboriginal-sunday-celebration-thanksgiving.pdf (162.24 KB): With gratitude we gather to praise God, to seek transformation, and to celebrate the power of the Spirit who is always moving.
Healing Waters: Churches Working to End Violence Against Women (110.94 KB): Worship excerpts from Healing Waters: Churches Working to End Violence Against Women
nipin-summer-is-here.docx (35.38 KB): A worship service for the 2019 Indigenous Day of Prayer that celebrates the summer as a time when we give thanks to our Mother Earth for her gifts of the season and for the precious and sacred gifts of the land. Written by Murray Pruden.
The Covenant of Reconciliation | Indigenous Day of Prayer 2020 (49.83 KB): A worship service created to honour the meaning of National Indigenous Peoples Day.
The Seven Grandfather Teachings | Indigenous Day of Prayer 2020 (47.07 KB): A worship service on the seven laws for living a good life: Love, Respect, Courage, Honesty, Wisdom, Humility, and Truth.
Minute for Mission
Related Material
Acknowledging the Territory in Worship (170.12 KB): A brief guide to help congregations and bodies of the church incorporate an Acknowledgement of Territory into their gatherings.
Bulletin Insert: A Time of Celebration for Aboriginal Sunday (173.74 KB): You can download and print this insert to distribute with your bulletin on Aboriginal Sunday.
Prayer for Students of Kamloops Residential School (Moderator) (35.18 KB): A prayer for the 215 children whose remains were found in Kamloops in May 2021.
Reconciliation Journey to Australia video: March 2018 delegation of First Nations and non-Indigenous people from The United Church of Canada in Australia as part of the Canada-Australia Reconciliation Dialogue between our church and the Uniting Church in Australia.
Worship Blog
“Our Movements for Justice Are Linked”
On National Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Mitchell Anderson writes that Indigenous justice and reconciliation can only take place in ways that ensure that Black lives matter.
Solstice Baby
Indigenous Day of Prayer reminds us that if we are to heal broken relationships, we must talk with one another. Let us begin today and never stop.
Why an Indigenous Day of Prayer?
In 1971, the observance of June 21 as a National Indian Day of Prayer was formally recognized by The United Church of Canada, at the 24th General Council. In 1982 the National Indian Brotherhood (now the Assembly of First Nations) called for the creation of a National Aboriginal Solidary Day.… Read more
Under the Big Top: Thoughts on National Aboriginal Day
I took these pictures last August while visiting my mother’s relatives in the central part of Saskatchewan on the Muskoday First Nation. They capture some of the 825 dancers that participated in the 25th annual traditional Powwow.
