2024 Indigenous Day of Prayer Service(68.5 KB)(Word): A service of blessing and celebration from the settler church for the autonomous Indigenous Church.
Prayer Service to Remember the Children(29.17 KB)(Word): This service of prayer seeks to remember and honour the children who were forced to attend church-run institutions.
Acknowledging the Territory in Worship(170.12 KB)(PDF): A brief guide to help congregations and bodies of the church incorporate an Acknowledgement of Territory into their gatherings.
Moderator's Message for Indigenous Peoples Day 2024 (video): In her National Indigenous Peoples Day message, Moderator Carmen Lansdowne reminds us that we can all take specific actions to celebrate or recognize this day and National Indigenous History Month.
Memorial Prayer for Children of This Land: A prayer for the launch of the memorial register honouring children who died at residential schools (TRC Call to Action 72) on September 30, 2019.
A Prayer for the Moose Hide Campaign: The Moose Hide Campaign invites all Canadians to take a stand against violence toward Indigenous women, girls, and 2S-LGBTQIA+ people.
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
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.
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