https://network.crcna.org/ The Network en Thu, 18 Apr 2024 20:53:55 +0000 Tue, 25 Jul 2023 13:27:08 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/indigenous-native-american/leaning-struggle “When you hear strong emotions, especially anger, your natural tendency is to back away and perhaps cross your arms to protect yourself. Do Justice https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/indigenous-native-american/leaning-struggle Tue, 25 Jul 2023 13:27:08 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/indigenous-native-american/inspire-2022-workshop-training-blanket The Blanket Exercise is a tool that literally walks participants through the history of relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada and the United States. Thrive (CRCNA) https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/indigenous-native-american/inspire-2022-workshop-training-blanket Fri, 08 Jul 2022 16:47:00 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/indigenous-native-american/indigenous-ministry-sunday-offering These videos, PowerPoint slides and prints provide descriptions of the work of Indigenous Ministry in the CRC. CRC Canadian Indigenous Ministry Committee https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/indigenous-native-american/indigenous-ministry-sunday-offering Thu, 09 Jun 2022 13:00:07 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/indigenous-native-american/history-impacts-everyones-reality Not too long ago, the Office of Race Relations was invited to facilitate The Blanket Exercise workshop for a class at Calvin University. It was a group of about 24 students. Viviana Cornejo https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/indigenous-native-american/history-impacts-everyones-reality Tue, 08 Feb 2022 00:40:19 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/indigenous-native-american/land-we-stand-territory-acknowledgment With all the news in Canada of the discovery of unmarked graves it made me wonder how many churches acknowledge the territory their church is built on. There is a guide available from Classis BCNW called The Land We Stand On - A Territory Acknowledgment Guide.   Hilda Car https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/indigenous-native-american/land-we-stand-territory-acknowledgment Mon, 12 Jul 2021 13:42:54 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/indigenous-native-american/kill-indian-save-man Recently, we were shocked by the news from Canada about 215 remains of Indigenous children found in Kamloops, British Columbia, at one of the many Indian residential schools. Viviana Cornejo https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/indigenous-native-american/kill-indian-save-man Wed, 23 Jun 2021 11:01:49 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/indigenous-native-american/addressing-native-american-issues-non This webinar conversation with Pastor Mike Peters took place on Wednesday, October 28th, 2020. He spoke on the topic of “Addressing Native American Issues as a Non-Native” and took some questions from the attendees. Thrive (CRCNA) https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/indigenous-native-american/addressing-native-american-issues-non Mon, 02 Nov 2020 20:16:20 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/indigenous-native-american/blanket-exercise-goes-pella-ia April of last year, I received a phone call from a woman in Pella, IA. Her name is Rosemary Daining and she attends Grace Fellowship. Viviana Cornejo https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/indigenous-native-american/blanket-exercise-goes-pella-ia Wed, 05 Feb 2020 14:14:46 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/indigenous-native-american/bead-work-and-ministry-presence As I walked through the doors of the Native Friendship Center and mounted the stairs to the loft, I heard the cheerful laughter that told me my friend was there. No one laughs like Marie*. Kenneth Wallace Ph.D. https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/indigenous-native-american/bead-work-and-ministry-presence Tue, 04 Feb 2020 14:53:01 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/indigenous-native-american/pow-wow-reflections-beauty-and-complexity At the first pow wow I attended, on Bkejwanong Walpole Island First Nation, near Wallaceburg, Ontario, I was maybe seven or eight years old. That beautiful, colourful, and lively event was my first experience with Canada’s First Nations people, and I was in awe. Anita Brinkman https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/indigenous-native-american/pow-wow-reflections-beauty-and-complexity Wed, 30 Oct 2019 15:59:51 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/indigenous-native-american/should-crc-endorse-and-lobby-making-undrip In Bill C-262, the federal government of Canada is considering adopting, as Canadian law, the provisions of the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). Doug Vande Griend https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/indigenous-native-american/should-crc-endorse-and-lobby-making-undrip Wed, 20 Feb 2019 19:49:05 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/indigenous-native-american/educationtogether-closing-indigenous Many generations of Canada’s Indigenous community have struggled to receive the education they deserve, and the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students is severe. Rachael Sypkes https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/indigenous-native-american/educationtogether-closing-indigenous Tue, 04 Dec 2018 14:39:58 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/indigenous-native-american/experience-blanket-exercise-and-visit Extended Blanket Exercise  November 15th :: 1-5pm  @ Hamilton Regional Indian Centre 34 Ottawa St. N. - Hamilton, ON  Description: Bernadette Arthur https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/indigenous-native-american/experience-blanket-exercise-and-visit Mon, 24 Sep 2018 15:55:29 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/indigenous-native-american/imagine-going-out-two-two-deal-racism I am delighted to read/hear about CAM-C. It has been my passion for some time to see a practical side to aboriginal ministry and, more broadly, to the issue of healing and reconciliatio Keith Knight https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/indigenous-native-american/imagine-going-out-two-two-deal-racism Thu, 05 Apr 2018 14:30:52 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/indigenous-native-american/last-week-order-aboriginal-ministry-sunday Summer is on its way, and so is Aboriginal Ministry Sunday (June 18)! May 1st is the deadline to order your inserts here.  Danielle Steenwyk-Rowaan https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/indigenous-native-american/last-week-order-aboriginal-ministry-sunday Tue, 25 Apr 2017 12:26:20 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/indigenous-native-american/pledge-reconciliation-indigenous-peoples The Christian Reformed Church has been working with and alongside Indigenous peoples in Canada for more than 50 years. Sophia Henager https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/indigenous-native-american/pledge-reconciliation-indigenous-peoples Wed, 16 Dec 2015 13:09:06 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/indigenous-native-american/worship-materials-native-american-heritage November is Native American Heritage Month. Interested in celebrating it at your church? We've put together free worship materials for you to use. Find the full set of worship resources here. CRC Office of Race Relations and CRC Office of Social Justice and CRC Canadian Aboriginal Ministry Committee https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/indigenous-native-american/worship-materials-native-american-heritage Wed, 14 Oct 2015 16:59:20 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/indigenous-native-american/icebergs-our-history-doctrine-discovery This webinar was recorded February 4, 2015 Mark Charles https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/indigenous-native-american/icebergs-our-history-doctrine-discovery Wed, 04 Feb 2015 19:35:59 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/indigenous-native-american/sitting-down-other-peoples-circles I had arrived in the city late the night before, and this morning my hosts had driven me and other committee members to the Indigenous Family Centre on Selkirk Avenue in Winnipeg’s north end. Rachel Boehm https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/indigenous-native-american/sitting-down-other-peoples-circles Tue, 16 Dec 2014 21:01:14 +0000