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The Canadian Indigenous Ministry Committee has collaborated with Cree musician Don Amero to offer a musical Call to Worship along with a spoken introduction for your Sunday service.
Enjoy these YouTube and Spotify playlists of worship music written or sung by Indigenous artists.
Make time to reflect, through prayer and prompts, on three action calls that respond to the harms caused by residential schools.
Use this in your personal prayers and in your collective worship services to mourn this latest revelation and the impacts of colonization.
This is a Prayer of Confession written in response to the unmarked graves found near the Kamloops Indian Residential School.
This self-guided book club is perfect for your existing small group or gathering. Based on Thomas King's The Inconvenient Indian we provide discussion questions and speakers via video to guide your group.
The beautiful art from "The Creator's Gift" art series is now available as a colouring book!
Contemplate the art series "The Creator's Sacrifice" alongside scripture, prayer, and meditation throughout Holy Week.
You may have several questions abut Indigenous People, but don't know where to start. The Word of Hope Ministries website is a rich resource in helping you discover some answers.
Are you talking about Indigenous justice with kids at church or at home? Here are a few ideas to get you started!
This experience equips young people with the tools and opportunity to act as bridges between their church community and a local Indigenous community.
Use this song list to recognize National Indigenous Peoples Day and to deepen your congregations experience of Indigenous Ministry Sunday.
Consider using these verses and sermon starters for Indigenous Ministry Sunday.
These prayers are a resource for Indigenous Ministry Sunday providing an opportunity for everyone in Canada to pray for Indigenous peoples and to celebrate the gifts and richness that Indigenous people bring to life in Canada.
Each year Christian Reformed churches across Canada recognize National Indigenous Peoples day and celebrate the Indigenous Ministries of the CRC. Here are some litanies for this annual day.
This is our Father’s world. So let’s return to the land together, to the treaties. We are made from the dirt of a garden, after all! Who first stewarded the portion of Creator’s world that you call home? And why does it matter?
We've made commitments throughout the years as a denomination to turn away from the sins of colonization and dehumanization and towards a better way of walking together, in respect of our treaties and Indigenous rights.
In 2016, Synod repudiated the Doctrine of Discovery and the concept of ‘terra nullius’ as heresies. What does this mean, why does it matter, and how can we live into this commitment to seek reconciled relationships built on respect between Indigenous peoples and other inhabitants of "Turtle Island"?
Last fall the Canadian Aboriginal Ministry Committee (CAMC) invited pastors and churches in Canada to consider together what it means that the land we call Canada has been inhabited for far more than 150 years.
The CRCNA Canada Justice & Reconciliation Team is offering a unique learning opportunity. It combines a Blanket Exercise with an info session on the commitments that the CRC has made to Indigenous Justice and Reconciliation.
Every article in this declaration comes from a time when a right has been violated or outright denied to Indigenous peoples. What is our call as Christians as we bear witness to such profound brokenness?
Some tools and resources for congregations to live out a ministry of reconciliation with our Indigenous neighbours.
The Blanket Exercise is an excellent tool that walks participants through the history of relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Canada.