Indigenous is an umbrella term for First Nations, Inuit and Métis people.
We can only cover so much during our Sunday morning teaching. There’s always so much more to the topic. If you are enjoying our current teaching series and want to go deeper, here are some places you can learn more.
Current Series: Culture Clash
We live in a world where morals are shifting, values are questioned and truth feels negotiable. Culture pulls us in many directions. As followers of Jesus, it can be hard to live our convictions without compromise. Our Culture Clash series focuses on the book of Daniel. Here we find a group of young men exiled to Babylon, facing all kinds of cultural pressures. The series is a call for us to be courageous and trusting in uncertain times. Even when culture clashes with our beliefs, God is our source of hope and reveals Himself to be faithful through it all.
The Story of God Bible Commentary: Daniel | Wendy Widder
The book of Daniel is often read for its contribution to our understanding of end-times events, but sometimes Christians have been so obsessed with this that we have missed its main message: God is in control, no matter how things look, and his kingdom will one day fill the earth.
Book of Daniel: Living In Exile Video Series
A verse by verse study through the Book of Daniel, recorded 4 years ago by Nasser.
The Bible
If you’re looking for a good read right now, the Bible is always a great resource 😉
INDIGENOUS RECONCILIATION
Resources for Settlers
Why is reconciliation important?
We recognize the harms churches have committed in the name of Jesus to Indigenous people and communities, and we acknowledge our role as Mennonites in some of these harms. We also recognize that harms continue to be committed against Indigenous people and their lands by powerful forces in our society. May we stand with them in love and solidarity until true reconciliation is fully achieved.
These resources are a starting place to encourage settlers in our faith community to educate themselves, and to personally commit to being people of reconciliation. God, we pray that this knowledge would guide our words, our hearts and our actions.
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A Prayer of Reconciliation
Holy One, Creator of all that is, seen and unseen,
of story and of song, of heartbeat and of tears
of bodies, souls, voices and all relations:
you are the God of all truth and the way of all reconciliation.
Uphold with your love and compassion all who open their lives
in the sacred sharing of their stories
breathe in us the grace to trust in your loving forgiveness,
that we may face our histories with courage;
touch us through the holy gift of story
that those who speak and those who listen may behold your own redeeming presence;
guide us with holy wisdom to enter through the gates of remorse
that our feet may walk gently and firmly on the way of justice and healing.