First Nation Ministry

Revd Dale at the Clergy Diocesan Conference, with the drum she was given recently which was a sign of her being accepted as an Elder in the First Nations Community.








Patty with Vicky Young.

Patty told me; 'I live in two worlds; my traditional Indian world and the modern world. I teach my grandchildren about the circle, the circle of life; to enter from the left and to go right round before entering within the circle. I was given two eagle feathers; they are most special, a sign of goodness'.

Vicky with key members of the Day Star Church Vicki was ordained in 2007 as an ordained Local Minister. She gives her heart and soul in ministry amongst the First Nation people with whom she has worked for many years. She had formerly been a teacher and spoke about the traumatic experiences for First Nation people who were taken away from their families and communities to stay in the the Residential Schools.
I noticed in the Vestry Book at St Luke's, Gordon's First Nation, the following entries:
Jan 6th 2009 'No church, minus 50 degrees with wind chill'
August 24th 2008 'No service. No one came. PowWow'.