Indigenous Ministries
Wintertalk Reflection from Paiute Elder Jeanette Allen
WINTER TALK 2013 – WEWOKA, OK – February 18-20, 2013 Greetings from the Pyramid Lake Paiute Reservation in Nevada where within the reservation lay a beautiful desert lake that holds many of our legends and is the root of the Kooyooe Tukadu people. Within our reservation we have three communities: Sutcliffe, Nixon, and Wadsworth. There are two Episcopal Churches […]
Bishop Mark Lattime’s Wintertalk Sermon on Mission Mark 5
To strive to safeguard the integrity of creation and sustain and renew the life of the earth Any reflection on the fifth Mark of Mission, the mark that speaks to the stewardship of creation, would find a perfect foundation in the words of the Psalm 104. Psalm 104 is an ode to the earth as […]
Wintertalk Reflection 2013
During one of our meals, Kaze Gadway, youth minister, Spirit Journey Youth, from the Diocese of Arizona asked me “What do you think God wanted you to know or learn from WinterTalk?” I could have chosen to summarize information from the many workshops that I attended, sermons I heard, cultural night, and even from the […]
Bishop Carol Gallagher’s Winteralk 2013 Sermon on Third Mark of Mission
To Respond to Human Need by Loving Service Our response to God’s love and forgiveness in our lives is simply to turn and share God’s love with others. The compassion that Jesus places in our hearts urges us to care for the people in our lives. For many of us this is easier said than […]
Native Youth Resource – Kaze Gadway, Oneida
“Why don’t we each write a story about how the youth live the five marks of mission,” suggests Bishop Carol Gallagher. “Then youth ministers will see how practical the five marks can be.” With delight, the five of us in the room begin to write, reading our stories to each other and sharing some suggestions and editing advice. The […]
Winter Talk 2013 Sermon on Mark of Mission 2
“To teach, baptize and nurture new believers.” Yesterday we heard Carol Hampton and Steven Charleston speak of “Inspiration” as one of the “four directions” of youth ministry. We all desire to be inspired, to be in-spirited, don’t we? St. Augustine in the fourth century prayed: “Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our […]
Wintertalk Reflections 2013
Wingapo! (Hello!) I have often felt that I walk in two worlds. As my mother would aptly put it, I have had one foot on the Red road and the other planted in the trajectory of the majority culture. Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken” often comes to mind when reflecting on my cultural paradigm. Either […]
The Journey – Wintertalk Sermon by Cornelia Eaton
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer. Amen Psalm 19:14 Ya’ah’teeh: From the Universal Sky, through me, to you, I greet you in the name of the Holy Ones. First I would like to introduce myself. I’m Cornelia […]
Reflecting on the work of the Indigenous Peoples at the WCC General Assembly
World Council of Churches, Busan, South Korea I was humbled and privileged to have been recommended and chosen to attend the World Council of Churches’ General Assembly, and in particular to be a part of the Indigenous Peoples’ pre-assembly work. My time with the Indigenous People colored and shaped my experience of the whole assembly, […]
Anglican Peace & Justice Closing Sermon – Geneva – March 12, 2010
Luke 2:41-52 Every year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the festival of the Passover. And when he was twelve years old, they went up as usual for the festival. When the festival was ended and they started to return, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but his parents did not know it. Assuming […]
