From Northern Illinois Weekly eNews
United Methodists in the Northern Illinois Annual Conference are invited to a Saturday morning seminar on how members of The United Methodist Church can find substantive and practical ways to live into the 2012 General Conference Act of Repentance toward Healing Relationships with Indigenous People.
Dr. Casey Church, Executive Director of Wiconi International wiconi.com, will lead the informative workshop.
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Casey Church
Dr. Case Church, executive director of Wiconi International.
Casey (aka Ankwawango or "Hole in the Clouds") is a Pokagon Band Potawatomi elder, pipe carrier, church planter, and leader in the Native American Christian contextualized ministry and theology movement. Dr. Church also serves on the board of NAIITS: An Indigenous Learning Community naiits.com. His forthcoming book on ceremony is entitled, Holy Smoke.
When: Saturday, April 1, 9:00-11:30 am
Where: Gary United Methodist Church, 224 North Main St., Wheaton, IL
Cost: $10.00 registration at the door.
Sponsored by the Northern Illinois Conference Committee on Native American Ministries (CONAM). For more information, please contact the CONAM co-chairs: Rev. Michelle Oberweis Lacock mickiol@aol.com and Dr. Gene Green gene.green@wheaton.edu.
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New web page spotlights Native ministries
In support of Native Americans and indigenous peoples and their traditions, United Methodist Communications has launched a new "Native Peoples and the UMC" landing page on UMC.org. The site features stories by and about Native people, along with resources, information about upcoming events and links to ministries. Visit page.