David and Jonathan

A Sermon – Rev. Whitney Bruno – June 21, 2024 – for LCUCPC - 2 Corinthians 6:1-13 and 1 Samuel 17:57-18:5, 28-29; 19:1-12; 20:1-4, 16-17, 30-34, 31:1-3, 6, & 2 Samuel 1:17-27 National Indigenous Peoples Day 2024 – ‘David and Jonathan’ Jonathan loves David. David loves Jonathan. Scripture is very clear on this - they …

Christ Candle – Miigwetchiwendan

Red like maple leaves; yellow like birch leaves; orange like oak leaves; the colors of fall are the colors of fire. We light this Christ candle in gratitude,  miigwetchiwendan, for the love of Christ; in gratitude miigwetchiwendan, for the changing season; in gratitude,  miigwetchiwendan, for this day. light the candle

Land Acknowledgement for Thanksgiving

This is specific to where service is being held. Please revise to your treaty or unceded land. Revise to your traditional languages. Little Current speaks English, French, and Ojibwe. This is part of a series of learning an Ojibwe word each service. Thankfulness– miigwetchiwendan -- Today we speak of miigwetchiwendan. Today we gather on land called Waebijewung, …

Water is Life – Truth and Reconciliation Day

Exodus 17: 1-7 & Matthew 21: 23-32 Last week we heard about the ancient Hebrews learning a new relationship with food. Today, we heard about their relationship with water. Water is life. Our bodies are 50-60% water by weight. We're pretty much water balloons over some bones. Water cushions our joints. Water allows our brains …

Service: Orange Shirt Day & Creation

This service is provided in full for those working on their own Orange Shirt Day, Truth and Reconciliation Day services. Please be sure to note I did not write this all. The sources I used are cited below. VU refers to the hymnal Voices United. MV refers to the hymnal More Voices. Listen or watch …

Prayer for King Charles III

King of Kings, Lord of Lords, God our God,we pray today for King Charles III:Let him set the tempo for all the lands he leads.Let that rhythm be one of peace, of mercy, of justice, and of healing.Let him continue the work of his mother to move from colonialism to valuing each peoples as equals,fellow …

“Why would we as a Church want to recognize Traditional Territory?” A dialogue for sharing in a UCC Congregation on Pentecost Sunday – By Maxine McVey

Pastor Maxine’s legacy of justice and healing was shown in her strong support of right relations with Indigenous people, both locally in the Sudbury Manitoulin area and in her work with the wider United Church of Canada. She was instrumental in the construction of the Apology Cairn at Laurentian University in Sudbury, marking the site …

Candle Lighting: Failures & Restoration

Christ promises, out of failed treaty promises, and racism, out of broken pasts and oppressed presents we can rise again. We light this candle as a symbol of Christ in our midst here on this land. We light it remembering the Way of Christ is the way of peace, justice, and restoration. Light the candle

Land Acknowledgement: An Easter People

We are gathered this morning on Mnidoo Mnising – the land where the spirits, the essence of all, gathers.We are gathered this morning on Treaty 94 between the European peoples and the Anishinaabe peoples.We are gathered this morning as an Easter people – promising to love all peoples and creation as for whom God so …

Land Acknowledgement: We Are All Treaty People

We gather on Treaty 61, between the European peoples and the Anishinaabeg peoples. We gather in the promise that new beginnings and right relations are possible. We remember yesterday – and the horrors that were committed against First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples. We acknowledge these horrors have a lasting effect and racism is still …