On Saturday March 25, 2023 from 1 to 4 pm we held our Inuit Cultural event. We hosted our guest speaker: Micah Arreak over zoom, carved Soapstone, drank tea and traditional Inuit treats. Please listen to the interview with Elder Micah Arreak on our YouTube at www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nwDY7_fYkE.
Greetings! We are new to Wild Rose United Church and wanted this chance to introduce ourselves! You already know many of us. We sit beside you in the pews of Wild Rose and we, along with some other interested folks, have begun a journey. We are a diverse group of individuals who have come together, trying to live out the “Calls to Action” stemming from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission report. Our circle is striving to understand our painful past and move forward into respectful relationships with Indigenous peoples. We have just begun. Our understanding and our experiences are varied. But we have a common desire to learn about each other and about the First Peoples who welcomed many of our families to this land. We hope to share stories, activities and events that will help us all to live together in Right Relations. Come and join us on this journey as we learn and love together.
This video features Denise and Kiana Krueger paying tribute to their late cousin Sherri Flett during Red Dress Day Sunday at Wild Rose United Church On May 1, 2022.
On Sat Sep 26, our Right Relations Team volunteered at & participated in Pokaiks, a walk for survivors of residential schools and their families. Hazel Buchanan, Janice Clark, Dora Dilullo-Patten, & Val Giorgini attended for Wild Rose. Additionally, on Wed Sep 30, the Wednesday Morning Wellness Hub walking group visited the Siksikaitsitapi Medicine Wheel & the stone labyrinth, & they took in views of beautiful autumn colours.
On Sunday June 21, 2020 our Right Relations Team welcomed guest speakers Gloria Snow and Ken Levae for National Indigenous Peoples Day. We were treated to a traditional Smudge Ceremony. Ken performed the Indigenous Songs, The Honour and Flag Songs of the Stoney People.
Saturday Dec. 21,2019, Wild Rose Right Relations team, was asked to take part in the Morley Children’s Christmas Nativity and Feast. We purchased, wrapped and distributed, 200 gifts to the children at the Christmas celebration in Morley.
Diana Frost visits Wild Rose United Church for Orange Shirt Day 2019.
Please check out the following links to find out more about
Right Relations
www.united-church.ca/social-action/justice-initiatives/truth-and-reconciliation-commission
Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Report
94 Calls to Action
UCC Response to the TRC Calls to Action Specific to Churches
www.recognition2action.ca
Link to petition Federal Government to acknowledge the three founding nations of Canada
www.united-church.ca/sites/default/files/trc-statement-2014.pdf
UCC Statement to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission 2014
www.ualberta.ca
150 Acts of Reconciliation for Canada’s 150
Right Relations
www.united-church.ca/social-action/justice-initiatives/truth-and-reconciliation-commission
Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Report
94 Calls to Action
UCC Response to the TRC Calls to Action Specific to Churches
www.recognition2action.ca
Link to petition Federal Government to acknowledge the three founding nations of Canada
www.united-church.ca/sites/default/files/trc-statement-2014.pdf
UCC Statement to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission 2014
www.ualberta.ca
150 Acts of Reconciliation for Canada’s 150
Wild Rose United Church is proud to live as neighbors on a land rich with Indigenous tradition, this home on the Bow first named Mohkinstsis by the Blackfoot. We are grateful to be Treaty 7 people, knowing we are called to live with respect for each other and this beautiful diverse land. May we live up to the best principles and practices behind our mutual promises.