Join us for Worship at General Convention -
On Monday, July 9th at 9:30 AM a gathering of Native people will lead worship. Come and experience the many voices, tongues and songs of our many people as we worship in this great gathering.
Join us for Worship at General Convention
Monday, July 9, 7-10pm New Community Festival
Hosted by the Diversity, Social and Environmental Ministries Team
Monument Circle
Tuesday, July 10, 7–10pm Doctrine of Discovery Lament
JW Marriott Ballroom
Featuring the Red Leaf drum from the Rosebud Sioux Tribe
Sponsored by the Office of Indigenous Ministry, the Office of Lifelong Christian Formation,
and the Office of Social and Economic Justice
In 2009, the General Convention of the Episcopal Church made an unprecedented decision to repudiate the Doctrine of Discovery. In passing general convention resolution D035, the church has made a public commitment to all Indigenous Peoples for all Episcopalians to seek a greater understanding of Indigenous Peoples.
The doctrine is a painful example of where the church has been in error, and amiss, and how these errors contribute to contemporary social and economic issues. The lament is an invitation to enter into a process of communal spiritual and behavioral transformational conversions. Healing and hope are incarnate in the relationships among all people who live out God’s call to action; to be communities of transformation seeking to heal a broken and wounded world.
O Great Spirit, God of every people and every tribe, we come to you as your many children,
to ask for your forgiveness and guidance.
Forgive us for the colonialism that stains our past, the ignorance that allowed us to think
that we could claim another’s home for our own.
Heal us of this history. Remind us that none of us were discovered since none of us were
lost, but that we are all gathered within the sacred circle of your community.
Guide us through your wisdom to restore the truth of our heritage.
Help us to confront the racism that divides us as we confess the pain it has
caused to the human family.
Call us to kinship. Mend the hoop of our hearts and let us live in justice and peace,
through Jesus Christ, the One who came that all people might live in dignity. Amen
On Monday, July 9th at 9:30 AM a gathering of Native people will lead worship. Come and experience the many voices, tongues and songs of our many people as we worship in this great gathering.
Join us for Worship at General Convention
Monday, July 9, 7-10pm New Community Festival
Hosted by the Diversity, Social and Environmental Ministries Team
Monument Circle
Tuesday, July 10, 7–10pm Doctrine of Discovery Lament
JW Marriott Ballroom
Featuring the Red Leaf drum from the Rosebud Sioux Tribe
Sponsored by the Office of Indigenous Ministry, the Office of Lifelong Christian Formation,
and the Office of Social and Economic Justice
In 2009, the General Convention of the Episcopal Church made an unprecedented decision to repudiate the Doctrine of Discovery. In passing general convention resolution D035, the church has made a public commitment to all Indigenous Peoples for all Episcopalians to seek a greater understanding of Indigenous Peoples.
The doctrine is a painful example of where the church has been in error, and amiss, and how these errors contribute to contemporary social and economic issues. The lament is an invitation to enter into a process of communal spiritual and behavioral transformational conversions. Healing and hope are incarnate in the relationships among all people who live out God’s call to action; to be communities of transformation seeking to heal a broken and wounded world.
O Great Spirit, God of every people and every tribe, we come to you as your many children,
to ask for your forgiveness and guidance.
Forgive us for the colonialism that stains our past, the ignorance that allowed us to think
that we could claim another’s home for our own.
Heal us of this history. Remind us that none of us were discovered since none of us were
lost, but that we are all gathered within the sacred circle of your community.
Guide us through your wisdom to restore the truth of our heritage.
Help us to confront the racism that divides us as we confess the pain it has
caused to the human family.
Call us to kinship. Mend the hoop of our hearts and let us live in justice and peace,
through Jesus Christ, the One who came that all people might live in dignity. Amen
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