Find numerous prayer and worship elements inclusive of Indigenous voices and stories and including a full liturgy and sermon, in our WaterThreads Toolkit.
Thoughts of a Christian Educator: Rows of Sharon provides a list of Ideas & Resources for Lament and Thanksgiving.
Building Faith offers Prayers for Native American Day (Indigenous People’s Day) & Native American Heritage Month
By Kurt J. Huber & Ellen B. Huber
Joy Harjo's beautiful poem, Remember, would be a fitting liturgical element.
MN Conference UCC Staff created this online Service of Thanksgiving.
Hymns by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette in book form or online. Featuring contemporary lyrics set to traditional hymns, they are truly intergenerational. Hymns include: laments for pandemic grief, quarantine, natural disasters, and racial tension, calls for justice and immigration reform, and Fall Ministry Celebrations including every Sunday (based on the RCL) and Election Day.
Native American Sunday Introduction Letter
NWMN Synod Land Acknowledgement
Red Lake Mass – Holy Eucharist
Lord’s Prayer alternative from the Maori peoples
Resources from Together Here Ministries – Northeastern Minnesota Synod
Thanks to the NWMN Synod ELCA for the following:
Entire Harvest Worship - Video downloadable on Google Drive
Entire Harvest Worship - Audio Only downloadable on Google Drive
Entire Harvest Worship Video on YouTube
Harvest Worship Message Only - Video downloadable on Google Drive
Harvest Worship Message Only - Audio Only downloadable on Google Drive
Harvest Worship Message Only Video on YouTube
MN Conference UCC Staff created this online Service of Thanksgiving.
9 Thanksgiving Alternatives You Can Celebrate This Week
If the day’s history makes you uncomfortable, here’s what else you can observe.
by The Reverend Dr. Bradley S. Hauff, Indigenous Missioner for the Episcopal Church
