Harper, left, and Steven Seegerts smudge and bless the Covenant and Our Way of Life after the documents were ratified by Sacred Circle May 30, 2023. Photo: Anglican Video

Sacred Circle to build framework of emergent Indigenous church

National Indigenous Archbishop Chris Harper says key topics will include working out the procedural structures needed to put its founding documents, Our Way of Life and the Covenant, into practice; discussing an equitable method of picking representatives to Sacred Circle from across Canada; analyzing the funding available to the Indigenous church; and potentially even choosing a new national Indigenous archbishop.

Violet crocuses in a field in front of a mountain landscape.

Rising up in new life and beauty

As children of God our Creator, we need to acknowledge our need individually to change and come to new life in Christ, our hope for new growth in the church especially in our prayers for the new leaders being lifted up, and finally our thanks for the new growth that springs up when we offer all we are and have to the glory of the Creator who gave everything for us, the children of Creation.

Gospel-based discipleship readings for May

Creator, we give you thanks for all you are and all you bring to us for our visit within your creation. In Jesus, you place the Gospel in the centre of this Sacred Circle through which all of creation is related. You show us the way to live a generous and compassionate life. Give us your strength to live together with respect and commitment as we grow in your Spirit, for you are God, now and forever. Amen.

What does Easter mean to you?

Easter is not one day in a year, but a whole season of gazing into the mouth of an empty tomb believing against all odds, and even in our fear, that the rolled-away stone opens a door of promise to a broken world.