FIVE BLESSINGS EXAMPLE
Blessing 1: A Navajo woman in Arizona made this beaded necklace to sell to provide for her family.
Blessing 2: Four Corners Native American Ministry (FCNAM) in Shiprock, NM, bought it to help her.
Blessing 3: Our District Committee on Native American Ministries (DCONAM) bought it to support FCNAM.
Blessing 4: Your purchase supports our DCONAM among American Indians in Utah and Western Colorado.
Blessing 5: The final blessing is yours as you celebrate Christ, the UMC, and Native culture.
Blessing 2: Four Corners Native American Ministry (FCNAM) in Shiprock, NM, bought it to help her.
Blessing 3: Our District Committee on Native American Ministries (DCONAM) bought it to support FCNAM.
Blessing 4: Your purchase supports our DCONAM among American Indians in Utah and Western Colorado.
Blessing 5: The final blessing is yours as you celebrate Christ, the UMC, and Native culture.
Welcome
We are blessed to be seekers, "Discovering What God is Up to," on our reservations and in our towns and cities.
We want to be in mission with the people and congregations by supporting them in their efforts to do good, to do no harm, and to love God on their reservation lands and in our villages, towns, and cities.
We invite you to purchase items from our catalog and we ask your indulgence if the item you receive doesn't look exactly like the picture. If you're too dissatisfied, please let us know and we'll refund your money when you return the product.
You may have noticed there is no link to click on to give a donation without buying anything. We encourage you to contribute directly to one of the Advance specials designated for Native American ministries, such as the Covenant Education Center, the Navajo daycare in Shiprock, NM. There is one exception: We'd love for you to add to the prize money for the powwow dance contests.
We ask for your prayers as this ministry grows that we may be wise in our decisions and that the right people will be lifted up so we may be in ministry with them.
May your walk with Christ be in harmony with God's children in this world.
Glenna Kyker Brayton, Chair
Utah-Western Colorado Committee on Native American Ministries
- We discovered three United Methodist congregations in southeast Utah and have been in ministry with one of them since the beginning of our ministry two years ago.
- We learned that one of the Navajo lay pastors wanted to become a certified candidate for ministry; we helped him complete the paperwork process and attend the Native American Course of Study.
- We discovered that Lay Speaking/Servant Ministries candidates needed assistance to attend classes far from their homes - and then provided funds to get them there.
- We discovered that one of the churches had to cut back on their Christmas giving to the elderly and children in their community - and sent money to provide fruit and small presents.
- We discovered that the women of Diwozhibikooh church were thinking about establishing an United Methodist Women group and helped them do it.
- We met Eugena, Navajo, at her family church's tent revival at a sheep camp near Rough Side of the Mountain United Methodist Church and now support her with a scholarship each semester at McMurry University, a United Methodist institution in Abilene, TX.
- We learned there are Native students from other parts of the U.S. at Ft. Lewis College in Durango who need our support. We have given a scholarship to Daisa, Lakota-Navajo from Standing Rock, ND.
- We learned that some are offended but many are surprised by and appreciate our participation in area powwows. In 2012, we sponsored two teen dance competition categories at the Montrose intertribal powwow. We hope to be able to sponsor more in 2013.
We want to be in mission with the people and congregations by supporting them in their efforts to do good, to do no harm, and to love God on their reservation lands and in our villages, towns, and cities.
We invite you to purchase items from our catalog and we ask your indulgence if the item you receive doesn't look exactly like the picture. If you're too dissatisfied, please let us know and we'll refund your money when you return the product.
You may have noticed there is no link to click on to give a donation without buying anything. We encourage you to contribute directly to one of the Advance specials designated for Native American ministries, such as the Covenant Education Center, the Navajo daycare in Shiprock, NM. There is one exception: We'd love for you to add to the prize money for the powwow dance contests.
We ask for your prayers as this ministry grows that we may be wise in our decisions and that the right people will be lifted up so we may be in ministry with them.
May your walk with Christ be in harmony with God's children in this world.
Glenna Kyker Brayton, Chair
Utah-Western Colorado Committee on Native American Ministries