Introduction to Indigenous Lands and Issues in Canada
2021-02-20 - 2021-06-19 | Manitoba
Host Adrian Jacobs, SSSC Keeper of the Circle, and Indigenous elders from across Canada invite you to explore the cultural and historic foundations to today’s headlines. Join us for a series of online conversations in response to the Indigenous education mandates from Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Final Report.
Registration: $25/session or $75 for the 5-part series
Registration deadline is the Thursday before each session. Zoom links for each session will be sent to participants on the Friday before each session.

Spring Seed Blessing
2021-03-13 09:00 - 10:00 (America/Winnipeg) | Manitoba
Join us online to lift up the seeds you’re getting ready to plant this year, hear some seed stories and receive a blessing for the season ahead from our Keeper of the Circle, Adrian Jacobs. Register by March 11 to receive the Zoom link.

Our Story in Our Language
2022-02-19 - 2022-06-18 | Manitoba
2022 is the UN Year of Indigenous Languages.
Join Susie McPherson Derendy & Adrian Jacobs for a Many Nations Virtual Teachings House on the Vision of Indigenous Testamur.
The buried history of colonialism has been revealed in unmarked graves at Residential Schools. Recovery of Indigenous languages and cultures is our path forward. In a series of online multi-lingual conversations, we’ll explore what community leadership training means for Indigenous communities of faith. Listen in and perhaps offer a story from your experience for the journey we’re on to say who we are and where we’re going.
Register below. Tickets are $25/session or $75 for the 5-part series.
All sessions start at 10:00 AM Central on the second last Saturday of the month.
Registration deadline is the Thursday before each session. Zoom links for each session will be sent to participants on the Friday before each session. Recordings of each session will be made available to ticket holders in the following week.

Colonialism took community control away from us and placed it in a colonial center of authority. Recovery from colonialism is our path moving forward. We will determine an Indigenous Testamur, a training program for ministry preparation, that will help our leaders be competent as the healers and helpers our communities are crying out for. – Calls to the Church by the Caretakers of Our Indigenous Circle
Learn more:
Learn more about the Calls to the Church, especially #4, here.
Learn more about Indigenous Testamur here.

Register:

Seeds & Stories
2022-03-20 10:00 - 14:00 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
Join us for a spring seed blessing, teaching time, seed swap, sharing circle and feast.
All ages are welcome. If the registration fee is a barrier, email connect@sandysaulteaux.ca to request a discount code.
To safeguard the health of guests, staff and the community, Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre requires all participants to provide proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 and to wear a mask while indoors.

Honouring Graduates & Elders Celebration Powwow
2022-06-04 14:00 - 17:00 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
Grand Entry: 2 pm
Host drum: Dakota Hostiles
Invited drums only
Honorariums for first 100 dancers.
Bring your own chair.
For more information or vendor registration contact 204-268-3913, toll free 1-855-674-6171, or connect@sandysaulteaux.ca.

Mamawe Ota Askihk - Sharing Life Together Here on Earth
2022-08-08 - 2022-08-12 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
Gather with Indigenous and settler allies to reclaim the homegrown, the homespoken, the homebred, and the homemade.
Our week together will include hands-on learning about growing, harvesting and preparing medicines and foods from the land. There will be time for listening, sharing, singing, ceremony and sharing good food together. We will gather medicines, work in the garden, build a drum, make pemmican, sew skirts and more.
Come root yourself in an understanding of the land as our health. Share in the spiritual teaching, laughter, and new learning. And most importantly, taste the beauty of friendships formed through nurturing one another as the earth nurtures us.

PROGRAM
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COST
TRANSPORTATION & ACCOMMODATION
CONTACT

PROGRAM
We will gather every morning for ceremony and language teachings.
Participants will be able to move between hands-on activity stations throughout the day as they wish. We expect to make a drum, put up a tipi, make cheese, smoke fish and meat, make pemmican, pressure can meat and beans, silk screen, sew ribbon skirts, go on a medicine walk, work in the garden, make medicine bags, learn about composting and more. Schedule coming soon!
All ages are welcome to participate in all activities. Youth and children will have opportunities to participate in some activities with their families and other times to connect with other youth and children with the guidance of our youth leaders.
We will share meals together three times a day. An evening fire will follow the dinner-hour for sharing stories of land and healing.
Participants will be invited to contribute to the week by helping in the kitchen, leading music, sharing their experience at the different activity stations, teaching a game or physical exercise and/or telling a story around the fire.
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REGISTRATION
All ages are welcome. Please fill out an application form for each individual. Participants under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent, guardian or caregiver.
Space is limited and we are committed to having a balance of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people participate.
After you have submitted your application form, we will contact you to confirm you are registered. Once your registration is confirmed, we ask that you submit your fees in full to guarantee your spot.

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COST
Registration and accommodation fees help us prepare for an incredible week of hands-on learning, acquire the supplies and good food for enjoying together, cover travel for elders and teachers and recognize the time and contributions of the hosts and organizers.
Registration: $260 (per person)
All meals and snacks, Monday-Friday, are included.

PLUS

Camping accommodations (per person): $40
You can pitch your tent on the Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre grounds and will have access to shared washroom facilities on site.
OR
Indoor accommodations (price varies according to room): $240-$400
You will stay in a guest lodge on site. Individual or shared rooms are available. All washrooms are shared.
Single Occupancy Room: $240
Double Occupancy Room: $320 (either with 1 double bed, or 2 single beds)
Family Room: $400 (1 double bed, plus up to 3 camp cots)

Additional fee for making a ribbon skirt: $30

Bursaries
If these fees would prevent you from coming, apply by July 7 to be considered for a bursary!
Limited funds are available to cover registration and/or travel costs, with a priority for Indigenous participants.

Payment instructions
Once your registration is confirmed, we ask that you submit your fees in full to guarantee your spot.
Payment can be made by cash, cheque, credit card or e-transfer. You can send an e-transfer to robert@sandysaulteaux.ca, or Rob can take your credit card information over the phone at 204-268-3913. Cheques can be mailed to Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, PO Box 210 Beausejour MB R0E 0C0.
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TRANSPORTATION & ACCOMMODATIONS
Participants are responsible for their own transportation to the Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre. We have a small amount of funding available to assist with the transportation costs of Indigenous participants. Contact us for details.
The application form invites you to share your travel plans with us and to indicate whether you are interested in carpooling so that we can connect you with other participants traveling from the same place.
Accommodations will be provided in the guest lodges at the Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre. Participants can also choose to bring their own tent to stay outdoors at the Centre.
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CONTACT
For more information, contact the Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre at 204-268-3913 or connect@sandysaulteaux.ca.
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Seeds & Stories
2023-03-12 12:00 - 15:30 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
All ages are welcome. Please register below by March 10. If the registration fee is a barrier, email connect@sandysaulteaux.ca to request a discount code.

TH5 Liberation Theology Learning Circle & Continuing Education Opportunity
2023-04-17 - 2023-04-21 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
We welcome guest learners to join our students in this circle.
Contact bruce@sandysaulteaux.ca with questions.
Download the registration form here.

H/CD3 Cultural History, People of the Plains Learning Circle & Continuing Education Opportunity
2023-04-24 - 2023-04-28 | Manitoba
We welcome guest learners to join our students in this circle. This circle will include 2 days with a focus on Right Relations, in partnership with The Centre for Christian Studies.
Contact bruce@sandysaulteaux.ca with questions.
Download the registration form here.

HS3 Creation & Genesis Learning Circle & Continuing Education Opportunity
2023-06-05 - 2023-06-09 | Manitoba

Graduation & Honoured Elders Celebration Jamboree
2023-06-10 17:30 - 20:30 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
Come and celebrate our graduates & honoured elders with a gospel jamboree style party, including live music and dancing!
Music will be hosted by local favourites The Dreamcatcher’s Band. Open mic between sets is an opportunity for you to share your talent: dancers, drummers, singers and all musicians welcome.
Snacks provided.
Admission by donation.

Download the poster.

Have questions about the graduation ceremony happening earlier in the day? Contact us at 204-268-3913, connect@sandysaulteaux.ca.

Come and Learn about the 60s Scoop
2023-06-21 18:30 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
On National Indigenous Peoples Days, join us for a short documentary screening and presentation on the 60s scoop, Q &A, snacks and conversation around the fire with survivor Bradford Bilodeau.
Suggested admission $15.

Mamawe Ota Askihk - Sharing Life Together Here on Earth
2023-08-21 - 2023-08-25 | Manitoba
a spiritual gathering for land based learning
Gather with Indigenous and settler allies to reclaim the homegrown, the homespoken, the homebred, and the homemade:

Learn drum songs
Do a Medicine and Wetland Ecology Walk with Taylor Galvin of Brokenhead Ojibway Nation
Break down a beef quarter
Make a smoker and smoke meat
Learn from traditional teachings and Christian scriptures with Deb Anderson-Pratt, Indigenous pastor
Meet old friends, make new friends.
And more!

Our week together will include hands-on learning about growing, harvesting and preparing medicines and foods from the land. There will be time for listening, sharing, singing, ceremony and sharing good food together. Come root yourself in an understanding of the land as our health. Share in the spiritual teaching, laughter, and new learning. And most importantly, taste the beauty of friendships formed through nurturing one another as the earth nurtures us.

Food for us comes from our relatives, whether they have wings or fins or roots. That is how we consider food. Food has a culture. It has a history. It has a story. It has relationships.–Winona LaDuke

PROGRAM
REGISTRATION
COST
TRANSPORTATION & ACCOMMODATION
CONTACT

PROGRAM
We will gather every morning for ceremony and teachings.
Participants will be able to move between hands-on activity stations throughout the day as they wish. We expect to make hand drums, sew ribbon skirts, smoke meat, break down a beef quarter and chicken or geese, go on a wetlands walk, pressure can meat, ride horses, pick sage, hold a sweat ceremony, learn drum songs, work in the garden and more. Schedule coming soon!
All ages are welcome to participate in all activities. Youth and children will have opportunities to participate in some activities with their families and other times to connect with other youth and children with the guidance of our youth leaders.
We will share meals together three times a day. An evening fire will follow the dinner-hour for sharing stories of land and healing.
Participants will be invited to contribute to the week by helping in the kitchen, leading music, sharing their experience at the different activity stations, teaching a game or physical exercise and/or telling a story around the fire.
The program runs from breakfast at 8:00 am on Monday morning until our closing circle wraps up at 8:00 pm on Friday night.
Participants are welcome to arrive as early as 6:00 pm on Sunday, August 20 (evening snacks will be provided) and stay until 10 am on Saturday, August 26 (breakfast will be provided).
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REGISTRATION – FULL

If you would like to be notified if spots become available, click here to add your name to the wait list.

All ages are welcome. Participants under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent, guardian or caregiver.
Space is limited and we are committed to having a balance of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people participate.

Once you’ve registered, you’ll be directed to make an online payment to secure your spot, or wait for confirmation that any bursary you have requested is available.

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COST
Registration and accommodation fees help us prepare for an incredible week of hands-on learning, acquire the supplies and good food for enjoying together, cover travel for elders and teachers and recognize the time and contributions of the hosts and organizers.
Registration: $350 (per person)
All meals and snacks, Monday-Friday, are included, plus the choice of making a ribbon skirt or hand drum you can take home.
If you are checking in on Sunday night (instead of Monday morning), an extra evening snack will be included.
If you are checking out on Saturday morning (instead of Friday night), an extra breakfast will be included.

PLUS

Camping accommodations (per person): $50
You can pitch your tent on the Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre grounds and will have access to shared washroom facilities on site.
OR
Indoor accommodations (price varies according to room): $300-$500
You will stay in a guest lodge on site. Individual or shared rooms are available. All washrooms are shared.
Single Occupancy Room: $300
Double Occupancy Room: $400 (max 2 people, either with 1 double bed, or 2 single beds)
Family Room: $500 (max 4 people, 1 double bed, plus up to 2 camp cots)

Bursaries
If these fees would prevent you from coming, request a bursary on your registration form.
Limited funds are available to cover registration and/or travel costs, with a priority for youth and Indigenous participants.

Payment instructions
Payment can be made online by debit or credit card once you have registered.

If you requested a bursary when you registered we’ll be in touch!
If you can pitch in something extra to help offset the fees of a low-income participant, you can make a donation when you register. You’ll receive a tax receipt and help keep this event accessible to everyone – thank you!

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TRANSPORTATION & ACCOMMODATIONS
The program runs from breakfast at 8:00 am on Monday morning until our closing circle wraps up at 8:00 pm on Friday night.
Check in between 6:00 pm on Sunday, Aug. 20 and 8:00 am on Monday, Aug. 21 when our program starts.
Check out between 8:00 pm on Friday Aug. 25 when our program ends until 10 am on Saturday, Aug. 26.
The registration form will ask for your travel plans so we know whether you will need accommodations on Sunday and/or Friday night and whether to have a snack for you on Sunday evening and/or breakfast for you on Saturday morning.
Participants are responsible for their own transportation to the Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre. We have a small amount of funding available to assist with the transportation costs of Indigenous participants. Please tell us what costs you need help with when you register.
If you are interested in carpooling we’ll do our best to connect you with other participants traveling from the same place.

Accommodations will be provided in the guest lodges at the Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre. Participants can also choose to bring their own tent to stay outdoors at the Centre.
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CONTACT
For more information, contact the Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre at 204-268-3913 or connect@sandysaulteaux.ca.
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Four Directions Walk
2023-09-23 12:45 - 14:00 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
Every autumn for many years, we hold a Four Directions Walk, visiting each corner of the land here, tying up new prayer flags in each of the four directions, and retiring the prayer flags that have flown since last autumn.
We’ll begin the walk at 12:45 pm and conclude in time for our Annual General Meeting (AGM) beginning at 2:00 pm.
Get to know the land here and help us begin our Annual General Meeting, grounded in the land that sustains us. Everyone is welcome to stay for our AGM to learn more about Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, where The Earth is Our Faculty!
If you plan to stay for the AGM, please register here.

a conversation about Reconciliation
2023-10-01 14:00 - 16:00 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
With Elder Louis Young, join us for a conversation around the fire and some time on the land. Bannock, tea & coffee will be served.
All ages welcome.
Suggested admission $15/person. Please register below.
If the suggested admission fee would prevent you from attending or prevent you from bringing your whole family with you, use discount code FULL or HALF, in the form below to have your registration fee either fully or half covered.

Lateral Violence - Working Towards Solutions Learning Circle & Continuing Education Opportunity
2023-10-16 - 2023-10-17 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
Lateral violence occurs when harmful behaviours we experience show up in our interactions with others. It is expressed in many forms including lack of trust, favouritism, and poor communication – these issues typically lead to conflict between individuals or within an entire group. Moving beyond the cycle of lateral violence begins with people becoming aware of its causes and impacts.
This Learning Circle, led by Crisis & Trauma Resource Institute, will explore the various dynamics of lateral violence and offers solutions for prevention. Participants will develop better personal awareness and enhance their communication and conflict resolution skills.
We welcome guest learners to join our students in this circle.
Contact connect@sandysaulteaux.ca with questions and to register.

PC6 - Grief Education Learning Circle & Continuing Education Opportunity
2023-10-18 - 2023-10-20 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
led by Lee Sanderson
We welcome guest learners to join our students in this circle.
Contact connect@sandysaulteaux.ca with questions and to register.

HS1 - Introduction to Hebrew Scriptures: The Old Testament Learning Circle & Continuing Education Opportunity
2023-10-23 - 2023-10-26 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
The resource for this week is Dan Epp-Tiessen, Emeritus Associate Professor of Bible at CMU. Dan’s specialty is Old Testament, and he also appreciates the opportunity to teach courses that span the entire Bible.
This course will introduce students to Israel’s story as told in the Old Testament (Hebrew Scriptures). The course will show how this story is foundational for the ministry of Jesus and for understanding how the New Testament writers describe the healing and salvation that God makes available through Jesus. As we explore Israel’s story, we will pay attention to how this story can inform, shape, and inspire the lives of Jesus-followers today. We will also pay attention to how Israel’s story connects with the experiences of Indigenous peoples on Turtle Island, even as it differs significantly from that experience.

The course will be divided into the following sections.

The story of creation
The story of human sin and brokenness (the Fall)
The story of how God begins to address human brokenness by forming a people (Israel)
The story of liberation from slavery in Egypt
The problematic story of genocide and ethnic cleaning (conquering the land of Canaan)
The story of Israel’s life in the land of Canaan
The story of Israel’s prophets
The story of Israel’s defeat, exile, and restoration
The story of Israel’s worship
The story of Israel’s wisdom
The story that yearns for God’s future healing and liberation

We welcome guest learners to join our students in this circle.
Contact connect@sandysaulteaux.ca with questions and to register.

Winter Solstice Ceremony
2023-12-23 13:00 - 16:00 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
Join us in marking the shortest day of the year and the winter season with a pipe ceremony and potluck feast.
The pipe is sacred to First Nations people and has been historically used to open negotiations between different nations as a symbol of peace and goodwill. The pipe ceremony is a place for truthful, respectful conversation to take place and for agreements to be made. Feast to follow.
Women are asked to wear a skirt.
Please bring:

Tobacco
Food – to share in potluck feast
Optional donation for the Centre

Register below to help us know how many people to expect.
Want to get an email every time we host a seasonal ceremony? Select “Local News” when you sign up for our e-newsletter.

AT2 Medicine Wheel Teachings Learning Circle & Continuing Education Opportunity
2024-01-22 - 2024-01-25 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada

Indigenous Family Wellness Learning Circle Part 1, with Jann Derrick
2024-01-27 - 2024-01-28 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
Indigenous Family Training, Rewrapping our Families with Jann Derrick, PhD

Outline
It is key to understand that Indigenous families are communal based. This is an entirely different perspective than the nuclear-based family. Relationships are essential, as are roles. Without understanding relationships as the focus, it can be perplexing and difficult when applying the individualistic approaches of the mainstream when working with Aboriginal families.
This training will provide an introduction into viewing families as a system; a collection of relationships, individuals, roles, values and beliefs. This highlights the wholistic view of the traditional Indigenous family. Colonization brought changes to Indigenous families and communities and unwrapped the family system to a large degree.
Jann teaches using a traditional systemic and experiential approach combined with didactic summaries.
This training will focus on:

Viewing the family as a system
Viewing the family now following colonization; its strength and its resistance
Specific themes common in families now: attachment challenges, multiple losses and grief, intergenerational trauma, survivorship tools, healing paradigms
Tools and wholistic approaches for helpers who walk beside the family members

Each workshop will be geared to the context of the participants and their roles in walking beside Indigenous families.
Jann Derrick, PhD
Jann has been in practice as a Registered Family Therapist since 1978. She is passionate about children and their return to the center of their families and communities. Jann is of Irish, English and Haudensaunee ancestry and specializes in working with families, parents and communities in order that children can once again be safe, know their identity and where they belong. She is skilled in working with Indigenous Historical Trauma, Residential School trauma, and its intergenerational effects in families and communities.
Jann devotes her time to mentoring and teaching frontline workers and professionals, supporting service delivery to Indigenous communities, and writing and publishing.
Indigenous Family Wellness Learning Circle Registration Form
To register, complete and return the registration form with payment.
Workshop runs from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm each day. Registrants may also be interested in taking Part 2 of the Learning Circle, the “Indigenous Perspectives of Healing PTSD” workshop with Patricia Vickers, January 30 – February 1 (full description in registration form).

Indigenous Family Wellness Learning Circle Part 2, with Patricia Vickers
2024-01-30 - 2024-02-01 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, R0E 0C0, Canada
Indigenous Perspectives of Healing PTSD with Patricia Vickers, PhD
Outline: Senator Murray Sinclair, as the Commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, heard thousands of accounts from Indian Residential School survivors. The discovery of child remains at Indian Residential Schools across Canada has brought into Canadian consciousness the historical atrocities that have impacted Indigenous peoples for generations.
This three day training is an introduction to the neurobiology of trauma grounded in Indigenous approaches to healing and spiritual balance and includes:

An overview of the neurobiology of trauma in relation to Indigenous history
Psychosocial conditioning as it applies to conditioning and possibility
Cultural teachings, language and principles that support transformational change
Spiritual practices that support transformational change
Practical exercises for self-regulations
Resources to support ongoing learning

Patricia Vickers, PhD
Dr. Vickers, through her mother’s adoption by an Eagle Chief, is a member of the Eagle clan from the village of Gitxaala, British Columbia and carries a feast hall name from her village as well as from the Nuxalk Nation in Bella Coola, British Columbia. With the help of neurofeedback, altered-state of consciousness inquiry, and traditional ceremonies, she teaches spiritual transformation, healing trauma, awakening, forgiveness, and unearthing layers to find the authentic self.
Indigenous Family Wellness Learning Circle Registration Form
To register, complete and return the registration form with payment.
Workshop runs from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm each day. Registrants may also be interested in taking Part 1 of the Learning Circle, the “Indigenous Family Training, Rewrapping our Families” workshop with Jann Derrick on Jan. 27-28 (full description in registration form).

CS1 Introduction to Christian Scriptures Learning Circle & Continuing Education Opportunity
2024-04-08 - 2024-04-12 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
with Ken Thomas
We welcome guest learners to join our students in this circle.
Contact connect@sandysaulteaux.ca with questions and to register.

Engage Difference! Learning Circle & Continuing Education Opportunity
2024-04-15 - 2024-04-19 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
Five days focused on faith, heart, mind, and skills for the art of intercultural ministry
Engage Difference! Deepening Understanding for Intercultural Ministry (DUIM) is a 5-day interactive and engaging program with practical ideas for implementation in your own context. DUIM is for ministry leaders and community members nurturing cultural relevance, understanding, and awareness in their communities.
This is a program of The Forum for Intercultural Leadership and Learning, a reference group of The Canadian Council of Churches in collaboration with Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre.
This is a residential program only. There will be program activities two evenings and optional activities two evenings. All meals are included Monday lunch through Friday lunch (including suppers.)
Regular Participant

$1325 Residential program. All meals, accommodation, program activities and materials included.

Bursaries are Available
Contact ramirez@councilofchurches.ca for more information and to apply.

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada members: up to 80% of fees.
United Church of Canada members: up to $500 for those who are not members of the UCC continuing education plan, up to $300 to those who are continuing education plan members
FILL Diversity Fund: Amount on an as needed basis. Available to those who self-identify as members of a marginalized community, including (but not limited to) racialized, indigenous, person with a disability, neurodiverse, etc.

Registration Deadline: April 1st, 2024
A $200 deposit (non-refundable after the registration deadline) is required to confirm registration. Full fees can be paid when registering. Balance of fees are due at the registration deadline. Payment options include credit card, e-transfer, cheque, or an invoice can be provided for payment by a sponsoring agency.
Click here to register through program host The Forum for Intercultural Leadership and Learning and learn more about the Engage Difference! Deepening Understanding for Intercultural Ministry program.
COVID-19 precautions: Participants will be asked to do rapid testing first day of program (tests will be provided.) Those who mask will be supported in doing so. There is a no-questions-asked full refund of FILL fees if unable to participate due to COVID.
For more information email ramirez@councilofchurches.ca

Spring Ceremony CANCELLED
2024-04-21 12:00 - 17:00 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, R0E 0C0, Canada
We were not able to build a new lodge in time for this ceremony. Sign up to join us for our Summer Ceremony on June 15! Click here to register.

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Seasonal ceremonies at Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre are a time to be on the land, to honour and give thanks for all of creation, to have some quiet reflective time around the fire and to renew and refresh our mind, body and spirit.
The ceremonies include a sweat lodge, followed by a potluck feast. Read more about what to expect at our seasonal ceremonies.
Registration through the form below is required if you would like to participate by entering the sweat lodge, as spots inside the lodge are limited.
Everyone is welcome to participate by coming to sit with the sacred fire, outside the lodge. You do not need to register to participate outside the lodge.
What to bring:

Tobacco
For the sweat lodge: shorts (men) or cotton nightgown or skirt/top (women) & towel
Water bottle
Food – to share in potluck feast after the sweat
Optional donation for the Centre – for wood, gas for elder, cleaning, etc.

Want to get an email every time we host a seasonal ceremony? Select “Local News” when you sign up for our e-newsletter.

Tipi Raising: a community connection event
2024-05-26 13:00 - 17:00 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
Join us in erecting our tipi at the entrance to our Centre.
Teachings, teamwork, time on the land, and a whole lot of fun are included!
The day will end with a community potluck feast.
Please bring a dish of food to share.
All ages welcome. Participants under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent, guardian or caregiver.

This event was made possible with grants from Healthy Together Now and the Brokenhead River Community Foundation – Meegwetch!

Acessibility:
The tipi raising portion of this event will take place outside. The ground is mostly grass covered and may be uneven. After a rain, the ground may be soft and muddy.

Shelter from the weather is available under our open-side pavilion, on a concrete pad.

Limited outdoor seating is available. Participants are welcome to bring their own chairs or blankets for sitting on the ground.

Presenters will not have their voices amplified.

Indoor washrooms are available.
Parking is available on site, a short distance from where we will be gathering. Please leave priority spots for those who require accessible parking and/or loading and unloading.

If you have questions or require any accommodations to be able to participate, please contact Rebecca Watson, rebecca@sandysaulteaux.ca, 204-268-3913.

TH2 Christology Learning Circle & Continuing Education Opportunity
2024-06-03 - 2024-06-07 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
Instructor: John Boopalan, Assistant Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies at Canadian Mennonite University

We welcome guest learners to join our students in this circle. Contact connect@sandysaulteaux.ca with questions and to register.

CE3 Land Based Relationality: Community and Reconciliation Learning Circle & Continuing Education Opportunity
2024-06-10 - 2024-06-14 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
Instructor: Adrian Jacobs. This course will explore an Indigenous framework for relationship building and nurturing in the context of community well-being on the land. This is a land-based reconciliation course offered by CMU Canadian School of Peacebuilding over 5-days, with CSOP participants attending on-site at SSSC.

We welcome guest learners to join our students in this circle. Contact connect@sandysaulteaux.ca with questions and to register.

July Community Sweat Ceremony
2024-07-14 12:00 - 17:00 | Manitoba
Sweat ceremonies at Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre are a time to be on the land, to honour and give thanks for all of creation, to have some quiet reflective time around the fire and to renew and refresh our mind, body and spirit in the sweat lodge.
The ceremonies include a sweat lodge, followed by a potluck feast. Read more about what to expect at our sweat ceremonies.

If you are not entering the sweat lodge, you are welcome to come and be with the sacred fire.

What to bring:

Tobacco
For the sweat lodge: shorts (men) or cotton nightgown or skirt/top (women) & towel
Water bottle
Food – to share in potluck feast after the sweat
Optional donation for the Centre are welcome – for wood, gas for elder, cleaning, etc. You may donate in person or click here to donate online

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Return of the Buffalo Drum Circle
2024-07-16 14:00 - 16:00 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
Once a month, we host a drop-in drum circle for youth and young adults, led by a local singer and knowledge-keeper. Caregivers are encouraged to join if they are bringing younger kids.
Our song leader on July 16 is: Carla Cook.
Note: The circle always meetings in the afternoon but exact time is subject to change.
We like to serve a meal with the drum circle, so if you are wanting to attend or bring a group, please email kitchenmanager@sandysaulteaux.ca.
This free event is supported out of the Return of the Buffalo Fund. Please consider making a donation if you value this gathering. You can click here to donate online or give by cash or cheque during the drop-in.
