Wakan Ija: Children, They are Holy Too
2019-03-16 10:00 - 18:00 (America/Winnipeg) | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
Children are sacred, every single one. When traumatized, children respond in predictable and often troublesome ways. Grandmother Pahan Pte San Win’s work with incarcerated youth has taught her some surprising lessons about trauma response and what youth need in order to return to stable and vibrant human beings. Learn Pahan’s approach to offering cultural activities that give youth a reason to be proud and a chance to shine. Hear from Grandfather Wanbdi Wakita how the teachings of Love, Kindness, Forgiveness and Respect can be powerful change agents. Children are sacred teachers. Let’s learn from them.
The Retreat runs from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00p.m. and is intended to create nourishing and relaxing experiences that are rich in Teachings and inspiration, while also taking time to reflect, integrate and unwind. We will sit with the fire, relax and walk in nature, journal, eat good food and be with others also seeking to walk with Indigenous community in a good way.
Registration includes, lunch, dinner and snack.
Wanbdi Wakita is a Wicasa Wakan, a Holy Man, who has spent a lifetime making prayers for people. As a residential school survivor, peace keeper with the Canadian Armed Forces, Chief of Sioux Valley Dakota Nation and Sundance Chief, Wanbdi has walked many paths. In 2015 he received the Aboriginal Circle of Educators’ Honouring Our Elders award and in 2016 the Order of Manitoba for his life long work to support those in need and to champion a message of healing and unity between all nations. Wanbdi is a gifted counselor and storyteller who possesses a rare breadth of traditional, cultural and sacred knowledge.
Pahan Pte San Win is Lakota, Cree & Metis with a degree in social work from the University of Calgary. Pahan has provided counseling support to residential school survivors, traumatized women and incarcerated men and youth. In 2016, Pahan received the Aboriginal Circle of Educators’ Honouring Our Elders Award. She is an accomplished storyteller sharing remarkable accounts on her blog, www.IMarriedaHolyMan.com and a published author contributing to the anthology “Keetsahnak / Our Missing and Murdered Indigenous Sisters”, editors Anderson, Campbell and Belcourt (2018). Perhaps most importantly, Pahan is the Sundance leader for the Sundance of Women 2017 – 2020.
Manitoba College of Social Workers has approved this workshop for the content specific Social Work with Indigenous Peoples requirement.
Recommended for professionals who work with children such as teachers, parents, child & youth care workers, social workers, as well as indigenous and non indigenous community members.

Ministry in the Midst of Trauma
2019-03-18 - 2019-03-22 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
Teaching sessions will be facilitated by SSSC Keeper of the Circle, Adrian Jacobs and Indigenous Studies Program Director, Ray Aldred.

FULL: Indigenous Farming on the Prairies: Stew & Stories
2019-03-23 15:00 - 21:00 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
We will gather to work together on a traditional “Three Sisters Stew” of corn, squash and beans, feast together and have a time of teaching with three Indigenous knowledge-keepers: Audrey Logan, Caroline Chartrand & Stan McKay.
Please let us know you’ll be coming so we can be prepared with enough food! Email sansau@mymts.net or call 204-268-3913. Space is limited.
Update: This event is now full. We regret that we do not have more room for any more participants beyond those who have already registered.

Suggested donation: $10

Audrey Logan is an Indigenous food sovereignty activist campaigning for “a dehydration station on every nation.” By returning to the ancient art of preserving food in times of abundance through dehydration, Audrey has learned to maintain a nutritious food supply throughout the year on a fixed income. She is on a mission to share this knowledge with remote and urban communities alike. If, as Wendell Berry says, “we need a revolution that the poor can afford,” Audrey is surely one of its vanguard.
Caroline Chartrand is the founder of the Métis Horticulture and Heritage Society, and has served on the board and been a writer for Seeds of Diversity Canada. She has been a passionate researcher of Indigenous farming on the prairies for decades. She has collected and saved seed for many rare varieties dating back to the early food systems of Indigenous and Métis farmers in this area. She is involved in the stewardship of the Gete Okosomin, the “really cool old squash” that forms one of the ingredients of our Three Sister Stew.
Stan McKay (Walking Buffalo) is a Cree elder from Fisher River First Nation. In Fisher River life was maintained by hunting, fishing, trapping, a few chickens, cows, horses and small gardens. At a young age Stan was taken away to Birtle Residential School, where he and the other boys ran a fully operational mixed farm. The boys began with collecting eggs in the elementary years and were making hay and tending hogs and steers by the time they were in high school. Western agricultural skills were gained at the same time as Indigenous cultural connections were lost. Stan continues to heal and learn from the legacy of this experience. He has maintained an interest in farming that he has passed on to his children. Today he frequently helps out on his daughter’s mixed farm near Petersfield.

TH2 – Christology Learning Circle & Continuing Education Opportunity
2019-04-01 - 2019-04-05 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, R0E 0C0, Canada
Resource Person: Andrew Wesley
Learning Circle Elder: Bernice Saulteaux
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Ceremony of Celebration
2019-04-06 14:00 - 18:00 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
Join us to celebrate our graduating student, Susan McPherson Derendy, and honoured elders Rev. John Thompson and Eileen Antone.
The service will be followed by a feast. RSVP to 204-268-3913 or sansau@mymts.net

BS2 – Wisdom & Psalms Learning Circle & Continuing Education Opportunity
2019-04-08 - 2019-04-12 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, R0E 0C0, Canada
Resource Person: Bob Haverluck
Learning Circle Elder: Eileen Antone
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The Theology of the United Church of Canada: Book Launch
2019-04-12 19:00 - 20:30 | McNally Robinson, 1120 Grant Ave., Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3M 2A6, Canada
McNally Robinson Booksellers & Wilfrid Laurier University Press are pleased to present the Winnipeg launch of:

The Theology of the United Church of Canada
WLU Press
Edited by Don Schweitzer, Rob Fennell, and Michael Bourgeois
Featuring contributors Robert C. Fennell, Adrian Jacobs, HyeRan Kim-Cragg, and Loraine MacKenzie Shepherd.
This book provides a historical overview of what the United Church believes and how these beliefs have changed over the decades. It looks at how the Canadian context has shaped these beliefs and the contributions the United Church has made to Canada and the world. It also addresses some of the mistakes the United Church has made, along with its apologies and reparations.

Robert C. Fennell is an ordained United Church minister and Associate Professor of Historical and Systematic Theology at Atlantic School of Theology in Halifax, NS. He is author of The Rule of Faith and Biblical Interpretation: Reform, Resistance, and Renewal.
Adrian Jacobs is Keeper of the Circle at Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre (SSSC) in Beausejour, the national Indigenous ministry training school of the United Church of Canada. He is Ganosono of the Turtle Clan, Cayuga Nation of the Six Nations Haudenosaunee Community, Grand River Country in Southern Ontario. A lifelong carrier of Indigenous knowledge, he keeps the Red Buffalo Pipe for SSSC.
HyeRan Kim-Cragg is Lydia Gruchy Professor of Pastoral Studies in St. Andrew’s College, Saskatoon. She holds a ThD in Pastoral/Practical Theology from Emmanuel College, Toronto School of Theology, University of Toronto.
Loraine MacKenzie Shepherd is an ordained United Church minister, serving Westworth United Church in Winnipeg. She is also a published author and teaches at various United Church theological schools, including the United Centre for Theological Studies at the University of Winnipeg, Sandy Saulteaux Spiritual Centre in Manitoba, and United Theological College in Montreal.

Engage Difference!
2019-05-27 - 2019-05-31 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
A 5 day interactive and engaging program with practical ideas for implementation in your own context. “Engage Difference!” is for ministry leaders and community members nurturing cultural relevance, understanding, and awareness in their communities.

Mamawe Ota Askihk - Sharing Life Together Here on Earth
2019-08-19 - 2019-08-23 | 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 drums, make pemmican, ferment vegetables 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
REGISTRATION
COST
TRANSPORTATION & ACCOMMODATION
CONTACT

PROGRAM
We will gather every morning for worship and language teachings. Participants will be able to move between hands-on activity stations throughout the day as they wish. We expect to offer drum making, vegetable fermenting, sourdough bread making (from wheat to loaf), berry picking, sausage making, lard rendering, medicine gathering, pemmican making, grandfather rock gathering and gardening.

Download our schedule. Details subject to change!

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 in worship, 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
Adults and children over age 12 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 at the festival is limited and we are committed to having a balance of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people participate.
Fill out a Festival application form.
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COST
Festival Pass: $460
A Festival Pass includes all meals and snacks, Monday-Friday.
If you are a SSSC student, contact us about receiving a Learning Circle credit for your participation in the festival.
Indoor accommodations: $250
You will stay in a guest lodge on site, or be billeted with a friend of SSSC close by for the duration of the festival.
Camping accommodations: $50
You can pitch your tent on the Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre grounds and will have access to washroom facilities on site.
Payment can be made by cash, cheque or credit card. Once your registration is confirmed, we ask for a non-refundable deposit of 15% of your festival pass and accommodations. The remainder of the fees are due when you arrive at the festival.
These 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 festival organizers. If these fees would prevent you from coming though please talk to us! Our funds are limited but we’ll do our best to help you find funding to attend.
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TRANSPORTATION & ACCOMMODATIONS
Participants are responsible for their own transportation to the Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre. We may 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, or, if additional lodging is required, with a friend of the Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre who lives close by. 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 sansau@mymts.net.
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Annual General Meeting of the Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre
2019-09-28 14:00 - 16:00 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
Please RSVP to 204-268-3913 or email sansau@mymts.net.
Meeting at 2:00 pm with refreshments to follow.

CGP1 – Church Doctrine & Polity Learning Circle & Continuing Education Opportunity
2019-10-21 - 2019-10-25 | Manitoba
Resource People: TBA
Learning Circle Elder: TBA
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PC1 – Basic Pastoral Care Learning Circle & Continuing Education Opportunity
2019-10-28 - 2019-11-01 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, R0E 0C0, Canada

Winter Ceremonies
2019-12-21 13:00 - 17:00 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
Our Winter Ceremonies will take place on Saturday, December 21, 2019 at 1 pm. A Pipe Ceremony will be offered with a teaching, a sharing circle, and a feast will follow. Please bring: a meter of cloth (any colour), tobacco for prayer offering, and a contribution of food for the feast. All are welcome to participate in any part of the ceremonies. For more information, contact the office at 204-268-3913. Please consider a donation towards ceremonies.
Meegwetch, Ekosi

H/CD1 – Introduction to Church History Learning Circle & Continuing Education Opportunity
2020-01-20 - 2020-01-24 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
Resource Person: Loraine MacKenzie Shepherd
Learning Circle Elder: Judy Delorme
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PM2 – Worship & Liturgy: Feasts, Fasts & Ceremonies Learning Circle & Continuing Education Opportunity
2020-01-27 - 2020-01-31 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada

CANCELLED: Seeds & Stories
2020-03-21 10:00 - 14:00 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
UPDATE MARCH 13: We are saddened to be cancelling this event until further notice but want to help slow the spread of COVID-19 and minimize its impact on our communities. If there are types of seeds you are looking for, Eastman Seed Savers may have some in their inventory and be able to offer you some. Contact treelady@mymts.net to find out more.
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Eastman Seed Savers & the Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre invite you to join us for a time of sharing seeds and stories.
We will gather at 10:00 for a seed blessing and sharing circle. This will be followed by a feast of stew and bannock. After the meal there will be time to visit, hear more stories, ask questions, trade and receive new seeds and learn from members of Eastman Seeds Savers who will demonstrate how to plant and save different types of seeds.
RSVP to sansau@mymts.net / 204-268-3913
What to bring:
1) Seeds
In the spirit of a “Seedy Saturday” gathering, you are invited to bring non-GMO seeds or bulbs you’ve saved to trade with others. Bring them in labeled packages with the type of seed, year saved, growing instructions and any other details you can share about the plant.

2) Stories
During the sharing circle you will have the chance, if you like, to tell some of the story behind the seeds you’ve brought.

3) Donations
We suggest a contribution of $15 that will go towards the cost of the food and the venue. If you don’t have any seeds to trade, Eastman Seed Savers will also have extras to offer in exchange for a suggested donation of $1/seed packet.

CANCELLED: AT2 – Medicine Wheel Teachings Learning Circle & Continuing Education Opportunity
2020-03-23 - 2020-03-27 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
We are saddened to be cancelling this Learning Circle but want to help slow the spread of COVID-19 and minimize its impact on our communities.

Resource People: TBA
Learning Circle Elder: TBA
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CANCELLED: Ceremony of Celebration
2020-03-28 14:00 - 18:00 | St. Paul’s United Church, 730 James Ave., Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
UPDATE MARCH 13: We are saddened to be cancelling our Ceremony of Celebration on March 28 but want to help slow the spread of COVID-19 and minimize its impact on our communities.

We still have much to celebrate in the lives of our five graduating students and the two honoured elders selected by our student body. We look forward to sharing some of their stories with you online.

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Join us to celebrate our graduating students and honoured elders.
Graduates:
Elenor Thompson
John Snow
Murray Pruden
Bruce Neal Kakakaway
Sam Ross
Honoured Elders:
Mary Courtenay
Jacob Keno
Service at 2:00 pm at St. Paul’s United Church in Beausejour.
Feast to follow at Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre.
RSVP to 204-268-3913 or sansau@mymts.net.

CANCELLED: PC3 - Addictions Learning Circle & Continuing Education Opportunity
2020-03-30 - 2020-04-03 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada

PC2 Crisis Counselling Learning Circle & Continuing Education Opportunity
2020-06-01 - 2020-06-05 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada

AT1 Traditional Medicines & Healing Learning Circle & Continuing Education Opportunity
2020-06-08 - 2020-06-12 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada

CANCELLED: Mamawe Ota Askihk: Sharing Life Together Here on Earth
2020-08-28 - 2020-08-29 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
It is with deep regret that SSSC has decided to cancel the Mamawe Ota Askihk in-person event this coming weekend Friday the 28th and Saturday the 29th. Due to the recent alarming spike of Covid-19 infections in Manitoba and out of an abundance of caution we do not want an event meant to promote well-being to be an occasion contributing to the pandemic. It is notable that Indigenous communities across Canada have largely been spared in this pandemic because of measures taken to protect their communities. We will do the same.
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Gather with Indigenous and settler allies to reclaim the homegrown, the homespoken, the homebred, and the homemade.
We are re-envisioning our annual event in light of the current health guidelines to reduce the transmission of COVID-19.
Two days of outdoor learning from the land and each other. Activities include hand drum making, rattle making, a medicine walk, sage picking, composting workshop, farm tour at Ploughshares Community Farm, clay art, screen printing and outdoor cooking.
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.

Registration:
Each day’s program will begin at 9:00 am and end after supper, around 6:30 pm. On Friday there will be an optional evening fireside sharing circle at 7:00 pm.
Space is limited and we are committed to having a balance of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people participate.
In-person participants will receive lunch, supper and snacks. Overnight accommodations are not available on site. Participants under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent, guardian or caregiver.
Bring a light coloured t-shirt if you would like to screen print it with the Mamawe Ota Askihk logo.
Virtual participation through video conferencing will also be available for portions of the event.
If you would like to attend please fill out the online registration form.
If you have any questions, please contact Marcus at 204-205-0664 or email at Marcus@sandysaulteaux.ca

Fees:
One day in-person: $75
Two days in- person: $125
Two days through Zoom video conference: $25
Additional fee for making a hand drum: $100
Additional fee for making a rattle: $25

Payment options:
E-transfer sent to Robert@sandysaulteaux.ca
Telephone 204-268-3913 for registration by credit card
Fax 204-268-4463 for registration by credit card
In person registration at SSSC Office by appointment at 204-268-3913

If these fees are a barrier to you, please contact us. Funding is available to cover the travel and registration of Indigenous participants.

Health protocol:
SSSC will enforce social distancing and sanitization protocols in compliance with MB Public Health orders. Failure by attendees to follow these instructions may result in their dismissal or cancellation of the event. Parents/caregivers are responsible for ensuring that their children practice social distancing.

Annual General Meeting of Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre
2020-09-26 14:00 - 16:00 | Manitoba
Please RSVP to 204-268-3913 or email sansau@mymts.net.

KAHWÀ:TSIRE - "We are wrapped together as family"
2020-10-02 15:00 - 2020-10-04 15:00 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
Family Healing & Indigenous Worldview
A Retreat for Helpers with
Jann Derrick, PhD, RMFT
More details coming soon. To be notified when registration opens, contact marcus@sandysaulteaux.ca or 204-268-3913.
Priority will be given first to Indigenous helpers and second to non-Indigenous helpers working with Indigenous families.

CE1 Models of Education Learning Circle & Continuing Education Opportunity
2020-10-19 - 2020-10-23 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada

BS1 Introduction to the Bible Learning Circle & Continuing Education Opportunity
2020-10-26 - 2020-10-30 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada

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 | 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.

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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.
