Annual General Meeting
2025-09-20 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Winnipeg) | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
Come and hear highlights from the past year and about our ongoing visioning for the future.
Participation in person or on-line is welcome. Please contact us to register: connect@sandysaulteaux.ca / 204-268-3913.
If you have donated money to SSSC, or are a student, honoured elder or member of an Indigenous community of faith in The United Church of Canada, you are welcome as a member of the corporation and can vote at the AGM.
The meeting begins at 10:00 am CDT.
Those joining us in person may wish to stay after the meeting and join in our Fall Equinox sweat lodge. Click here to learn more about our fall ceremonies and register.

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
2025-09-30 11:00 - 13:30 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
Join us in acknowledging the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation – a day of remembrance for the history and legacy of the residential school system, to honour residential school survivors and to reflect on our shared responsibility to advance reconciliation.
Speakers & Presenters ~ 11:00 am
Feast ~ 12:30 pm
The event is made possible through support from the Manitoba Indigenous Reconciliation Secretariat, the Barons Indigenous Club, Brokenhead Sausage and some generous individual donors.

Plant Based Wellness Workshop Series: Cedar Teachings - FULL
2025-10-01 18:30 - 20:30 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
Registration is now full. To be added to a waiting list, please email connect@sandysaulteaux.ca.
Join us for part 3 of a 4 workshop series on the four sacred medicines: tobacco, cedar, sage, and sweetgrass. These are traditional medicines that have physical qualities for medicinal purposes, and a spiritual aspect used in traditional healing and ceremonies. Each workshop begins with a time of teaching from our knowledge-keeper, Erica Lindell of Mossy Birch Homestead, followed by a skill-share activity.
On October 1 we will learn about Cedar.
Cedar is the medicine that helps protect us from the unknown or unseen, and the emotions and feelings of others. It is used as a shield or a cleansing medicine against lingering spirits that can disrupt daily life.
SKILL SHARE: You will be making a steam blend that includes cedar.
These workshops are made possible from the support of IERHA’s Healthy Together Now fund. We are grateful for their support to put on workshops such as these for the community at no cost!
We invite you to make a donation, if you’re able, when you register, to help provide further programming to the community at little to no cost.

Other workshops in the series:

August 6: Tobacco teachings
September 3: Sweetgrass teachings
November 5: Sage teachings

Community Sweat Lodge
2025-10-08 18:00 - 22:00 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
Sweat lodges 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 sweat lodge will be followed by a potluck feast. Read more about what to expect at our ceremonies.

To enter the sweat lodge, you must register in advance by completing the form below.
You may also participate without entering the sweat lodge. Everyone is 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
For outside the sweat lodge: any hat, jacket, rain gear, sun or bug protection you need to be comfortable and safe outside, depending on the weather of the day
Water bottle
Finger food – to share in the potluck feast after the sweat
Donation for the Centre encouraged (cash or cheque made to Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, donating online available when you register)
Gift for the lodge keeper encouraged (cash or any item that expresses your gratitude for the ceremony)

Want to find out about other upcoming ceremonies? Select “Local News” when you sign up for our e-newsletter.

REGISTER HERE

BS4 Daniel & Revelations Learning Circle & Continuing Education Opportunity
2025-10-21 - 2025-10-24 | Five Oaks, 1 Bethel Rd, Paris, Ontario, N3L 3E3, Canada
We welcome guest learners to join our ministry students in this circle. To register, download the registration form below and return completed form to connect@sandysaulteaux.ca.
Note: private room accommodations are not guaranteed. Shared accommodations may be required. Questions? Call our office: 204-268-3913.

REGISTRATION FORM

AT8 Traditional Teachings Learning Circle & Continuing Education Opportunity
2025-10-28 - 2025-10-31 | Five Oaks, 1 Bethel Rd, Paris, Ontario, N3L 3E3, Canada

Plant Based Wellness Workshop Series: Sage Teachings - FULL
2025-11-05 18:30 - 20:30 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
Registration is now full. To be added to a waiting list, please email connect@sandysaulteaux.ca.

Join us for part 4 of a 4 workshop series on the four sacred medicines: tobacco, cedar, sage, and sweetgrass. These are traditional medicines that have physical qualities for medicinal purposes, and a spiritual aspect used in traditional healing and ceremonies. Each workshop begins with a time of teaching from our knowledge-keeper, Erica Lindell of Mossy Birch Homestead, followed by a skill-share activity.
On November 5 we will learn about Sage.
Sage teachings, particularly within Indigenous cultures, often relate to cleansing, purification, and spiritual well-being. It’s used in practices like smudging to remove negative energy, prepare for ceremonies, and connect with the spirit world. Sage is also seen as a protector, offering relief from internal struggles and acting as a shield against negativity, both physical and spiritual. Sage protects us from ourselves by offering relief from internal struggles. Smudging or lighting sage brings calm, which allows us to make good decisions. Sage is burned to start a meeting or discussion, or to begin your day in a good way. This is the medicine for the women.
You will learn about and have the opportunity if you wish, to learn about and participate in a smudging ceremony.
SKILL SHARE: making Fire Cider using various roots, and herbs, including sage.
These workshops are made possible from the support of IERHA’s Healthy Together Now fund. We are grateful for their support to put on workshops such as these for the community at no cost!
We invite you to make a donation, if you’re able, when you register, to help provide further programming to the community at little to no cost.

Other workshops in the series:

August 6: Tobacco teachings
September 3: Sweetgrass teachings
October 1: Cedar teachings

Community Sweat Lodge Ceremony
2025-12-15 13:00 - 17:00 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
Sweat lodge 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 sweat lodge will be followed by a potluck feast. Read more about what to expect at our ceremonies.

If you are not entering the sweat lodge, you are welcome to come and be with the sacred fire.
To enter the sweat lodge, you must register in advance.

REGISTER HERE

What to bring:

Tobacco
For the sweat lodge: shorts (men) or cotton nightgown or skirt/top (women) & towel
For outside the sweat lodge: any hat, jacket, rain gear, sun or bug protection you need to be comfortable and safe outside, depending on the weather of the day
Water bottle
Food – to share in potluck feast after the sweat
Donation for the Centre encouraged (cash or cheque made to Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, donating online available when you register)
Gift for the lodge keeper encouraged (cash or any item that expresses your gratitude for the ceremony)

Want to find out about other upcoming ceremonies? Select “Local News” when you sign up for our e-newsletter.

HS2 Exodus, Judges, Kings Learning Circle & Continuing Education Opportunity ONLINE
2026-01-20 - 2026-01-23 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
We welcome guest learners to join our ministry students in this online circle. To register, download the registration form below and return completed form to connect@sandysaulteaux.ca.

REGISTRATION FORM

Community Sweat Lodge Ceremony
2026-01-26 15:00 - 20:00 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
Sweat lodge 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 sweat lodge will be followed by a potluck feast. Read more about what to expect at our ceremonies.

If you are not entering the sweat lodge, you are welcome to come and be with the sacred fire.
To enter the sweat lodge, you must register in advance.

REGISTER HERE

What to bring:

Tobacco
For the sweat lodge: shorts (men) or cotton nightgown or skirt/top (women) & towel
For outside the sweat lodge: any hat, jacket, rain gear, cold, sun or bug protection you need to be comfortable and safe outside, depending on the weather of the day
Water bottle
Food – to share in potluck feast after the sweat
Donation for the Centre encouraged (cash or cheque made to Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, donating online available when you register)
Gift for the lodge keeper encouraged (cash or any item that expresses your gratitude for the ceremony)

Want to find out about other upcoming ceremonies? Select “Local News” when you sign up for our e-newsletter.

TH4 Interfaith Relations Learning Circle & Continuing Education Opportunity
2026-01-27 - 2026-01-30 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
We welcome guest learners to join our ministry students in this circle. To register, download the registration form below and return completed form to connect@sandysaulteaux.ca.

REGISTRATION FORM

Seed Blessing Celebration: REGISTRATION FULL
2026-02-28 09:00 - 15:00 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
A seed blessing event where Indigenous knowledge and ceremony will be highlighted.

The Haudenosaunee annual cycle of thanksgiving ceremonies includes this late Winter/early Spring event, featuring the Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address. An Anishinaabe knowledge keeper will share traditional knowledge and teaching about seeds, plants, and medicines. Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre (SSSC) staff will share about the SSSC garden and provide small packets of seeds from their garden, with a note describing the plant and a recipe, to be shared with participants. Participants are encouraged to bring seeds from their own gardens and share them with others also. A Rocha Manitoba will participate and will share about their work as well.

Snacks and a lunch of Three Sisters Stew, with ingredients from the SSSC garden will be served.

This event is generously sponsored by Indigenous Ministries of the Christian Reformed Church in North America.

Event registration is $26/guest and includes lunch and snack.

A limited number of rooms are available if you would like to arrive on Friday, February 27, and stay overnight. You may check in any time after 3 pm on Friday. Saturday morning breakfast will be included in the accommodation fee of $87/guest.

REGISTRATION IS NOW FULL. TO JOIN A WAITLIST, CONTACT connect@sandysaulteaux.ca.

Spring Equinox Ceremony
2026-03-21 12:00 - 18:00 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
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 in the sweat lodge.
The ceremonies include a sweat lodge, followed by a potluck feast. Read more about what to expect at our seasonal ceremonies.

If you are not entering the sweat lodge, you are welcome to come and be with the sacred fire.
To enter the sweat lodge, you must register in advance. REGISTRATION IS NOW FULL. You can contact us to be added to a wait list. We will contact you if a spot opens up. You are also welcome to come and be with the sacred fire. If you come ready to sweat and a spot opens up at the last minute, you’ll be ready!

What to bring:

Tobacco
For the sweat lodge: shorts (men) or cotton nightgown or skirt/top (women) & towel
For outside the sweat lodge: any hat, jacket, rain gear, sun or bug protection you need to be comfortable and safe outside, depending on the weather of the day
Water bottle
Food – to share in potluck feast after the sweat
Donation for the Centre encouraged (cash or cheque made to Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, donating online available when you register)
Gift for the lodge keeper encouraged (cash or any item that expresses your gratitude for the ceremony)

Want to find out about other upcoming ceremonies? Select “Local News” when you sign up for our e-newsletter.

Spring Equinox Star Teaching with Wilfred Buck
2026-03-21 17:00 - 20:00 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
Join us for a potluck feast followed by star teachings with Wilfred Buck.
What to bring:
– food to share in a potluck meal
– dress for the weather, especially if we have clear skies, we’ll spend part of the evening outside
– suggested gift donation $20/person (use the link below or bring cash or cheque to the event)

Make a gift

Wilfred Buck is from the Opaskwayak Cree Nation of northern Manitoba and currently works from the Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre as a science facilitator. He has over 15 years of experience as an educator and expands on MFNERC’s vision to bring a First Nations perspective to the sciences by doing what he is more passionate about — looking up at and thinking through the stars. Buck is a husband, father of four, son, uncle, brother, nephew, storyteller, mad scientist, teacher, sugar pipe carrier, sweat lodge keeper, old person, and sun dance leader.

BS3/PC6 Scriptures & Healing Learning Circle & Continuing Education Opportunity
2026-03-24 - 2026-03-27 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada

AT1 Traditional Medicine Learning Circle & Continuing Education Opportunity
2026-05-26 - 2026-05-29 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
We welcome guest learners to join our ministry students in this circle. To register, download the registration form below and return completed form to connect@sandysaulteaux.ca.
This Learning Circle will introduce participants to the history, philosophies, practices, and contemporary relevance of Indigenous traditional healing medicines. It emphasizes respect for Indigenous knowledge systems, cultural sensitivity, and sustainability.
Participants of this Learning Circle will have an opportunity to explore traditional approaches to healing, as well as the nature of health from a wholistic perspective of mind, body, spirit, and emotion. They will be introduced to the way medicines are collected, prepared, and the nature of the relationship between the individual and healer.

Registration Form

Ceremony of Celebration
2026-05-30 14:00 - 18:00 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, R0E 0C0, Canada
Join us to to celebrate our graduating student, Brian George, and honoured elders Tarance Whiteye and Alma Ransom.
2:00 pm worship service, feast to follow
RSVP to connect@sandysaulteaux.ca or 204-268-3913, by May 18.

PC4 2SLGBTQIA+ & Healthy Relationships Learning Circle & Continuing Education Opportunity
2026-06-02 - 2026-06-05 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
We welcome guest learners to join our ministry students in the circle. To register, download the registration form below and return completed form to connect@sandysaulteaux.ca.
This course seeks to provide students with trauma informed understandings, tools and resources to support families or individuals seeking healing from violent relationships or internalized oppression. Special attention will be given to the epidemic of gender-based violence against women and girls, as well as against 2SLGBTQIA+ persons. Students will explore these realities within the life of the church, as well as family and community systems more broadly. They will examine the ways scriptural passages and Christian teachings have often been used to promote or silently enable abusive behaviors that violate the dignity and respect of all people. Theologically, we will examine sexuality as a call to community flourishing. Collectively, we will continue to employ an appreciative inquiry lens to reflect on what community flourishing looks like in light of the power dynamics surrounding gendered violence in our communities.

Registration Form

Return of the Buffalo Retreat
2026-06-19 19:00 - 2026-06-21 13:00, 2026-07-24 19:00 - 2026-07-26 13:00, 2026-09-25 19:00 - 2026-09-27 13:00, 2026-12-04 19:00 - 2026-12-06 13:00, 2027-01-08 19:00 - 2027-01-10 13:00, 2027-03-19 19:00 - 2027-03-21 13:00 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
A land-based cultural revitalization retreat for youth ages 15-25 and their families:
Join us for land based fun! Grow confidence, friendship & cultural identity. Learn ceremony, traditional drumming & dancing, beading, medicine harvesting & more!
Meals provided, accommodations available.
Legal parent and/or guardian MUST be present.
Limited number of funded spots available.
This retreat is part of a series. You can register for 1 weekend, or all of them:

June 19 – 21, 2026
July 24 – 26, 2026
Sept 25 – 27, 2026
Dec 4 – 6, 2026
Jan 8 – 10, 2027
Mar 19 – 21, 2027

REGISTER HERE

For more information, contact wahkotowin@sandysaulteaux.ca or 204-268-3913.

Summer Solstice Ceremony
2026-06-20 12:00 - 17:00 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, R0E 0C0, Canada
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 in the sweat lodge.
The ceremonies include a sweat lodge, followed by a potluck feast. Read more about what to expect at our seasonal ceremonies.

To enter the sweat lodge, you must register in advance by completing the form below.
You may also participate without entering the sweat lodge. Everyone is 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
For outside the sweat lodge: any hat, jacket, rain gear, sun or bug protection you need to be comfortable and safe outside, depending on the weather of the day
Water bottle
Food – to share in potluck feast after the sweat
Donation for the Centre encouraged (cash or cheque made to Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, donating online available when you register)
Gift for the lodge keeper encouraged (cash or any item that expresses your gratitude for the ceremony)

Want to find out about other upcoming ceremonies? Select “Local News” when you sign up for our e-newsletter.

REGISTER HERE

Indigenous Day Celebration: tipi raising & potluck feast
2026-06-21 13:00 - 17:00 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
Join us for teachings, teamwork and time on the land, as we put up our tipi.
Please bring a dish of food to share in a potluck feast.
All ages welcome. Participants under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent, guardian or caregiver.

Accessibility:
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 connect@sandysaulteaux.ca, 204-268-3913.

All Nature Sings! Retreat: POSTPONED
2026-06-26 18:00 - 2026-06-28 11:00 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
This event has been postponed. Contact connect@sandysaulteaux.ca/204-268-3913 to be the first to hear when a new date is set.

Kindom Come & Embody Song
through practices of
Presencing Prayer, Yoga, Qi Gong &
LovingKindness BlesSINGALONG

a weekend retreat with Lori Erhardt

Delicious made-from-scratch meals, starting with a simple supper on Friday night, ending with breakfast Sunday morning
Opening circle with friend of Sandy-Saulteaux Elaine Beauchemin
A loose schedule of group practices (all optional) led by Lori Erhardt to help us be present
Time for rest, forest walks and solitude as participants wish
Your own private room in a cabin with shared washrooms
Cost: $385/individual (or $690/couple for a room with a double bed)

Lori Erhardt has been known for encouraging and gathering circles of all shapes and sizes – in concerts and conferences, classrooms, and churches, palliative care wards, peace rallies, and celebrations of Life and Love. She is a United Church minister and a certified Yoga and Qi gong instructor. She engages music, movement, meditation, breathing, bodywork, inquiry, intuition, prayer, reflection, humour and humility for healing and wholeness.

To register, complete the form and send to office@sandysaulteaux.ca. Payment will be due June 8. Please wait for confirmation before submitting payment.

Registration Form

Mamawe Ota Askihk: Sharing Life Together Here on Earth
2026-07-03 19:00 - 2026-07-05 13:00 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
Gather with Indigenous and non-Indigenous allies of all ages for a weekend of hands-on skill sharing. Make friends, share fireside meals from the garden, learn traditional crafts, take part in Indigenous dance, forage & connect with the land & more!

REGISTER ONLINE

OR

DOWNLOAD REGISTRATION FORM

Workshops, teachings and activities:

Daily sharing circle time
Sunrise ceremony
Sweatlodge ceremony
Foraging, medicine & berry picking nature walk
Traditional Powwow & Hoop Dancing + teachings
Painting
Daily campfire stories & snacks
Traditional drumming & singing
Medicine wheel teachings
Leather making
Beading

Fall Equinox Ceremony
2026-09-19 12:00 - 17:00 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, Manitoba, R0E 0C0, Canada
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 in the sweat lodge.
The ceremonies include a sweat lodge, followed by a potluck feast. Read more about what to expect at our seasonal ceremonies.

To enter the sweat lodge, you must register in advance. REGISTRATION COMING SOON.
You may also participate without entering the sweat lodge. Everyone is 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
For outside the sweat lodge: any hat, jacket, rain gear, sun or bug protection you need to be comfortable and safe outside, depending on the weather of the day
Water bottle
Food – to share in potluck feast after the sweat
Donation for the Centre encouraged (cash or cheque made to Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, donating online available when you register)
Gift for the lodge keeper encouraged (cash or any item that expresses your gratitude for the ceremony)

Want to find out about other upcoming ceremonies? Select “Local News” when you sign up for our e-newsletter.

Winter Solstice Ceremony
2026-12-19 12:00 - 17:00 | Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, 290 Zielke Drive, Beausejour, R0E 0C0, Canada
