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Native American Ministries Sunday: |
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Native American Ministries Sunday is a
special offering celebrated the third Sunday of
Easter that nurtures mission with Native
Americans and provides scholarships for United
Methodist Native American seminarians. |
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It allows our denomination to launch and
strengthen Native American ministries, both
urban and rural, and to recruit and prepare
Native American pastors. |
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Gifts to this fund reach throughout the
United States. Many of the 20,000 Native
Americans served are part of the Oklahoma Indian
Missionary Conference, but the ministry itself
is far-reaching, from the tip of Florida to the
top of Alaska. |
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“We provide a children’s vacation Bible
school experience Monday through Thursday in the
summer. Receiving Native American Ministries
Sunday funding through the Dakotas Conference is
very important to the program, which provides a
food pantry and clothing closet, VBS, and a
cultural event for volunteer-in-mission teams.
The cultural event also provides summer jobs for
15 Native Americans. Funding for these
ministries is extremely important.” |
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Mike Flowers, missionary, Spirit Lake
Ministry Center, North Dakota
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