Committed to Healing & Reparations for the Tlingit People, St. Luke Presbyterian Church, Sunday, October 8

St. Luke Presbyterian Church in Minnetonka will be hosting a watch party of the truth and reconciliation ceremony being held at Ḵunéix̱ Hídi Northern Light United Church, on Oct 8, at 2:00pm CST. In 2022, the Presbyterian Church (USA) General Assembly adopted, without amendment, the Overture proposed by Ḵunéix̱ Hídi Northern Light United Church and the Presbytery of the Northwest Coast. This issued apologies and commitments of reparations for the racist closure of Memorial Presbyterian Church in Juneau, Alaska, as well as the insult, injury, and trauma caused to the Tlingit people and Rev. Dr. Walter Soboleff. When our youth and Associate Pastor recently traveled to Juneau for a service trip, they learned about the healing ceremony from native elders and were told, "spreading the story and witnessing the ceremony to begin reparations work would be meaningful.” We invite you to watch The bothe documentary on YouTube and join us on Oct 8, as we witness how the modern church can begin to repent for the sins it perpetuated against native communities.

Learn more about the healing ministries in Alaska HERE, and how it can be a model for healing our relationships with native communities here in MN.

For more information contact Rev. Nora Elliott (nora@stluke.mn).

Sunday, October 8, 2:00 – 3:00 pm, 3121 Groveland School Rd, Minnetonka, MN 55391