By The Rev. Chung Yan Lam
The Christian Council of the Capital Area (CCCA) has for many years been encouraging ecumenical engagement through worship, education, and building mutual understanding and appreciation. During the pandemic, we discovered that online study series were more accessible for more people than our in-person gatherings. These sessions sparked friendships and discussions across Christian faith traditions. In celebrating the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, we held a series based on the theme “Do Good; Seek Justice,” co-facilitated by ecumenical leaders within our council as well as Saint Paul University.
Starting March 1, we will be holding our second 5-week (Wednesdays at 7 p.m.) online series based on the book “Our Home and Treaty Land” by Ray Aldred and Matthew Anderson, (Anglican and Lutheran, Indigenous and non-Indigenous co-authors). We are looking forward to open conversations and planning a nature walk together where we will take our learning to action, honouring the land that we walk together, seeking to create a shared story where it is built on mutual respect and regard for our common humanity.
To join these sessions, visit https://www.christiancouncilca.ca/events
Treaty is key to the shared narrative, shared spirituality, and shared respect for the land that Ray Aldred says are necessary for our peoples – Indigenous and non-Indigenous alike – to walk well, to live well together on the land because Treaty still is, or should be, a lived reality.
Christ Church, Bells Corners — Deanery of West Ottawa