Urban Aboriginal Ministry
The Urban Aboriginal Ministry is a ministry of the Anglican Parish of St. Mary Magdalene in the Greater Vancouver Area to the First Nations people and their loved ones. The Ministry provide medicine wheel circles with smudging for all occasions (on request) and cultural funerals and weddings. It hosts Annual Feasts on Christmas, Easter and Thanksgiving. They also provide cultural gatherings where they teach arts & crafts such as drum making to restore the traditional ancestral teachings. The UAM responds to calls for practical needs such as food, furniture, clothing and transportation.
Digital Outreach
My principal role as the digital communications officer is to build and maintain the new website. It has been set up on Bluehost for now and runs on a wordpress blog. The site is a collective project. Images and videos are gathered by myself and others and posted by myself. We are looking for content moderators.
Urban Aboriginal Ministry Site
Executive Advisory Board Functions
We meet as an advisory board and review all of the activities of the ministry once per month. I report on my role as the website administrator and provide back up for other board members.
Smudging Ceremony
Winter Feast
Friday, November 22nd from 6-9:00 pm
At St. Mary Magdalene 2950 Laurel Street at West 14th Avenue Vancouver, BC
At this fundraising event for the UAM, everyone, indigenous and settler alike, share in a feast that features traditional food such as moose stew and bannock. A silent auction offers something for everyone, from cozy woollen Cowichan handknitting to beautiful hand carved silver bracelets.
Tickets are $20.00 and are available from the Reverend Vivian Seegers, e-mail: vivianseegers@hotmail.com or call 604-816-3348
