Summer Alternative Liturgy July 7 through Mid-August
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From July 7 and extending to mid-August, St. Mary’s celebrates Indigenous Peoples and Native communities by worshipping with an alternative liturgy that reaches beyond the customary offerings of our standard liturgical cycle. This liturgy embodies the time-honored spirituality of Indigenous People that is grounded in an expansive vision of the triune God and a deep reverence of creation.
To complement our summer worship, St. Mary’s continues the annual “Summer in the City” Adult Formation Series that explores the alternative liturgy through the lens of Anglican/Episcopal history, cultural tradition and relevance to the world around us and our own contemporary lives.
As an Episcopal people bound together by common prayer, the Ubuntu adage “I am because you are.” is the cornerstone of St. Mary’s summer liturgy. Please join us on summer Sundays to experience the Great Spirt of God’s presence in new and unexpected ways at the 8:00 or 10:00 a.m. worship services and the 9:00 a.m. “Summer in the City” series in the Great Room.
Who are the Holy Indigenous People whose names are spoken along with those more familiar to us in our Eucharist Prayer this summer?
Okuhhatuh (David Pendelton Oakerhater) is known among the Cheyenne tribe as “God’s warrior.” He was originally a warrior-soldier who fought for Native American land rights alongside soldiers from other tribes. During his adulthood, he was baptized and confirmed in the Episcopal faith and served as an Episcopal deacon in his native Oklahoma. Throughout his life he never lost sight of his ancestral heritage and practiced the ministry of pastoral care among his people until his death in 1931.
Enmegahbowh was a Native American priest and missionary and a member of the Chippewa (Ojibwe) Nation. He was given a Book of Common Prayer sometime after 1850 that eventually led to his call and ordination as the first Native American Episcopal priest. His ordained ministry left an indelible impression among Indigenous tribes throughout Minnesota.
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