Family Table FIRST PEOPLES VOICE | April 2019 The Pentecostal British Columbia & Yukon District First Peoples Newsletter Chosen to Proclaim
Kwakwaka’wakw, Coast Salish, Heiltsuk,
Scripture personified in our story.
I Peter 2:9,10 But you are a chosen race, a
Nuxal k,
Wet’suwet’en,
millennium there has been a quest for the
royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for
Weywakum, Squamish, Sts’Ailes, Dakelh,
supernatural. Today the quest in our
his own possession, that you may proclaim
Okanagan, Ktunaxa, K’omoks, Quw’utsun,
communities will include, occult, tarot cards,
the excellencies of him who called you out
Haida, Kaska Dena, Scw’exmx, Sekani,
Mediums, religion, and God, to name a few.
of darkness into his marvelous light. Once
Lheidli
It Is Time
you were not a people, but now you are
Nlaka’pamux,
God's people; once you had not received
Penelakut, Tsimshian, Lil’wat, Lekwungen,
mercy, but now you have received mercy.
Sxe’xn’x, Tutchone, Han, Tagish.
ESV.
St’at’imc,
T’enneh,
Gitxsan,
Nisga’a,
Haisla,
Tahltan, Gitga’ata,
For
I ask again what is our story. What sets us apart from counterfeit doctrine and ungodly supernatural manifestations that draw so
These are 44 indigenous nations In British
many away. It is time. An outpouring of
A Trustworthy Saying
Columbia and the Yukon, that are divided
the Spirit of God that cannot be thwarted
What is our story? What Testimony can we
amongst more than 316 reserves and
or counterfeited. A shaking rushing mighty
offer? We must offer a proclamation that
communities.
wind blowing transformation into our land.
will impact this generation and the ones to
The Struggle with Identity plagues so many
come. A change is needed to transform
of
our world.
We read the words of the
arrogance, ignorance, and prejudice, all
Apostle qualifying the elder, in Titus 1:9
factor in, to make our mission great and
“He must hold firm to the trustworthy
daunting.
word as taught, so that he may be able to
with superfluous paths of “enlightenment.”
give instruction in sound doctrine and also
The merging of cultures, language, folklore,
to rebuke those who contradict it.”
legend, spirituality, and a quest for truth,
Perspective
only further intensifies the necessity of truth
Nuu-chah-nulth, Sto:lo, 'Namgis, Tsilhqot’in,
that is an unaltered word from heaven lived
Syilx, Secwepemc, Tlingit, Nlaka’pamux,
out in our lives.
us.
Opinion,
assumption,
pride,
We live in a world inundated
A demonstration of
A Holy Spirit empowered life played out in real time.
A story extending to broken,
hurting, grieving, sickened, disillusioned, people we call brothers.
A clarion call
requesting an audience with Almighty God. A Samson Story, finishing well, “To God be the Glory…” Rev. Dan Starlund | Aboriginal Section Pastor
If you have any prayer requests that you’d like to share with our Aboriginal Section, please email them to us and we’ll lift up our prayer requests together. Prayer requests can be emailed to: Rev. Edgar Lapeciros elapeciros@bc.paoc.org Executive Director for Cultural Aboriginal Ministries
We love seeing what’s happening around our section. If you have a photo you’d like to share with us, please send it to info@bc.paoc.org.
Rev. Dan Starlund waapsnagwaadm@gmail.com Aboriginal Section Pastor
Churches without PAOC Credentialed Positions: • Metlakatla • Kispiox • Kitwancool • Anaheim Lake
Pastoral Transitions: • Bella Coola
APRIL 8: District Conference Aboriginal Section Meeting
JULY 15-19 Pastor’s Camp, Bellingham, Washington
Vancouver, Meeting at 10am with lunch to follow APRIL 8: Retirement Celebration Banquet for Pastor Edgar and Faith Lapeciros, Vancouver APRIL 8-10: District Conference, Vancouver MAY 10-12: Breaking the Chains Conference, Gingolx, BC MAY 24-26: Historymaker, Chilliwack & Nanaimo
AUGUST 16-19: Nanoose Bay Native Camps SEPTEMBER 22: ANCF (All Nations College Foundation) Graduation
Fort St. James SEPTEMBER 23-26: Aboriginal Leaders Summit, Fort St. James SEPTEMBER 27-28: regroup Church Leadership Summit
Prince George
JULY 1-12: Skee-Nass Camp, Terrace
The All Nations College Foundation (ANCF) provides ongoing discipleship and church planter training. For more information about individual or church training, please contact Pastor Edgar at elapeciros@bc.paoc.org or 604-533-2232.
Please consider how you can be involved with a home missions project through financial and prayer support: • New entry for Kispiox • Cross Cultural Outreach Society (serving mostly newcomers to Canada) • All Nations College Foundation • YLDP (Youth Leadership Development Program) • Love Corp (Korean summer mission)
We remind everyone to please remember to continue to send in your tithes and find a ministry outside of your church to support. In addition to administrative costs, tithes also go towards training and church planting sessions throughout the year, as well as the Native Pastors/Leaders Summit and other gatherings.
Will man rob God? Yet you are robbing me. But you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ In your tithes and contributions. You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing me, the whole nation of you. Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need. I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your soil, and your vine in the field shall not fail to bear, says the Lord of hosts. Then all nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight, says the Lord of hosts” Malachi 3:8-12.
General Support | Mail a cheque to “PAOC BC & Yukon District” with “Aboriginal Ministries” in the memo. Church Support | Influence your church to donate regularly. Prayer | Commit to praying regularly for Aboriginal Ministries.
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