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