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Sunday, April 27, 2025 @ 10:30 am
"Indigenous Teachings and Understandings"
Speaker: Albert Dumont (Video Recording)
Service Leader: Melanie Walters
Technical Assistance: Wilburn Hayden
We hope for a long winter, but you need to try to have more empathy, more understanding, more compassion and to be able to be a better human being," Dumont said. "To be a role model and to be a mentor for the younger people. "Things are just more beautiful and more grand for somebody in the winter of their time," he said. "I think a poet can express that in a more meaningful way." Dumont will share wisdom from his life.
Albert Dumont, a Traditional Teacher, was born and raised on unceded Algonquin territory (Kitigan Zibi). He is a poet and has published 4 books of poetry and short stories and 1 children’s book written in 3 languages. Several organizations, both native and non-native, currently feature his poetry, such as the Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health and the Native Veterans Association. Albert has dedicated his life to promoting Aboriginal spirituality and healing and to protecting the rights of Aboriginal peoples, particularly Youth
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If you have found a spiritual home in our congregation, we invite you to deepen your connection to this faith community by becoming a member. We are delighted you have chosen to join with us on Sunday Zoom Services , and we invite you to participate in all of our Sunday Services and events, whether or not you are interested or ready for full membership. If you are ready for membership, we are ready to welcome you to the benefits and responsibilities of membership at the Unitarian Fellowship of Northwest Toronto.
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In faith
Daphne Walters
Upcoming Services
Sunday, April 20
Robert Appleton
Sunday, April 27
Rev. Pat Trudeau
Sunday, May 4
Rev. Carly Murlor
