National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is a provincial holiday on September 30, 2025.

It is a day of lament, remembering, and making a commitment to continue our journey of reconciliation between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous People. As people of faith whose denominations were actively involved in the establishment and the running of the “Indian Residential School System,” we feel called to be active in the decolonizing of our churches and to be active in forging right relations. We also take this time to honor the survivors of the Indian Residential School System, and those children who were lost as a result of their years in the system. We also lament the loss of culture, and spiritualities as a result of these policies and programs. We commit to honoring the diversity of spiritual practices and cultures that constitute all the nations of this sacred land.

Windsor Park United Church is inviting other United Church communities of faith and other denominations if they so choose to join us to honor the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation on Tuesday September 30, 2025.

We will be meeting under the Solid Canopy at the Forks (the ice skating rink), at 9:30 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.. We will then proceed together to Oodena Circle for the Pipe Ceremony at 10:00 a.m..
For those that are able we will be joining the march that goes from the Oodena Circle to the RBC Convention Centre.
All are welcome.

In peace and friendship,
Diane Meredith – Minister Candidate WPUC