A New Agape: GOAL III. HEALING

• To expand the church’s Healing Fund so that increased grants can be made to Indigenous groups designing and implementing healing programs in their communities.
• To assist Non-Indigenous groups to address their own need for holistic healing which is to restore a balance of each part of our being, intellectual, spiritual, physical, emotional.

Strategies: Healing Support for Indigenous Peoples

• Fund-Raising
  • Develop a fund-raising strategy.
  • Hire the necessary staffing to implement the strategy.
  • Work with dioceses to promote this new fund-raising initiative.
• Fund Administration
  • Expand the current Residential School Advisory Group to accommodate the needs of an expanded fund.
  • Hire staff to manage and promote the fund, and build relationships with the communities who wish to access funds.
• Targeted Areas of Work
  • Work with dioceses to identify local groups, communities and projects that can be encouraged to seek support from the fund.
  • Work with dioceses to provide increased support for parish/pastoral ministry in indigenous communities.
  • Work ecumenically and with non-church groups wherever possible.
  • Support programs aimed at urban indigenous populations.
  • Support programs aimed at recovery of language, culture and spirituality.
  • Support and encourage youth involvement.
  • Continue to hold a triennial National Indigenous Sacred Circle healing gathering

For 25 years, the Anglican Healing Fund has financially supported local, community-led healing projects. As a response to the on-going legacy of the residential school system, grants from the healing fund are made to encourage and initiate programs that help heal, educate, and recover language and culture. In 2017, our goal is replenish the Anglican Healing Fund through Giving with Grace for the next five years by raising $1 million.