Ongoing - February 17-19 and June 29 - July 1, 2012The Southeastern Jurisdictional Association on Native American Ministries (SEJANAM) was created by Native Americans and established by the 1984 Jurisdictional Conference to help create: Awareness and Dialogue, New Congregations and Ministries, Leadership Enlistment and Training, Inter-Tribal Witness/Sharing, Cross Cultural Witness/Sharing, and Sensitivity to Inclusiveness. SEJANAM serves the fifteen annual conferences of the SEJ, twenty-three Native American churches, three ministries of the SEJ, and seeks to serve approximately 210,000 Native Americans of the nine southeastern states of the SEJ.
SEJANAM Mission StatementResources
Events
- Native American Leadership Retreat
February 17-19, 2012
Join SEJANAM for Dispelling Myths and Stereotypes: From Green Corn Ceremony to Communion at beautiful Lake Junaluska, and experience spiritual growth and nurture in a cultural context through challenging preaching and seminars, uplifting worship and fellowship! Freeman Owle will be the keynote speaker. READ MORE - Native American Tribal Social Justice Issues
June 29 - July 1, 2012
Contemporary Native American Social Justice Issues: A Roundtable Dialogue and Implications for the United Methodist Church - Considered novel and practical, this event is designed to bring together national Native leaders and United Methodist leaders for dialogue and discourse to address social justice issues that Native communities are facing and how these concerns and matters impact The United Methodist Church. Such issues include racism, tribal sovereignty, socio-economic status, federal recognition, lack of representation of Native people in key positions and mascots. READ MORE
Contact:
Cathy Nelson, Interim Director of SEJANAM, cnelson@lakejunaluska.com
Anne Bridges, Administrative Assistant - abridges@lakejunaluska.com