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Ackowledgement of First People's Meeting

JudithBoucher, DonnaVanclay and GlynHowells met in response to CouncilMinutes20180926 and AcknowledgementOfFirstPeoples.

We came up with two approaches and two statements wondering whether both could be used on the same stand.

The first is theological, profoundly turning on its head the idea that Australia’s First Peoples were ignorant of God before the arrival of missionaries. It is extracted from the 10 point draft Preamble to the Constitution of the UCA.

STATEMENT ONE

The Spirit was in the land revealing God to the First Peoples.

Through this land God had nurtured and sustained the First People’s of this country who remain the traditional owners and custodians since time immemorial. They had already encountered the Creator God: the Spirit was already in the land revealing God to the people through law, custom and ceremony. The same love and grace that was fully and finally revealed in Jesus Christ sustained the First Peoples and gave them particular insights into God’s ways. (based on the Preamble to the Constitution of the UCA., 2018)

STATEMENT TWO

The second statement is a more traditional Acknowledgement of Country.

In the spirit of reconciliation and solidarity the congregation of Glen Waverley Uniting Church acknowledge that the land on which we gather to praise God is part of the traditional lands of the Wurrundjeri people of the Kulin nation. Across this wide land we recognise the First People’s continuing connection to country, water and community and recognise Elders past, present and emerging.

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