LAND AND LABOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We recognize that the land where we worship belongs to God, as does all of creation. We give thanks that God has sustained many indigenous peoples with this land over thousands of years. And that even now, The Creator sustains and abides with those indigenous people who continue to call this place home. We further acknowledge that this sacred space occupies land stolen from the Weeminuche Ute people when they were forcibly removed from it.

We also recognize that this nation would not exist as it is if it were not for the free and enslaved labor of Black and African American people. We acknowledge that our freedom and ability to gather to worship God have come at the cost of Black lives stolen by greed, violence, and white supremacy, sometimes in the name of Christ.

As we worship, let us honor the Creator’s continuing presence in this land and in the labor of our Black, Brown, and Indigenous siblings in Christ, lament these injustices in our history, confess our complicity in them, and commit ourselves to just and respectful relationships within our congregation, our community, and all of creation.