Plan of Action

Below you can find the Northeastern Jurisdiction Native American Ministries Committee Plan of Action for 2021-2024 including goals, purposes, activities and timeline, and the responsible person(s). 

The work of the committee will include training, leadership development, identifying native people, updating the website, fund raising/grant writing, updating the membership list and developing and updating Native American Ministries (NAMS) resources.

Goal	Strategies	Activities/Timeline	Responsible Person(s)
Educate Conferences on Native American Ministries Sunday (NAMS)	Host best practices gathering to share ways CONAMs can help promote this important offering	Each January	Members of the Executive Committee and other committee members
​	Utilize document Roles and Responsibilities of Native American Ministries Sunday Representative	​	​
​	All conferences in NEJ to include a NAMS representative designation on Church/Charge Conference Forms	​	​
​	Work with conference communications staff to have regular communication to churches	ongoing	​
Establish and support Committees on Native American Ministry (CoNAMs) in all NEJ Annual conferences	Work together to discern how to move past frustration concerning fruitfully inviting people into our CoNAMs	CoNAMs will share how they invite people to become part of their CoNAMs	Committee Chair and CoNAM Chairs
​	Support Baltimore-Washington revitalization	in progress	Ragghi Rain & Cynthia Mosely​
​	Identify CONAMs that are struggling, identify ways NEJ can assist	​	​
​	Identify ways to build supportive "sister" relationships among CoNAMs	​	CoNAMs and Executive Committee
Encourage each of the Annual Conferences to continue the journey toward healing and wholeness established by the Act of Repentance	Nurture CoNAMs to lead their annual conferences in fulfilling the ongoing work of Repentance and Healing as described in the 2016 Book of Resolutions page 326	​	​
​	Encourage each CoNAM to create awareness of boarding schools	​	​
​	Encourage creating ways to be more involved in MMIP (Missing & Murdered Indigenous People) awareness​	​	​
​	Participate in the call to action for children October 6 and work with NAIC	​	​
Start or Strengthen Native American Ministries	Connect with other jurisdictions to build relationships	​	​
​	NEJNAMC will host an information display at NEJ Conference	NEJNAMC will fund people and resources to be there	​
​	Fundraising to support NEJNAMC administrative work and supplying resources to our CoNAMs	Silent Auction and NEJ Conference budget request	NEJNAMC Executive Committee
​	Host one NEJNAMC wide training event	All NEJ members and CoNAM members to be invited	​
​	Work with Seminaries in Jurisdiction to offer inclusion work surrounding NA Communities/Culture	​	​
​Establish resources to increase awareness and encourage interaction with Native communities​	Connect with other jurisdictions to build relationships	​	​
	Develop awareness of Native people’s gifts and talents	Sustain and update our database of person’s and resources upon which our CoNAMs may call	Value
	Each conference to have a database Native artisans/craftspersons/musicians to be at festivals to encourage buying from Native people	Value	Value
Identify training opportunities which support educational and leadership development	Post upcoming trainings on NEJNAMC website and email CONAM chairs Encourage CONAMs to share information on training.
	Training for youth and young adults…. may include and family camps	Provide some direct funding from our budget	Value
	All NEJNAMC Annual meetings provide a training component by host CONAM and one meeting in the quadrennium sponsored by NEJNAM will offer a special training session	Pete Hill to do training on healing surrounding trauma from boarding schools
	Encourage Native presence in the church as leaders
Maintain a website that shares stories, resources and events that relate to Native communities, ministries, and Peoples.	Share minutes of annual meetings and executive committee promptly after each mtg with all NEJNAMC members		Value
	CoNAMs share resolutions they are proposing to annual conference	Value	CoNAMs
	Encourage CoNAMs to share resources they are using		Value
	CoNAM roundtable to share stories, accomplishments and challenges	Quarterly

Our Mission

With God’s grace and guidance, the NEJ Native American Ministries Committee will serve as the body that helps to guide Native Americans in the Northeastern Jurisdiction to develop and maintain a relationship through The United Methodist Church.

Our Goal

To unite Native Americans residing within the bounds of the Jurisdiction in order to show strength and solidarity in Ministry with God and to make this presence known throughout the jurisdiction and the Church.

Our Objectives

• Educate the Conferences on the purpose of Native American Ministries Sunday (NAMS).
• Establish and support Committees on Native American Ministry (CoNAMS) in all the Annual Conferences of the NEJ.
• Encourage each of the Annual Conferences to continue the journey toward healing and wholeness established by the Act of Repentance.
• Start and strengthen Native American Ministries.
• Establish resources to increase awareness and encourage interaction with Native Communities.
• Maintain a website that shares stories, resources and events that relate to Native communities, ministries, and Peoples.