Gravenhurst--Meetsho Taak--Let's Eat
2025-02-04 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-02-11 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-02-18 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-02-25 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-03-11 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-03-18 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-03-25 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Toronto) | St James Anglican Church, 191 Hotchkiss Street (John Street door), Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada
Join us every Tuesday in Gravenhurst for some soup and other treats. A way to provide good company and food and address some food security issues too.

Gravenhurst--Smokeless Smudge
2025-02-04 13:00 - 15:00 | St James Anglican Church, 191 Hotchkiss Street (John Street door), Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada
As a way to enter the new year’s programs with a good mind we are going to create individual smokeless smudge sprays. These will be made using white sage essential oil.
Smokeless smudge is always great to carry with you in your travels for those times you need a quick grounding of mind and spirit. Great for areas where you can’t light up your smudge bowl.

Alex's Place--Beaded Leather Keyring
2025-02-05 19:00 - 21:00 | Alex’s Place, 49 Pine Street, Bracebridge, Ontario, P1L 1N3, Canada
This is a closed session–open only to the residents of the transitional housing in Bracebridge known as Alex’s Place.
This month we are learning beginner beading skills on deer hyde. Participants will make a keyring.

MIFC Board Meeting
2025-02-10 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-03-10 19:00 - 21:00 | Zoom Meeting
This is the monthly Board of Directors Meeting. General members of our membership (2025 active) can attend these meetings as observers. If interested, email: info@mifc.ca to receive the zoom link. If not yet a member, join today.

Gravenhurst--Mno Zaagidiwin Giizhigat
2025-02-11 13:00 - 15:00 | St James Anglican Church, 191 Hotchkiss Street (John Street door), Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada
Happy Valentine’s Day–take this opportunity to learn some love phrases in language. We will be working on cards too.

ZOOM--What's The Story You Want To Tell?
2025-02-12 13:00 - 15:00 | Zoom Meeting
Join us for a writing workshop–the topic will be:
What’s the story you want to tell? Getting started on writing about your life.
This is a free workshop and facilitated by Firefly Creative Writing.
If interested, please email: info@mifc.ca in order to receive the zoom link. For those unable to attend on this day/time, the event will be recorded for later access.

CLOSED--Board Training
2025-02-13 | Ontario
Sorry for the inconvenience, but some members of the Board are in training sessions.

Gravenhurst--Beaded Necklace
2025-02-18 13:00 - 15:00 | St James Anglican Church, 191 Hotchkiss Street (John Street door), Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada
Beginner friendly. Learn 2 bead stitches–ladder and brick stitch in this simple but elegant necklace.
Ladder and brick stitches are often found in a wide variety of other projects–so learn the basics here.

CLOSED--Board Training
2025-02-19, 2025-02-26, 2025-03-05, 2025-03-12 00:00 - 12:30 | Ontario
We will be closed on Wednesdays January 8 through to March 12, 2025.
Sorry for the inconvenience, but some members of the Board are in training sessions.

Bracebridge--Beaded Necklace
2025-02-20 13:00 - 15:00 | Bracebridge Salvation Army Church, 456 Manitoba Street, Bracebridge, Ontario, P1L 1Y3, Canada
Beginner friendly. Learn 2 bead stitches–ladder and brick stitch in this simple but elegant necklace.
Ladder and brick stitches are often found in a wide variety of other projects–so learn the basics here.
We would like to say maarsii, miigwetch, nia:wen, thank you to our facility location sponsor — South Muskoka Ministries, Bracebridge Salvation Army Church

Gravenhurst--Leather Keyrings
2025-02-25 13:00 - 15:00 | St James Anglican Church, 191 Hotchkiss Street (John Street door), Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada
Join us as Vonnie introduces us to a beginner friendly leather keyring project.

CLOSED--Board Training
2025-02-27 12:00 - 17:00 | Ontario

EVENING--Gravenhurst--UFO's
2025-03-03 18:30 - 20:30 | St James Anglican Church, 191 Hotchkiss Street (John Street door), Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada
Requests have been to offer some evening workshops to aid those unable to attend during the day. This is our first one–so will be casual. Bring an unfinished project and let’s work together on learning new stitches, tips, and getting some of those items completed.
Older children/teens are welcome to join in the activities. Younger children will require more supervision, but there are Aunties in the room–so lots of love to go around.
We are going to start with offering 1x month to get started.

Gravenhurst--Meetsho Taak--Let's Eat
2025-03-04 13:00 - 15:00 | St James Anglican Church, 191 Hotchkiss Street (John Street door), Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada
Join us every Tuesday in Gravenhurst for some soup and other treats. A way to provide good company and food and address some food security issues too.
This Tuesday we will be starting spring planting by getting some seeds planted for indoor germination. Thanks to our recent Make It Sow fundraiser–we purchased seeds in order to address food security in our community and they are planting 2 trees on MIFC’s behalf.

Gravenhurst--Dreamcatchers--March Break Family Event
2025-03-11 13:00 - 15:00 | St James Anglican Church, 191 Hotchkiss Street (John Street door), Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada
FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT–Join us this March Break to make Dreamcatchers and learn teachings.

Bracebridge--Dreamcatchers--March Break Family Event
2025-03-12 13:00 - 15:00 | Bracebridge Salvation Army Church, 456 Manitoba Street, Bracebridge, Ontario, P1L 1Y3, Canada
FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT–Join us this March Break to make Dreamcatchers and learn teachings.
We would like to say maarsii, miigwetch, nia:wen, thank you to our facility location sponsor — South Muskoka Ministries, Bracebridge Salvation Army Church

EVENING--Gravenhurst--Indigenous Christians Circle
2025-03-17 18:30 - 20:30 | St James Anglican Church, 191 Hotchkiss Street (John Street door), Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada
DISCLAIMER: This is a community requested activity and is aimed at those specifically looking to decolonize their Indigenous Christian walk. A safe place for Indigenous Christians.
Led by Robin Ingham, Métis from the Midland/Penetanguishene area with a diverse and fulfilling background. She earned her Master of Divinity from Tyndale seminary where she began her beautiful journey of studying Scripture in its original languages and interpreting it from an Indigenous perspective. Robin currently serves as Community Outreach Coordinator for The Salvation Army South Muskoka Ministries in Bracebridge and loves seeing the sacredness that each new day brings.

The four parts of the Medicine Wheel include:

Physical
Mental
Emotional
Spiritual

This Spiritual Healing Time is focused on the Spiritual section of the Medicine Wheel.

This group is aimed at those looking for Christian fellowship with other Indigenous community members. The challenge of balancing beliefs with culture under the rule of colonization is hard to come to terms with. This will include talking circle, drumming (Indigenous Christian worship), Bible Study, and will be led by the needs and direction of this specific element of the urban Indigenous community of Muskoka.
THIS IS SEPARATE FROM REGULAR MIFC PROGRAMMING. If this is offensive to you, please don’t attend.

GRAVENHURST--Beaded Eyeglass Case
2025-03-18 13:00 - 15:00 | St James Anglican Church, 191 Hotchkiss Street (John Street door), Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada
Community requested activity after seeing the creative work of another participant. Join us in using Canadian moose hyde and beads to create a custom made eyeglass case. Could be very useful in remembering to bring those reading glasses to our beading workshops. Afterall, whose bright idea is it to make the eyes of needles so small for threading anyways? 🙂

Alex's Place--Beaded Necklace
2025-03-19 19:00 - 21:00 | Alex’s Place, 49 Pine Street, Bracebridge, Ontario, P1L 1N3, Canada
This is a closed session–open only to the residents of the transitional housing in Bracebridge known as Alex’s Place.
Beginner friendly. Learn 2 bead stitches–ladder and brick stitch in this simple but elegant necklace.
Ladder and brick stitches are often found in a wide variety of other projects–so learn the basics here.

EVENING--ZOOM--Indigenous Christians Circle
2025-03-31 18:30 - 20:30 | Zoom Meeting
DISCLAIMER: This is a community requested activity and is aimed at those specifically looking to decolonize their Indigenous Christian walk. A safe place for Indigenous Christians.
ZOOM MEETING — providing more access across the region in the comfort of your own home. PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED — info@mifc.ca
Led by Robin Ingham, Métis from the Midland/Penetanguishene area with a diverse and fulfilling background. She earned her Master of Divinity from Tyndale seminary where she began her beautiful journey of studying Scripture in its original languages and interpreting it from an Indigenous perspective. Robin currently serves as Community Outreach Coordinator for The Salvation Army South Muskoka Ministries in Bracebridge and loves seeing the sacredness that each new day brings.

The four parts of the Medicine Wheel include:

Physical
Mental
Emotional
Spiritual

This Spiritual Healing Time is focused on the Spiritual section of the Medicine Wheel.

This group is aimed at those looking for Christian fellowship with other Indigenous community members. The challenge of balancing beliefs with culture under the rule of colonization is hard to come to terms with. This will include talking circle, drumming (Indigenous Christian worship), Bible Study, and will be led by the needs and direction of this specific element of the urban Indigenous community of Muskoka.
THIS IS SEPARATE FROM REGULAR MIFC PROGRAMMING. If this is offensive to you, please don’t attend.
