EVENING--ZOOM--Indigenous Christians Circle
2025-03-31 18:30 - 20:30, 2025-04-28 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Toronto) | 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.

GRAVENHURST--Meetsho Taak--Let's Eat
2025-04-01 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.

EVENING--Gravenhurst--UFO's and Dreamcatchers
2025-04-07 18:30 - 20:30 | St James Anglican Church, 191 Hotchkiss Street (John Street door), Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada
Offering some evening workshops to aid those unable to attend during the day. This is casual atmosphere. Bring an unfinished project and let’s work together on learning new stitches, tips, and getting some of those items completed. And for those without a project on the go–make and learn teachings on Dreamcatchers.
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
2025-04-08 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-04-15 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-04-22 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-04-29 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-05-06 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-05-13 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-05-20 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-05-27 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.

GRAVENHURST--Feather Harvesting
2025-04-08 13:00 - 15:00 | St James Anglican Church, 191 Hotchkiss Street (John Street door), Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada
Join us as we learn to process a wild turkey that was roadkill this winter. It has been kept frozen since that time. This will be a complete process of plucking feathers and processing for future use of fan making, feather wrapping/beading, and more. Feathers will be saved and utilized for upcoming community activities.

MIFC Board Meeting
2025-04-14 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-05-12 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--Feather Harvesting, Part 2
2025-04-15 13:00 - 15:00 | St James Anglican Church, 191 Hotchkiss Street (John Street door), Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada
Last week we plucked an entire wild turkey carcass. Saving wing and tail portions. All the feathers are currently having a bath and getting ready for more processing in part 2.
Feathers will eventually be used for a variety of upcoming community activities such as:

Smudge Feathers
Talking Feathers
Wing Fans, specifically for our Anishinaabe FN members
Dreamcatchers
and more

Bracebridge--Beaded Eyeglass Case
2025-04-16 13:00 - 15:00 | Bracebridge Salvation Army Church, 456 Manitoba Street, Bracebridge, Ontario, P1L 1Y3, Canada
Join our team of facilitators as they lead you through a hands on activity.
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? 🙂
We would like to say maarsii, miigwetch, nia:wen, thank you to our facility location sponsor — South Muskoka Ministries, Bracebridge Salvation Army Church

CLOSED -- Easter Weekend
2025-04-18 - 2025-04-21
Closed for families to spend time together.

AGM--Annual General Meeting
2025-04-26 11:00 - 14:00 | St James Anglican Church, 191 Hotchkiss Street (John Street door), Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada
This is the 3rd Annual General Meeting of the MIFC. If you are a member, this is your time to see the 2024 Financial Report and learn what the Board of Directors has been up to. We value your input and direction as to where you want services and programming to be focused.
BOARD ELECTIONS–currently ALL Board positions are up for election or re-election. Come out and make your voice and choice known.
3 or more Indigenous Board positions are open to be filled at this time and 1 Non-Indigenous position. If you would like to put your name in for this position, please fill out the following form:
Board Member Application Form
PLEASE NOTE–This is a WORKING Board in addition to governing. Meaning that Board Members also need to willing to help write and develop policies/procedures as well as be hands-on in the workshops and more. Help be that forming voice representing community.
Luncheon is provided.

Alex's Place--Lighter Covers
2025-04-30 19:00 - 21:00 | Alex’s Place, 49 Pine Street, Bracebridge, Ontario, P1L 1N3, Canada
This will be a multiple day workshop–Day 1 is making and covering the lighter with a deer hyde case. Next workshop will move towards peyote stitching over the leather.
This initiative is to aid vulnerable youth in transitional housing. Closed activity for those residents only.

RYDE -- Beaded Necklace
2025-05-02 13:00 - 15:00 | Ryde Co-op Community Centre, 1624 Barkway Road, Gravenhurst, Ontario, P1P 1R3, 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.
Maarsii, miigwetch for the support of the Ryde Community Co-op for the use of space in their building. Working with community partners to grow programs and services.

EVENING--Gravenhurst--Red Dress Pins
2025-05-05 18:30 - 20:30 | St James Anglican Church, 191 Hotchkiss Street (John Street door), Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada
Join us for our evening workshop–this month you can either continue on UFO’s (UnFinished Objects) or make a Red Dress Pin while learning how to do an edging stitch.
Red Dress Day, also known as the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQIA+ People, is observed annually on May 5th. It serves as a day of mourning and remembrance for the thousands of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in Canada, and a call to action to end violence against Indigenous people. The day is marked by the wearing of red, inspired by Métis artist Jamie Black’s REDress Project, which involved hanging red dresses in public spaces to symbolize the missing.

HUNTSVILLE--Beaded Necklace
2025-05-10 13:00 - 15:00 | Aspdin Community Centre, Muskoka District Road 3, Utterson, Ontario, P0B 1M0, 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.
Maarsii, miigwetch for the support of the Aspdin Community Centre for the use of space in their building. Working with community partners to grow programs and services.

Bracebridge--TBA
2025-05-14 13:00 - 15:00 | Bracebridge Salvation Army Church, 456 Manitoba Street, Bracebridge, Ontario, P1L 1Y3, Canada
Join our team of facilitators as they lead you through a hands on activity. Exact activity will be announced soon.
We would like to say maarsii, miigwetch, nia:wen, thank you to our facility location sponsor — South Muskoka Ministries, Bracebridge Salvation Army Church

CLOSED--Victoria Day Long Weekend
2025-05-16 - 2025-05-19
CLOSED–to allow Board Members and community to pursue family and personal activities for a few days.

GRAVENHURST--UFO'S--UnFinished Objects
2025-05-20 13:00 - 15:00 | St James Anglican Church, 191 Hotchkiss Street (John Street door), Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada
Every once in a while we need to stop and just get some unfinished projects completed. Here is an opportunity to do that in a group setting. Is it beading? Painting? Leather work? or more. Bring your project, enjoy tea/coffee, soup lunch, and socialization. Let’s get some projects finished.

BALA--Beaded Necklace
2025-05-26 13:00 - 15:00 | Bala Public Library, 1008 Maple Avenue, Bala, Ontario, P0C1A0, 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.
Pre-register through the Bala Public Library

info@mlpl.ca
705-762-1086

PORT CARLING--Beaded Necklace
2025-05-28 13:00 - 15:00 | Muskoka Lakes Public Library, 69 Joseph Street, Port Carling, Ontario, P0B1J0, 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.
Pre-register through the Muskoka Lakes Public Library

info@mlpl.ca
705-765-5650

RYDE--Smokeless Smudge Spray
2025-05-30 13:00 - 15:00 | Ryde Co-op Community Centre, 1624 Barkway Road, Gravenhurst, Ontario, P1P 1R3, 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.

Thank you to Ryde Community Co-op Centre for providing this safe place for our workshops.

BRACEBRIDGE--Community Showcase--Artisans and History
2025-06-07 09:00 - 17:00 | J. D. Lang Activity Park, 331 Fraserburg Road, Bracebridge, Ontario, P1L 1T5, Canada
Join us as we celebrate Bracebridge’s 150th birthday. A weekend long event. We will be showcasing authentic Indigenous clothing from the late 1800’s as well as items from local artisans of today.
We will have items for sale from local artisans, and items as fundraisers for MIFC. Come out, celebrate community and see what the showcasing of local talent.
For more details about everything offered at this event, check out: Bracebridge Community Celebration
