Presbyterian Connection, Spring 2021, page 13

Photos of our new site in Carlisle, North Middlesex

Land Acknowledgement

“The earth is the LORD’S and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein!” (Psalm 24 verse 1)

Before anyone walked on this earth, the land and the waters were the Creator’s, and so they continue to be. Before we broke off into separate tribes, ethnicities, and nationalities, we were God’s children, and so we remain.

We respectfully acknowledge that Carlisle United Church worships on land covered by Treaty 29 signed on August 13, 1833. We offer our gratitude to the First Nations Peoples for their care of, and teachings about, our earth and our relations.

The Crown granted this parcel of land to Duncan Stewart. In 1856, Stewart sold a ½ acre property to the Trustees of the United Presbyterian Church of Carlisle, East Williams Township, Canada West (now functioning as the Trustees of Carlisle United Church, Carlisle in the Municipality of North Middlesex, Ontario).