Norval Reece, Community Contributor
Cynthia Greb will talk about “Spiritual Enrichment Through Learning About Indigenous American Spiritual Practices” with the adult class at the Newtown Quaker Meetinghouse, on Sunday, March 23 at 9:45 a.m. Meeting for Worship in the manner of Friends will begin at 11 a.m. The public is invited to attend all events.
Greb says “Because the vast majority of Native Americans have been pushed out of their traditional homelands, many Pennsylvanians may have never met any Native Americans. And because our history classes were so inadequate in educating us about the First Peoples of this continent, there may be a gap in our knowledge and understanding of the people who once lived on this land where we are now blessed to live.”
There are more than 570 native tribes in the United States with many differences but common threads of spirituality weave through all of them.
Cynthia Greb was introduced to native spiritual ceremonies 30 years ago. These ceremonies sparked something in her soul which has continued to grow over the years. Since that time, she has participated in and witnessed scores of traditional ceremonies in nine different states, lived on three reservations, learned from several elders, and gone on pilgrimages to pay respects at sitessacred to indigenous people in many states. From this background, she will share what she has learned about the spiritual practices of tribal nations.
Cynthia Greb is an advocate for Native Americans and this Earth. Her passion is traveling the country to learn as much as she can about pre-Columbian history and to offer prayers “at the sites of wounded places.” To find out more, you can visit her websites: www.soulofcynthia.com and www.cynthiagreb.com.
Newtown Friends Meeting, co-founded by the Quaker artist and minister, Edward Hicks, in 1815, holds services every First Day (Sunday). During the school year, First Day classes for children and adults are at 9:45 a.m. and Meeting for Worship is at 11:00 a.m. All meetings are open to the public and visitors are warmly welcomed.