Guide to Voices Together Songs and Resources with Connections to Indigenous Communities in Canada and the United States

Singing and praying together in worship expresses and forms our faith. Our songs and prayers are closely connected to our identities as individuals and communities. Through giving and receiving words and music across cultures we can foster mutual understanding, solidarity, and action.

This guide addresses songs and resources with connections to Indigenous communities in the region that is often now called Canada and the United States. This is the land where Mennonite Church Canada and Mennonite Church USA are based and where most congregations that use Voices Together are located.

The focus is songs and resources that emerge from Indigenous traditions of music and worship. Indigenous Mennonite congregations, like other Christian communities, sing songs in worship from a variety of sources including classic hymns, contemporary worship music, gospel songs, and songs from around the world, as well as material emerging from their distinct cultural traditions. Songs may be written or translated into Indigenous languages, sung in English, or sung in other languages.