IPCC COMMUNITY CEREMONY

RMEQ, in collaboration with The Indigenous Peoples Community Church (IPCC), offers Ceremonial Lodges designed to support and preserve the cultural education and land sovereignty of Colorado’s First Nations people. Bring food to share, flowers to offer, and gifts to give! QTPOC encouraged to drop in, all are welcome!

Dates:

March 22

April 6

May 10

June 14

Terms:

● No dogs/pets

● No weapons

● No drugs or substances or inebriation

● No metal, piercings or jewelry

● No pictures or recordings

● No junk food (chips, sodas, etc.)

Location:

Indigenous People’s Community Church at Rainbow Tree Ceremonial grounds of the Apache Nation of Colorado is located at: 5762 N 107th St, Longmont, CO 80504. GPS coordinates: 40.079310, -105.101929 on highway 287 between Lookout Rd. & highway 52.

The property resides on the east side of highway 287. Enter at the southmost gate and park in the designated parking lot. You will have to walk east on the path to the right of the building for

about 100 feet to arrive at the ceremonial site.

IPCC Participation Guidelines:

“The Indigenous People’s Community Church (IPCC) of the Apache Nation of Colorado was established with the intent of providing traditional ceremonies for the Indigenous community.

The IPCC is dedicated to the preservation and promotion of Indigenous religious thought,beliefs and practices. In addition to regularly scheduled weekly, monthly, quarterly and seasonal

ceremonies, IPCC conducts baptisms, weddings, funerals, rites of passage, naming ceremonies, community honoring ceremonies, etc. Bimonthly sweat lodge ceremonies will be held at the IPCC Ceremonial Center. The Apache community is grateful to Boulder County for the partnership that allows us to hold ceremonies in our traditional homeland. IPCC promotes a sober, healthy and spiritual lifestyle that strives to maintain healthy and cooperative relations with the fungus, flora, fauna, water, air, earth, fire and sky. Participation in the ceremony requires a sponsoring member from the Church. Sponsors are responsible for the conduct of their guests. Remember that IPCC is an Indigenous church for Indigenous people. Non-Indigenous people are always guests and should behave accordingly.”-Atekpatzin

What to wear:

In the ceremony participants take a towel. This is used primarily to wipe the sweat off of the face and to cover up upon entering and exiting the lodge. A red headband/bandana is appropriate.

Masc: wear cotton shorts and towel

Femme: a ribbon dress or long skirt (must be ankle length) and t-shirt.

GNC/Two Spirit: dress according to your gender.

These clothes should be free of metal. No jewelry or metal is taken into the lodge (you may want to leave these at home). Nothing else is taken into the lodge except, perhaps, for those things used for prayer such as a drum, or rattle. Ask before you take anything inside.