First Nations Version · Rain Ministries

RainSong at Vineyard Christian Fellowship, Gilbert Arizona
2022-10-16 10:30 - 12:00 (America/Phoenix) | Vineyard Community Church Gilbert AZ, 601 S. Cooper Rd., Gilbert, AZ, 85233, United States
RainSong will join the worship team on Sunday at 10:30 am on October 16th. Terry will be the guest speaker. More info coming soon.

Azusa Pacific University Chapel
2022-11-02 10:00 - 23:30 (America/Phoenix) | Azusa Pacific University, 901 E. Alosta Ave, Azusa, CA, 91702, United States
Terry will speak to the students regarding the First Nations Version and provide a time for Q and A. Darlene will accompany on the flute during readings. More info coming soon…

RainSong at Desert Springs Bible Church, Phoenix Arizona
2022-11-06 09:30 - 11:30 (America/Phoenix) | Desert Springs Bible Church, 16215 N Tatum Blvd, Phoenix, AZ, United States
RainSong will share our music and storytelling with this Sacred Family of Jesus followers.

Would Jesus Eat Frybread Nov 2022, El Reno Oklahoma
2022-11-11 19:00 - 2022-11-13 21:00 (America/Phoenix) | Redlands Community Collage, 1300 S Country Club Rd, El Reno, OK, 73036, United States
Terry Wildman will be the lead-off speaker for this event. Both he and Darlene will serve as Elders in Residence during the weekend.
Native InterVarsity and Cru Nations will be sponsoring the 8th gathering of the Would Jesus Eat Frybread Conference. This year WJEF will be hosted by the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribal nations. This event is for Native/First Nations college students and college-age individuals.
The theme this year is Arise, Shine!
WJEF begins on Friday night and continues through the weekend until Sunday evening.
The cost is $295, $100 for students who are commuting (i.e. won’t be staying in the hotel). As always, financial help is available for both registration and travel.
Registration INCLUDES

all conference venues and activities
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday night hotel room (no hotel included for commuters)
Friday dinner through Monday breakfast (breakfasts not included for commuters)

See their website for registration and other information. https://www.wouldjesuseatfrybread.org/wjef22.html

Urbana 22 Indianapolis
2022-12-28 - 2023-01-01 | MI
Terry and Darlene have been invited to help with protocol with the Miami Indians of Indiana for the opening meeting at Urbana. Urbana is a college student missions conference that meets every 3 years. From 10,000 to 20,000 students have attended in past years. This year about 12,000 are expected.
Terry and Darlene will lead an afternoon seminar on the first 2 days. One on the Story of the First Nations Version and one on Unity and Diversity in Creator’s Mission. You can learn more at the Urbana website.
https://urbana.org/

Heartland Church - Fort Wayne, IN 10am - 11:30am
2023-01-29 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Phoenix) | Heartland Church, 1025 Vance Ave, Ft. Wayne, IN, 46805, United States
Terry will be speaking at the morning service at Heartland Church in Fort Wayne Indiana.

RainSong and Miami Drum at Heartland Church 5pm-8pm
2023-01-29 18:00 - 20:30 (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) | Heartland Church, 1025 Vance Ave, Ft. Wayne, IN, 46805, United States
RainSong has been asked to share an evening of fellowship, music, and native singing and drumming with the Miami Nation Drum. This event will be held at the Heartland Church in Fort Wayne Indiana January 29th, 2023 at about 6:00 pm. More info coming soon.

RainSong at Siloam Indian Baptist Church - Gila River Rez
2023-02-12 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Phoenix) | Siloam Indian Baptist Church, 14181 S 51st Ave., Laveen, AZ, 85339, United States
RainSong will be sharing our music and storytelling with the Siloam Indian Baptist Church on the Pima Reservation in Arizona. Pastor Steve Cartwright.

RainSong at Tribal Ministry Conference Tacoma Washington
2023-04-21 - 2023-04-22 | MI
Hosted by NAIM North American Indigenous Ministries.
Click Here for Registration Information

Seeking Common Ground - RainSong at Dominican Retreat Ctr - June 2-4
2023-06-02 19:00 - 2023-06-04 12:00 (America/New_York) | Dominican Retreat and Conference Center, 1945 Union St, Niskayuna, NY, 12309, United States
Seeking Common Ground:
A Retreat with the First Nations Version, An Indigenous Translation of the New Testament Guided by Terry and Darlene Wildman
June 2-4, 2023
Dominican Retreat and Conference Center
1945 Union Street (Route 7)…Niskayuna, NY 12309
518-393-4169

PDF Conference info: https://firstnationsversion.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/First-Nations-Retreat.pdf
Registration info and link: https://www.mychurchevents.com/calendar/57658696/event/269362577/2023-06-02

RainSong at Vineyard in Gilbert AZ - June 25th
2023-06-25 10:30 - 12:00 (America/Phoenix) | Vineyard Community Church Gilbert AZ, 601 S. Cooper Rd., Gilbert, AZ, 85233, United States
Terry and Darlene will help lead worship and Terry will speak.

Hilo Missionary Church - Hilo Hawaii - July 2nd
2023-07-02 09:00 - 10:15 (America/Phoenix) | Hilo Missionary Church, 1044 Komohana Street, Hilo, HI, 96720, United States
Terry and Darlene will once again be sharing our music and storytelling with the Hilo Missionary Church. Click the link for more info about the Church and for location and times. The service will begin at 9:00 am Hawaii time.
https://www.hmcohana.org/service-times

Kalapana Hawaii - July 2nd
2023-07-02 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Phoenix) | Kalapana Hawaiian Worship Service, 12-4038 Kalapana Kapoho Beach Rd,, Pahoa, HI, United States
RainSong will partner with Hilo Missionary Church to share our music and storytelling at Kalapana Hawiian Worship Service. Located at Uncle Robert’s Awa Bar. The Service will start about 11:00 am Hawiian time. Click the link below for more information.
https://www.hmcohana.org/service-times

Ho'olohe Pono- Oahu Hawaii - July 2023
2023-07-08 16:00 - 2023-07-15 16:00 (America/Phoenix) | Ho’olohe Pono, HI, United States
Terry and Darlene will be participating with the Native InterVarsity Staff and others in Ho’olhe Pono at Oahu of the Hawai’ian Islands.
Click here for more information: https://www.intervarsityhawaii.org/hoolohe-pono.html
And Here: https://vimeo.com/32536030

Wiconi Family Camp and Powwow - July 27-30
2023-07-27 16:00 - 2023-07-30 16:00 (America/Phoenix) | Wiconi Family Camp, 7790 Marion Rd, Turner, OR, United States
Terry and Darlene, RainSong, will be sharing our music and storytelling at this 4 day event at Turner Oregon. Click the link below for more info. Jonathan Maracle of Broken Walls will also be sharing his music and message. Workshops and More.
https://www.wiconifamilycamp.org/family-camp

Salem/Bradley Indian Church - Aug 20th
2023-08-20 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Phoenix) | Bradley Indian Mission Church, 695 128th Ave., Shelbyville, MI, 49344, United States
RainSong, Terry and Darlene Wildman will be sharing our music and storytelling on Sunday 10am Michigan time.

Miami Days at the Pillars - Aug 26th
2023-08-26 10:00 - 17:00 (America/Phoenix) | Miami Pillars, 5400 E. Mississinewa Rd, Peru, IN, 46970, United States
Terry and Darlene will be participating in the Miami Days at the Pillars in Peru Indiana on Saturday Aug 26th. Click the link below for more info.
https://www.facebook.com/Daysatthepillars
Directions from Peru: 124E for 2.5 miles. Turn right onto S 300E for 3.1 miles. Turn left onto Mississinewa Rd. and continue on road along the river until you see the Miami Nations Gated Entrance. 5400 E. Mississinewa Rd., Peru, IN 40970

Anchor Community Church - Aug 27 - Ft. Wayne IN
2023-08-27 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Detroit) | MI
Terry will speak on the First Nations Version, impact and progress Sunday morning at Anchor Community Church

Servants Community Church - Grand Rapids MI - Aug 30, 2023
2023-08-30 17:30 - 20:00 (America/Phoenix) | MI
RainSong, Terry and Darlene, will share music and storytelling following a Family Feast at the church building.

Furman University - Lecture - September 11 2023
2023-09-11 | MI
Terry Wildman will present an Academic Lecture with Q & R regarding Bible Translation and the First Nations Version.
The lecture will be Monday evening at 6:30 pm in the Plyler Science building in Patrick lecture Hall. Plyler is building 29 on the map at this link. there is a parking area right across from the building.
Directions for anyone who wants to attend the lecture: One enters the campus from the front gate, goes around a circle and drives down a long mall. You pass the first building on the right which is Furman Hall. Next you pass the library which has a water pool in front of it and then Plyler hall will be next on the right (The chapel with a steeple with be on the other side of the mall opposite the library. Turn left to go to the other side of the mall. Parking area is behind a hedge of bushes.

First Nations Truth and Reconciliation Event - Canada
2023-09-29 - 2023-10-01 | Pacific Academy, 10238 168 Street, Surrey BC, V4N 1Z4, Surrey, British Columbia, PurV4N 1Z4, Canada
Terry and Darlene will share their music, storytelling, a perspectives with schools in Canada, in recognition of the first official Truth and Reconciliation Day in Canada. They plan to bring several schools together for a weekend of sharing and honoring Native peoples.

BGU Phoenix Immersion - Indigenous Day - Oct 24, 2023
2023-10-24 09:00 - 11:00 (America/Phoenix) | MI
Bakke Graduate University
Bakke Graduate University (BGU) is the place to learn the new realities of the global, urban world. A major reason is our network. BGU is connected to and building on a global, urban, theological network created over 30 years by Ray Bakke and others. That extensive network gives BGU unique access to the thinkers, leaders, and practitioners in the global Christian church.
Terry and Darlene will be presenters on this day from 9:00 to 11:00 am. Following that they will spend the day visiting the Indian Boarding School and dinner at the Frybread House.

RainSong at Vineyard Community Church - Gilbert AZ - Oct 29, 2023
2023-10-29 10:30 - 12:00 (America/Phoenix) | Vineyard Community Church Gilbert AZ, 601 S. Cooper Rd., Gilbert, AZ, 85233, United States
Terry and Darlene will help lead worship and Terry will speak at the Sunday morning service.

Fellowship Center for Racial Reconciliation - Nov 5th 2023
2023-11-05 18:30 - 21:00 (America/Phoenix) | Mountainside Communion, 303 W Colorado Blvd, Monrovia, CA, 91016, United States
Location: Mountainside Communion, 303 W Colorado Blvd, Monrovia, CA 91016
Terry will be speaking on the FNV. “Being Who Creator Made us to Be: An Evening with the Lead Translator of the First Nations Version.”
As RainSong we will also share music and storytelling.

Azusa Pacific University Chapel - Nov 6th 2023
2023-11-06 10:00 - 17:00 (America/Phoenix) | MI
Terry and Darlene will lead the chapel service with music and storytelling. Terry will speak to the students about worship in other cultures and provide a time for Q and A.

Mountain Shadows Presbyterian Church - Nov 12th 2023
2023-11-12 10:00 - 23:30 (America/Phoenix) | Mountian Shadows Presbyterian Church, 3201 E Mountainare Dr., Tucson, AZ, 85739, United States
Terry and Darlene will speak and share storytelling from the First Nations Version during the Sunday morning service. Community welcome.
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SMU Perkins Fall Convocation - Nov 13-14, 2023
2023-11-13 - 2023-11-14 | SMU Perkins School of Theology, 6001 Bishop Doulevard, Dallas, TX, 75275, United States
Perkins Fall Convocation is an annual gathering highlighting various intersections of faith and culture through relevant lectures, presentations, workshops and liturgical expressions around a selected theme. Formerly Ministers Week, Fall Convocation offers a broad learning community for church and community leaders alike.
Fall Convocation 2023:
How We Engage the Bible, November 13-14, 2023
Terry Wildman is scheduled to be the opening speaker discussing the First Nations Version Translation and the Bible and Indigenous people of North America.

InterVarsity Staff Gathering: Jan 1-6 2024, Orlando FL
2024-01-01 - 2024-01-06 | MI
Terry and Darlene will be attending the InterVarsity Staff Gathering in Orlando Florida.

Greenwood UMC-Ann Arbor MI-Feb 3rd, 5pm
2024-02-03 17:00 - 20:00 (America/Phoenix) | Greenwood First UMC Church, 1001 Green Rd, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, United States
RainSong: Terry and Darlene Wildman will share our music and storytelling with a focus on the story of the First Nations Version at Greenwood UMC Saturday 5pm. Sunday 10am. Sunday 6pm. More info click below.
Saturday at Green Wood Campus https://www.fumc-a2.org/event/green-wood-worship-4-2022-06-18-2/
Sunday at Downtown Church
Welcoming the Wildmans!

UMC Ann Arbor, Downtown, Sun 10am
2024-02-04 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Phoenix) | Ann Arbor UMC, 120 S. State St., Ann Arbor, 48104, United States
Terry will share some scripture from the First Nations Version and then be interviewed by the pastor.
