Navajo Lutheran Mission June 2009 Installation: Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard, Rev. Deborah Haffner Hubbard

Navajo Lutheran Mission June 2009 Installation: Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard, Rev. Deborah Haffner Hubbard

(Rock Point, Arizona) – The first of several videos on the Installation of Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard and Rev. Deborah Haffner Hubbard at the Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission (NELM) in Rock Point, Arizona by Bishop Steve Talmage of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Grand Canyon Synod.

Bishop Steve Talmage presides over the Installation Service on June 7, 2009 in the Navajo Lutheran Mission House of Prayer Lutheran Church.

The Hubbards arrived at the mission in the spring of 2009 after leaving their respective churches in northern Michigan.
Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard is the Executive Director.
Rev. Deborah Haffner Hubbard, who led a Presbyterian Church in Michigan, is the House of Prayer Pastor.

Joining the Bishop and the Hubbards at the front of the church during the installation service were former Mission Pastor Wally Cole and Rev. Jeff Berg of Concordia Lutheran Church in Phoenix, AZ

Following the Installation Service, the congregation participates in the the Share the Peace (aka Exchange of Peace).
http://www.elca.org/Growing-In-Faith/Worship/Learning-Center/FAQs/Exchange-of-Peace.aspx

The congregation then participates in a variety of rituals including the offering, communion, reading the Unending Prayer and The Lord’s Prayer.

We praise you and join the hosts of heaven in their unending hymn:

(In Unison) Holy, holy, holy Lord, Lord God of power and might: Heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.

Our Father in heaven, hallowed be thy name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespassed against us. Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory for ever and ever. Amen

Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard, who sings and plays guitar, is planning a series of concerts starting in the fall of 2009 at churches and other venues in Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Colorado, California.

The free fundraising concerts are to raise awareness about mission projects and the new Mission in Reverse model that the mission is operating under since he arrived in the Spring of 2009.

While still following the original goals of the mission, Rev. Hubbard is taking a respectful and humble approach to the mission’s work in the Navajo community.

He believes the purpose of the mission is to minister with the Navajo not for the Navajo.

With the century-long horrors of the Christian boarding lasting to mid 1900s still fresh in elders’ minds, Hubbard believes we need to practice healing and reconciliation, not judge people whose path to the divine life might be different than ours.

The Navajo Lutheran Mission is featured in the November 2009 issue of “The Lutheran” magazine, an ELCA national publication.

List of stories In Nov. 2009 Issue:
http://www.thelutheran.org/article/issue.cfm?issue=169

Navajo Lutheran Mission Installation #3: Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard and Rev. Deborah Haffner Hubbard installed by Bishop Steve Talmage

2009 Navajo Lutheran Mission in Rock Point, AZ Installation video #3: Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard and Rev. Deborah Haffner Hubbard installed by Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Grand Canyon Synod Bishop Steve Talmage

(Rock Point, Arizona) – The third video on the Sunday, June 7, 2009 Installation of Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard and Rev. Deborah Haffner Hubbard at the Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission (NELM) in Rock Point, Arizona by Bishop Steve Talmage of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Grand Canyon Synod.

On behalf of the Grand Canyon Synod, Bishop Talmage thanks Clarence C. Begay (Navajo Translator, Chapter House President & NELM board member), Bobby Yazzie, Howard Gatewood, Ron Augustson (NELM Board Chair) and the board of directors and the many others, who over the years, have contributed greatly to the work of maintaining the school and this mission for the sake of making Christ know.
Bishop Talmage installed the Hubbards on Sun., June 7, 2009.
I believe there is a need to maintain Jesus’s spirit of humility in seeking to discover the bridges that can be made and even crossed between the cultures and histories that exist in this place, Bishop Talmage told those gathered for the Installation Service.

In our less than perfect history of over 50 years of ministry at Rock Point, those who have come from the outside have struggled to be humble, patient and willing to recognize the need to discover how God has already been at work among the people here, Bishop Talmage said.

Love the stranger, love the neighbor and a friend with an open heart – with the open heart that Jesus has for all of God’s children,” said Bishop Talmage of the effect of the mission and school on those who do not know Jesus.

Bishop Talmage’s message of humility and realization that God has long been a part of the Navajo culture even before missionaries resonates with Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard, who became executive director of the Navajo Lutheran Mission in the spring of 2009 and has a been an outspoken advocate for Christian respect for the American Indian culture and traditions.

While still following the original goals of the mission, Rev. Hubbard is taking a respectful and humble approach to the mission’s work in the Navajo community.

He believes the purpose of the mission is to minister with the Navajo not for the Navajo.

With the century-long horrors of the Christian boarding lasting to mid 1900s still fresh in elders’ minds, Hubbard believes we need to practice healing and reconciliation, not judge people whose path to the divine life might be different than ours.

Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard, who sings and plays guitar, is planning a series of concerts starting in the fall of 2009 at churches and other venues in Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Colorado, California.

The free fundraising concerts are to raise awareness about mission projects and the new Mission in Reverse model that the mission is operating under since he arrived in the Spring of 2009.

Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission
House of Prayer Lutheran Church
Rock Point, Arizona

1-928-659-4201 (Office)
1-928-659-4202 (School)

2009 Board of Directors
Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission

Ron Augustson, Chair
Janice Lee Jim
Roger Johnsen
Jerry Thomas
Bill Heincke
Richard Wixom
David Ulibarri
Jeannie M. Harvey
Christel Badey
Clarence Begay
Sue Vogel-Herrera
Alice Natale

Links related to the Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission (NELM):

NELM on facebook

NELM on wordpress blog

NELM on Blogger

NELM on Zimbio

NELM on myspace

NELM on bliptv

NELM on youtube

NELM on photobucket

NELM on Twitter

Top Stories


Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)

Grand Canyon Synod on ELCA website

Grand Canyon Synod (ELCA)
http://www.gcsynod.org
http://www.youtube.com/gcsynod

You can support the Navajo Lutheran Mission through financial donations, volunteering and many other national programs.

For details:
http://www.nelm.org/support.htm
Campbell's Labels for Education
http://www.labelsforeducation.com
General Mills Boxtops for Education
http://www.boxtops4education.com

Navajo Lutheran Mission on Facebook
Navajo Lutheran Mission on Zimbio:

Navajo Luthean Mission 2009 Installation: Bishop Talmage says humble approach best

Installation of Rev. Dr. Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard and Rev. Deborah Haffner Hubbard at Navajo Lutheran Mission

ELCA Grand Canyon Bishop Steve Talmage calls for humble approach in working with tribe

Bishop Talmage acknowledges God was at work with Navajo long before missionaries arrived

(Rock Point, Arizona) – The fourth video on the Installation of Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard and Rev. Deborah Haffner Hubbard at the Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission (NELM) in Rock Point, Arizona by Bishop Steve Talmage of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Grand Canyon Synod.

Bishop Talmage installed the Hubbards on Sun., June 7, 2009.

In this video, Bishop Steve Talmage talks Navajo medical milestones like Dr. Lori Arviso Alvord, who in 1994 was the first Navajo woman to be board certified in surgery. (See photo collage below)

I believe there is a need to maintain Jesus’s spirit of humility in seeking to discover the bridges that can be made and even crossed between the cultures and histories that exist in this place, Bishop Talmage told those gathered for the Installation Service.

In our less than perfect history of over 50 years of ministry at Rock Point, those who have come from the outside have struggled to be humble, patient and willing to recognize the need to discover how God has already been at work among the people here, Bishop Talmage said.

Love the stranger, love the neighbor and a friend with an open heart – with the open heart that Jesus has for all of God’s children,” said Bishop Talmage of the effect of the mission and school on those who do not know Jesus.

Bishop Talmage’s message of humility and realization that God has long been a part of the Navajo culture even before missionaries resonates with Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard, who became executive director of the Navajo Lutheran Mission in the spring of 2009 and has a been an outspoken advocate for Christian respect for the American Indian culture and traditions.

While still following the original goals of the mission, Rev. Hubbard is taking a respectful and humble approach to the mission’s work in the Navajo community.

He believes the purpose of the mission is to minister with the Navajo not for the Navajo.

With the century-long horrors of the Christian boarding lasting to mid 1900s still fresh in elders’ minds, Hubbard believes we need to practice healing and reconciliation, not judge people whose path to the divine life might be different than ours.

Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard, who sings and plays guitar, is planning a series of concerts starting in the fall of 2009 at churches and other venues in Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Colorado, California.

The free fundraising concerts are to raise awareness about mission projects and the new Mission in Reverse model that the mission is operating under since he arrived in the Spring of 2009.

Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission
House of Prayer Lutheran Church
Rock Point, Arizona

1-928-659-4201 (Office)
1-928-659-4202 (School)

2009 Board of Directors
Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission

Ron Augustson, Chair
Janice Lee Jim
Roger Johnsen
Jerry Thomas
Bill Heincke
Richard Wixom
David Ulibarri
Jeannie M. Harvey
Christel Badey
Clarence Begay
Sue Vogel-Herrera
Alice Natale

Links related to the Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission (NELM):

NELM on facebook

NELM on wordpress blog

NELM on Blogger

NELM on Zimbio

NELM on myspace

NELM on bliptv

NELM on youtube

NELM on photobucket

NELM on Twitter

Top Stories


Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)

Grand Canyon Synod on ELCA website

Grand Canyon Synod (ELCA)
http://www.gcsynod.org
http://www.youtube.com/gcsynod

Navajo & Medical Milestone: Dr. Lori Arviso Alvord:

National Library of Medicine & National Institutes of Health: Dr. Lori Arviso Alvord – Changing the faces of Medicine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/physicians/biography_7.html
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/about/exhibition/travelingexhibitions/pdf/ctfomtext.pdf
Photo Gallery of Dr. Lori Arviso Alvord:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/gallery/photo_7_1.html

Captions to the photos of Dr. Lori Arviso Alvord and her family that are used in video and in above collage:
Dr. Lori Arviso Alvord, the first Navajo woman physician to be board-certified in surgery. courtesy: Lori Arviso Alvord, M.D.
Lori Arviso Alvord in High School in 1975
Lori Arviso Alvord's father and paternal grandmother at her graduation from Stanford Medical School, 1985
Lori Arviso Alvord at age 1 with her father, Robert Cupp in 1959
Lori Arviso Alvord (rear, center) with five generations of her family
Dr. Lori Arviso Alvord performing surgery

The Scalpel and the Silver Bear (Widener Universigty): A Navajo Woman's Surgeon's Story
http://www.widener.edu/womensstudies/whm07.asp

Dr. Lori Arviso Alvord: She Shines – YMCA of Rhode Island:
http://www.sheshines.org/content/view/392/411/

University of Nebraska Medical Center:
http://app1.unmc.edu/PublicAffairs/TodaySite/sitefiles/today_full.cfm?match=5588

You can support the Navajo Lutheran Mission through financial donations, volunteering and many other national programs.

For details:
http://www.nelm.org/support.htm
Campbell's Labels for Education
http://www.labelsforeducation.com
General Mills Boxtops for Education
http://www.boxtops4education.com

Navajo Lutheran Mission on Facebook
Navajo Lutheran Mission on Zimbio:

Back to School: Children of the Navajo Lutheran Mission School

Video of the Second Week of School (August 13, 2009) and a photo montage of the students and teachers at the Navajo Lutheran Mission in Rock Point, Arizona. The video is narrated by Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard (pictured below), executive director of the Navajo Lutheran Mission The video features the mission K-6 students, teachers and staff. 1-928-659-4201 (Office) 1-928-659-4202 (School) Navajo Lutheran Mission School: NELM School Principal Felisita Jones Kindergarten teacher Sharon Woody
1st grade teacher Lark Pettit
2nd grade teacher Jolene Wilson
3rd and 4th grade teacher Pauline Wagon
5th and 6th grade teacher Eileen Holiday Other NELM employees: Tara Chee, NELM Community Services Coordinator and Navajo Language and Culture Instructor 2009 Board of Directors Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission Ron Augustson, Chair
Janice Lee Jim
Roger Johnsen
Jerry Thomas
Bill Heincke
Richard Wixom
David Ulibarri
Jeannie M. Harvey
Christel Badey
Clarence Begay
Sue Vogel-Herrera
Alice Natale You can support the Navajo Lutheran Mission through financial donations, volunteering and many other national programs. For details visit the mission's support page Campbell's Labels for Education General Mills Boxtops for Education Related Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission (NELM) Links: NELM on facebook NELM on wordpress blog NELM on Blogger NELM on Zimbio NELM on myspace NELM on bliptv NELM on youtube NELM on photobucket NELM on Twitter Flute music courtesy Arizona Flutes and Native Arts in Camp Verde, AZ Carol Buckley, owner of Arizona Flutes and Native Arts in Camp Verde, AZ (high desert in Verde Valley) and a non-native flute musician specializing in American Indian music. She has Michigan roots – lived in in Davison and taught school in LakeVille Public Schools in Otisville where she was a Speech and Language Pathologist. In 1994 Buckley decided to refocus her life, escape from the cold weather, and move to the beautiful Verde Valley in Arizonas high desert. She is a poet and writer who plays Native American style flute music and has great respect for the Navajo and other Native American tribes and their respective cultures/heritage. Carol also teaches classes on how to play the Native flute. Songs used in videos are from Carol Buckley's Rhythm Keepers and Raindrops on Roses CDs Navajo Lutheran Mission First Day of School Part 1:
Carol Buckley's Rhythm Keepers CD Track 6: Recollection Track 4: Twin Hearts Track 8: Native Image Navajo Lutheran Mission First Day of School Part 2:
Carol Buckley's Rhythm Keepers CD Track 5 Red Rock Beat Track 8 Native Image Track 7 Roadrunner Track 12 Twilight Navajo Lutheran Mission Second Week of School & Photo Montage: Carol Buckley's Raindrops on Roses CD Track 4 Living Life Track 6 Dancing Moccasins email Carol Buckley at work Arizona Flutes and Native Arts P.O. Box 1511 Camp Verde, AZ 86322 1-928-300-4781 (office) Arizona Flutes website Carol Buckley bio Thoughts, quotes and photos from Carol Buckley at Arizona Flutes Check out Carol Buckley CD's Flute Blessing by Carol Buckley, June 2000: I hold this ancient instrument to my heart And bless it with love. I ask that my breath flow with ease As my fingers dance to the rhythm Of the ancient spirits joy. May the music coming from this ancient instrument Flow from my heart to heal wounded spirits, Comfort and sooth troubled souls And bring joy to the lives it touches. Allow me to play in the peacefulness of the moment, In the joy of celebration, and in the sacredness of living. Arizona Flutes and Native Arts homepage Navajo Nation Flag used in this video was created by artist R. Daniel Markstedt of Linköping in central Sweden: R. Daniel Markstedt Wikipedia username is Himasaram Link to Navajo Flag on Wikipedia Himasaram Wikipedia gallery Knox College 2 East South Street Galesburg, IL 61401-4999 1-309-341-7000 Knox College website Knox College students at NELM (left) in 2008. Students make fry bread (right) on the Navajo Reservation Knox College students at Navajo Lutheran Mission Knox College Courses involving Navajo Lutheran Mission Wikipedia page about Knox College Cal Farley's Boys Ranch in Texas Cal Farley's Boys Ranch Located 36 miles northwest of Amarillo, Texas, on US Highway 385 Cal Farley's Girlstown, U.S.A. Situated on 1,425 acres of land eight miles south of Whiteface, Texas, (west of Lubbock) 1-806-372-2341 1-800-657-7124 (toll free) Cal Farley's 600 W. 11th St. Amarillo, TX 79101-3228 A Couple With A Mission: Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard and Rev. Deborah Haffner Hubbard
The Hubbards arrived at the Navajo Lutheran Mission in the spring of 2009 after each having their own respective church in northern Michigan. Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard is the NELM executive director.
Rev. Deborah Haffner Hubbard is a Presbyterian minister who is now the pastor of the mission House of Prayer Lutheran Church.
Both were installed by Grand Canyon Synod Bishop Steve Talmage.

The students, teachers, staff and friend of the Navajo Lutheran Mission:

2009 First Day of School #1: Navajo Lutheran Mission Rock Point, AZ

Video of the First Day of School (August 13, 2009) at the Navajo Lutheran Mission in Rock Point, Arizona.

The video is narrated by Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard (pictured below), executive director of the Navajo Lutheran Mission The video features the mission K-6 students, teachers and staff. 1-928-659-4201 (Office) 1-928-659-4202 (School) Navajo Lutheran Mission School: NELM School Principal Felisita Jones Kindergarten teacher Sharon Woody
1st grade teacher Lark Pettit
2nd grade teacher Jolene Wilson
3rd and 4th grade teacher Pauline Wagon
5th and 6th grade teacher Eileen Holiday Other NELM employees: Tara Chee, NELM Community Services Coordinator and Navajo Language and Culture Instructor 2009 Board of Directors Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission Ron Augustson, Chair
Janice Lee Jim
Roger Johnsen
Jerry Thomas
Bill Heincke
Richard Wixom
David Ulibarri
Jeannie M. Harvey
Christel Badey
Clarence Begay
Sue Vogel-Herrera
Alice Natale You can support the Navajo Lutheran Mission through financial donations, volunteering and many other national programs. For details visit the mission's support page Campbell's Labels for Education General Mills Boxtops for Education Related Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission (NELM) Links: NELM on facebook NELM on wordpress blog NELM on Blogger NELM on Zimbio NELM on myspace NELM on bliptv NELM on youtube NELM on photobucket NELM on Twitter Flute music courtesy Arizona Flutes and Native Arts in Camp Verde, AZ Carol Buckley, owner of Arizona Flutes and Native Arts in Camp Verde, AZ (high desert in Verde Valley) and a non-native flute musician specializing in American Indian music. She has Michigan roots – lived in in Davison and taught school in LakeVille Public Schools in Otisville where she was a Speech and Language Pathologist. In 1994 Buckley decided to refocus her life, escape from the cold weather, and move to the beautiful Verde Valley in Arizonas high desert. She is a poet and writer who plays Native American style flute music and has great respect for the Navajo and other Native American tribes and their respective cultures/heritage. Carol also teaches classes on how to play the Native flute. Songs used in videos are from Carol Buckley's Rhythm Keepers and Raindrops on Roses CDs Navajo Lutheran Mission First Day of School Part 1:
Carol Buckley's Rhythm Keepers CD Track 6: Recollection Track 4: Twin Hearts Track 8: Native Image Navajo Lutheran Mission First Day of School Part 2:
Carol Buckley's Rhythm Keepers CD Track 5 Red Rock Beat Track 8 Native Image Track 7 Roadrunner Track 12 Twilight Navajo Lutheran Mission Second Week of School & Photo Montage: Carol Buckley's Raindrops on Roses CD Track 4 Living Life Track 6 Dancing Moccasins email Carol Buckley at work Arizona Flutes and Native Arts P.O. Box 1511 Camp Verde, AZ 86322 1-928-300-4781 (office) Arizona Flutes website Carol Buckley bio Thoughts, quotes and photos from Carol Buckley at Arizona Flutes Check out Carol Buckley CD's Flute Blessing by Carol Buckley, June 2000: I hold this ancient instrument to my heart And bless it with love. I ask that my breath flow with ease As my fingers dance to the rhythm Of the ancient spirits joy. May the music coming from this ancient instrument Flow from my heart to heal wounded spirits, Comfort and sooth troubled souls And bring joy to the lives it touches. Allow me to play in the peacefulness of the moment, In the joy of celebration, and in the sacredness of living. Arizona Flutes and Native Arts homepage Navajo Nation Flag used in this video was created by artist R. Daniel Markstedt of Linköping in central Sweden: R. Daniel Markstedt Wikipedia username is Himasaram Link to Navajo Flag on Wikipedia Himasaram Wikipedia gallery Knox College 2 East South Street Galesburg, IL 61401-4999 1-309-341-7000 Knox College website Knox College students at NELM (left) in 2008. Students make fry bread (right) on the Navajo Reservation Knox College students at Navajo Lutheran Mission Knox College Courses involving Navajo Lutheran Mission Wikipedia page about Knox College Cal Farley's Boys Ranch in Texas Cal Farley's Boys Ranch Located 36 miles northwest of Amarillo, Texas, on US Highway 385 Cal Farley's Girlstown, U.S.A. Situated on 1,425 acres of land eight miles south of Whiteface, Texas, (west of Lubbock) 1-806-372-2341 1-800-657-7124 (toll free) Cal Farley's 600 W. 11th St. Amarillo, TX 79101-3228 A Couple With A Mission: Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard and Rev. Deborah Haffner Hubbard
The Hubbards arrived at the Navajo Lutheran Mission in the spring of 2009 after each having their own respective church in northern Michigan. Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard is the NELM executive director.
Rev. Deborah Haffner Hubbard is a Presbyterian minister who is now the pastor of the mission House of Prayer Lutheran Church.
Both were installed by Grand Canyon Synod Bishop Steve Talmage.

The students, teachers, staff and friend of the Navajo Lutheran Mission:

2009 First Day of School #2: Navajo Lutheran Mission Rock Point, AZ

Video of the First Day of School (August 13, 2009) and the second week of school at the Navajo Lutheran Mission in Rock Point, Arizona.

The video is narrated by Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard (pictured below), executive director of the Navajo Lutheran Mission

The video features the mission K-6 students, teachers and staff.

1-928-659-4201 (Office)
1-928-659-4202 (School)

Navajo Lutheran Mission School:

NELM School Principal Felisita Jones

Kindergarten teacher Sharon Woody
1st grade teacher Lark Pettit
2nd grade teacher Jolene Wilson
3rd and 4th grade teacher Pauline Wagon
5th and 6th grade teacher Eileen Holiday

Other NELM employees:

Tara Chee, NELM Community Services Coordinator and Navajo Language and Culture Instructor

2009 Board of Directors
Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission

Ron Augustson, Chair
Janice Lee Jim
Roger Johnsen
Jerry Thomas
Bill Heincke
Richard Wixom
David Ulibarri
Jeannie M. Harvey
Christel Badey
Clarence Begay
Sue Vogel-Herrera
Alice Natale

You can support the Navajo Lutheran Mission through financial donations, volunteering and many other national programs.

For details visit the mission's support page

Campbell's Labels for Education

General Mills Boxtops for Education

Related Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission (NELM) Links:

NELM on facebook
NELM on wordpress blog
NELM on Blogger
NELM on Zimbio
NELM on myspace
NELM on bliptv
NELM on youtube
NELM on photobucket
NELM on Twitter

Flute music courtesy Arizona Flutes and Native Arts in Camp Verde, AZ

Carol Buckley, owner of Arizona Flutes and Native Arts in Camp Verde, AZ (high desert in Verde Valley) and a non-native flute musician specializing in American Indian music.
She has Michigan roots – lived in in Davison and taught school in LakeVille Public Schools in Otisville where she was a Speech and Language Pathologist.
In 1994 Buckley decided to refocus her life, escape from the cold weather, and move to the beautiful Verde Valley in Arizonas high desert.
She is a poet and writer who plays Native American style flute music and has great respect for the Navajo and other Native American tribes and their respective cultures/heritage.
Carol also teaches classes on how to play the Native flute.

Songs used in videos are from Carol Buckley’s Rhythm Keepers and Raindrops on Roses CDs


Navajo Lutheran Mission First Day of School Part 1:
Carol Buckley's Rhythm Keepers CD
Track 6: Recollection
Track 4: Twin Hearts
Track 8: Native Image

Navajo Lutheran Mission First Day of School Part 2:
Carol Buckley's Rhythm Keepers CD
Track 5 Red Rock Beat
Track 8 Native Image
Track 7 Roadrunner
Track 12 Twilight

Navajo Lutheran Mission Second Week of School & Photo Montage:
Carol Buckley’s Raindrops on Roses CD
Track 4 Living Life
Track 6 Dancing Moccasins

email Carol Buckley at work

Arizona Flutes and Native Arts
P.O. Box 1511
Camp Verde, AZ
86322

1-928-300-4781 (office)

Arizona Flutes website
Carol Buckley bio

Thoughts, quotes and photos from Carol Buckley at Arizona Flutes

Check out Carol Buckley CD's

Flute Blessing by Carol Buckley, June 2000:

I hold this ancient instrument to my heart
And bless it with love.
I ask that my breath flow with ease

As my fingers dance to the rhythm
Of the ancient spirits joy.

May the music coming from this ancient
instrument

Flow from my heart to heal wounded spirits,
Comfort and sooth troubled souls
And bring joy to the lives it touches.

Allow me to play in the peacefulness of the moment,
In the joy of celebration, and in the sacredness of living.

Arizona Flutes and Native Arts homepage

Navajo Nation Flag used in this video was created by artist R. Daniel Markstedt of Linköping in central Sweden:

R. Daniel Markstedt Wikipedia username is Himasaram
Link to Navajo Flag on Wikipedia
Himasaram Wikipedia gallery

Knox College
2 East South Street
Galesburg, IL
61401-4999

1-309-341-7000

Knox College website

Knox College students make fry bread on the Navajo Reservation

Knox College students at Navajo Lutheran Mission
Knox College Courses involving Navajo Lutheran Mission

Wikipedia page about Knox College

Cal Farley's Boys Ranch in Texas
Cal Farley's Boys Ranch
Located 36 miles northwest of Amarillo, Texas, on US Highway 385
Cal Farley's Girlstown, U.S.A.
Situated on 1,425 acres of land eight miles south of Whiteface, Texas, (west of Lubbock)

1-806-372-2341
1-800-657-7124 (toll free)

Cal Farley’s
600 W. 11th St.
Amarillo, TX
79101-3228

A Couple With A Mission: Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard and Rev. Deborah Haffner Hubbard
The Hubbards arrived at the Navajo Lutheran Mission in the spring of 2009 after each having their own respective church in northern Michigan. Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard is the NELM executive director.
Rev. Deborah Haffner Hubbard is a Presbyterian minister who is now the pastor of the mission House of Prayer Lutheran Church.
Both were installed by Grand Canyon Synod Bishop Steve Talmage.

The students, teachers, staff and friend of the Navajo Lutheran Mission:

2009 Navajo Lutheran Mission in Rock Point, AZ: Volunteers from Pittsburgh area churches paint murals and more

2009 Navajo Lutheran Mission: Volunteers from Pittsburgh area churches paint murals and more in Rock Point, AZ

(Rock Point, AZ) – Videos produced by two Pittsburgh area churches led by Pastor Susan C. Schwartz that sent missionaries to the Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission in Rock Point, Arizona in July 2009.

Volunteers from several faith traditions and churches painted murals and did other work at the Navajo Lutheran Mission included helped including Hope Lutheran Church of Forest Hills and St. John Lutheran Church in Swissvale.

Flute music by Travis Terry
http://www.myspace.com/dtravisterry

Hope Lutheran Church of Forest Hills
353 Ridge Ave
Pittsburgh, PA
15221-4111

1-412-242-4476 (church office)

Blog about 2009 NELM trip by volunteers from several Pittsburgh area churches including Hope Lutheran Church of Forest Hills and St. John Lutheran Church in Swissvale:
http://scs1249.blogspot.com

email the Hope Lutheran Church of Forest Hills near Pittsburgh

More about the flute music featured in this video:

Travis Terry is a native Flutist of the Pima Nation who is born of the indigenous Gila River Pima Nation in Sacaton, Arizona.

On his myspace page, Native flutist Travis Terry says:

“I grew up surrounded by ethnic music and instruments of long ago, including the Native flute,” Terry said. As a child I had natural appreciation for music, which contributed to me becoming a self-taught flutist in my adult years. My military service has sent me around the world exposing me to the musical traditions of various cultures.”
“Ethnic music was a continual interest and drew me closer to this dream of creating music. I have always been grateful to my parents (Irving and Caroline) for supporting my dreams and at the same time continually teaching me and my sisters (Denise and Dawn) the indigenous Pima culture, traditions and language. These values have aided me in blending contemporary culture with this heritage of the ‘Desert People.’ This conscious blending of cultures is very much reflected in my musical compositions and playing style.”
“After my military service, I visited Canyon De Chelly where my good fortune led me to meet my lovely wife Cara and settle in Chinle, AZ. Cara and her family taught me the ways and language of the Dine (Navajo) people.”

Preview story on April 9, 2009 in Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and Pittsburgh Live about area church group heading to NEML to paint. Pastor Susan C. Schwartz heads Hope Lutheran Church of Forest Hills and St. John Lutheran Church in Swissvale and Kathy Gaberson, a Hope Lutheran member.
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/pittsburgh/s_619790.html

Related Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission (NELM) Links:

NELM on facebook

NELM on wordpress blog

NELM on myspace

NELM on bliptv

NELM on youtube

NELM on photobucket

NELM on Twitter

2009 Navajo Lutheran Mission in Rock Point, AZ: Interviews with volunteers from Pittsburgh area churches who painted murals and more

2009 Navajo Lutheran Mission: Interviews with volunteers from Pittsburgh area churches who painted murals and more in Rock Point, AZ

(Rock Point, AZ) – Videos produced by two Pittsburgh area churches led by Pastor Susan C. Schwartz that sent missionaries to the Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission in Rock Point, Arizona in July 2009.

Volunteers from several faith traditions and churches painted murals and did other work at the Navajo Lutheran Mission included helped including Hope Lutheran Church of Forest Hills and St. John Lutheran Church in Swissvale.

Flute music by Travis Terry
http://www.myspace.com/dtravisterry

Hope Lutheran Church of Forest Hills
353 Ridge Ave
Pittsburgh, PA
15221-4111

1-412-242-4476 (church office)

Blog about 2009 NELM trip by volunteers from several Pittsburgh area churches including Hope Lutheran Church of Forest Hills and St. John Lutheran Church in Swissvale:
http://scs1249.blogspot.com

email the Hope Lutheran Church of Forest Hills near Pittsburgh

More about the flute music featured in this video:

Travis Terry is a native Flutist of the Pima Nation who is born of the indigenous Gila River Pima Nation in Sacaton, Arizona.

On his myspace page, Native flutist Travis Terry says:

“I grew up surrounded by ethnic music and instruments of long ago, including the Native flute,” Terry said. As a child I had natural appreciation for music, which contributed to me becoming a self-taught flutist in my adult years. My military service has sent me around the world exposing me to the musical traditions of various cultures.”
“Ethnic music was a continual interest and drew me closer to this dream of creating music. I have always been grateful to my parents (Irving and Caroline) for supporting my dreams and at the same time continually teaching me and my sisters (Denise and Dawn) the indigenous Pima culture, traditions and language. These values have aided me in blending contemporary culture with this heritage of the ‘Desert People.’ This conscious blending of cultures is very much reflected in my musical compositions and playing style.”
“After my military service, I visited Canyon De Chelly where my good fortune led me to meet my lovely wife Cara and settle in Chinle, AZ. Cara and her family taught me the ways and language of the Dine (Navajo) people.”

Preview story on April 9, 2009 in Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and Pittsburgh Live about area church group heading to NEML to paint. Pastor Susan C. Schwartz heads Hope Lutheran Church of Forest Hills and St. John Lutheran Church in Swissvale and Kathy Gaberson, a Hope Lutheran member.
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/pittsburgh/s_619790.html

Related Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission (NELM) Links:

NELM on facebook

NELM on wordpress blog

NELM on myspace

NELM on bliptv

NELM on youtube

NELM on photobucket

NELM on Twitter

Navajo Lutheran Mission: 2009 livestock vaccinations by Church of the Cross in Sacramento, CA

Navajo Lutheran Mission in Rock Point, AZ: 2009 livestock vaccinations at the Navajo Nation reservation by missionaries from the Lutheran Church of the Cross in Sacramento, CA

During July 2009, volunteers from the Lutheran Church of the Cross in Sacramento, CA visited the Navajo Lutheran Mission in Rock Point, AZ to assist the Navajo people with the health of their livestock.

Despite the extreme summer heat and the remote Navajo homes, church members helped deworm and vaccinate 500 sheep and goats plus 200 horses.

The volunteers from the Lutheran Church of the Cross paid for the expense of vaccinating over 700 livestock.

The vaccination program badly needs funding and anyone wish to help should contact the Navajo Lutheran Mission (see contact info below).

The group also did building repairs and rehab around the mission. On their off time, the group ventured to some of the area's most beautiful rock formations and sites. (See photo collages at end of this post).

The Navajo Lutheran Mission extends special thanks to Arizona Navajo musician Anthony Maloney, who music is featured in this video and will be used in upcoming videos (scroll down for more info and links about Anthony Maloney).

Songs by Maloney included in this video are "Our Warriors" and "A Better Life."

Links related to the Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission (NELM):

NELM on facebook

NELM on wordpress blog

NELM on Blogger

NELM on Zimbio

NELM on myspace

NELM on bliptv

NELM on youtube

NELM on photobucket

Info about the Church of the Cross in Sacramento, California (ELCA:

Church of the Cross

4465 H Street

Sacramento, CA

95819

Church of the Cross website

1-916-456-8880

Pastor Michael Walton serves as a Chaplain at California State University Sacramento
Church is on the Board of Directors of the Sacramento Area Campus Ministry.
http://www.sacacmin.com

email Rev. Michael Walton
(916) 548-4624

Wikipedia on the Navajo Nation:
The Navajo Nation (Diné Bikéyah in the Navajo language) is a semi-autonomous Native American homeland covering about 26,000 square miles (67,339 square kilometres, 17 million acres), occupying all of northeastern Arizona, the southeastern portion of Utah, and northwestern New Mexico. It is the largest land area assigned primarily to a Native American jurisdiction within the United States.

Navajo Nation Flag used in this video was made by Wikipedia user Himasara and his gallery

The Navajo Lutheran Mission extends special thanks to Arizona Navajo Musician Anthony Maloney.

Maloney's music is featured in this video and will be used in upcoming videos

Songs by Maloney included in this video are "Our Warriors" and "A Better Life."

Navajo (Diné) singer, songwriter and poet Anthony K. Maloney, a member of the Navajo Nation (Diné Bikéyah) from Yuba City, AZ "Music City"

Anthony Maloney official website includes background & profile:

Anthony Maloney music on soundclick:

Click to email musician Anthony Maloney

1-253-661-3652

Links to songs:

"Taken Away"

"We Were"

"The High Life"

"Our Warriors"

"A Better Life"

"4-Directions"

"What are my Chances"

"Walk Away"

"Smokey Eyez"

"Only Prayers and Time Will Tell"

"The Rain Never Seems To Stop"

"When"

Song details:

"Taken Away"
http://soundclick.com/share?songid=1059384

Native American AlterCountry
The beauty of a woman you love can make you drift off into another world…Love…Nirvana.

Album:
Anthony Maloney Unplugged
ShadowFace Records

"We Were"
http://soundclick.com/share?songid=1107571

About a lost love whom i admire, but don't wanna see face to face, only from a distance.
Just old thoughts of a past love…old flame..hehe

Album:
Anthony Maloney Unplugged
ShadowFace Records

"The High Life"
http://soundclick.com/share?songid=1580501

just playing around and jammin' with my nephew Leland, great musician.
Just felt the blues and went with the flow.
Sorry no vocals, it's all instrumental.

Album:
Anthony Maloney Unplugged
ShadowFace Records
By Anthony Maloney and Leland Howard

"Our Warriors"
http://soundclick.com/share?songid=1692003

Song about the reality of being plagued by Alcoholism on the Rez.

It is happening, not just on our reservations, but with in our community. There is really nothing to do, but let the abuser realize the facts of their addiction and its consequences.

No lyrics on this one.
I shouldn't have wrote this song in the first place, though it takes the anger out of me, because it was a path that I was on.

Album:
Anthony Maloney Unplugged
ShadowFace Records

"A Better Life"
http://soundclick.com/share?songid=1737075

Album:
Anthony Maloney Unplugged
ShadowFace Records

"4-Directions"
http://soundclick.com/share?songid=1755167

Album:
Anthony Maloney Unplugged
ShadowFace Records

"What are my Chances"
http://soundclick.com/share?songid=2281129

Relationship about to crash, but what are my chances, if…

Album:
Anthony Maloney Unplugged
AKM Records

"Walk Away"
http://soundclick.com/share?songid=3379744

Album:
Anthony Maloney Unplugged
ShadowFace Records

"Smokey Eyez"
http://soundclick.com/share?songid=7287628

Lost in a No Tell Motel, thinking of life in perspective, with our a care in this world.

Album:
Anthony Maloney Unplugged
ShadowFace Records

"When"
http://soundclick.com/share?songid=1789167

About a friends drama and his feelings transferred into a song…
A day of beer drinking and singing. The first cut was terrible and then i just worked at re-writing the whole song, then it all came together. I like it and I hope you do to.

Album:
Anthony Maloney Unplugged
ShadowFace Records

"The Rain Never Seems To Stop"
http://soundclick.com/share?songid=1692011

Just wrote what i felt, not thinking about what I was really thinking, just a role in every day relationship functions and disfunctions.
It is more about tears and brokenness, to love…

Album:
Anthony Maloney Unplugged
ShadowFace Records

No lyrics to this song. Free flow.

"Only Prayers and Time Will Tell"
http://soundclick.com/share?songid=1586015

Song started with simple chords and gradually crawled into a nice Native Contemporary song.

Album:
Anthony Maloney Unplugged
ShadowFace Record

Part 3: 2007 Student Christmas Pageant at Navajo Lutheran Mission

Part three of a three-part video series on the 2007 Christmas Pageant at the Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission (NELM) in Rock Point, Arizona.

The pageant takes place in the NELM House of Prayer and includes portions in Navajo and English.

In April 2009, Rev. Dr.Lynn Hubbard was appointed executive director of the Navajo Lutheran Mission.

He discovered several videos like this one that had not been put online for the public to see.

Rev. Hubbard is producing current videos but feels it is important to share these previously produced videos with the public.

Founded in September 1953, the Navajo Lutheran Mission in Rock Point, Arizona (Tsé Nitsaa Deezáhí) is located in the heart of the Navajo Nation (Diné Bikéyah).

Rev. Deborah Haffner Hubbard is a Presbyterian pastor was named the pastor of the Lutheran Mission House of Prayer.

Related Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission (NELM) Links:

NELM on facebook

NELM on wordpress blog

NELM on myspace

NELM on bliptv

NELM on youtube

NELM on photobucket

NELM on Twitter