{"id":2026,"date":"2026-10-07T04:45:29","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T12:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/victoriamultifaith.com\/?p=2026"},"modified":"2026-10-07T04:45:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T12:45:29","slug":"gathering-of-nations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victoriamultifaith.com\/?p=2026","title":{"rendered":"Gathering of Nations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/victoriamultifaith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Gathering-of-nations-1-1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"572\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/victoriamultifaith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Gathering-of-nations-1-1-1-572x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2027\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.5647029786971478;width:409px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/victoriamultifaith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Gathering-of-nations-1-1-1-572x1024.jpg 572w, https:\/\/victoriamultifaith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Gathering-of-nations-1-1-1-167x300-1.jpg 167w, https:\/\/victoriamultifaith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Gathering-of-nations-1-1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Patrick Leon of Tsawout First Nation has invited VMS to a&nbsp;<strong>Gathering of Nations&nbsp;<\/strong>with a group of over 50&nbsp;Indigenous youth&nbsp;who have been learning traditional songs, dance and drumming from him.&nbsp;Patrick has long had this dream&nbsp;of inviting diverse people to join him, to share a meal, form friendships and witness the traditional dances. VMS has also shared that dream, which is now becoming reality.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We&#8217;ll be starting with a spaghetti and salad meal provided by the Tsawout First Nation as well as a vegetarian gluten-free meal provided by VMS. The event is sponsored by RJC Engineering and the Victoria&nbsp;Multifaith Society.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ci3.googleusercontent.com\/meips\/ADKq_NbK1xJVoWeVXuNg-stm6GEd88R-h59XEDPSvGpfNaRU8TQBvASzoRoA2ziYjMA4OMEv9ruFcAzJzaFYf14RYBck1cp9Ijme3XJM7Z0rvK8=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/17.0\/1f958\/72.png\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd58\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Time:\u00a0<\/strong>5 to 8 PM, Thursday Oct. 15 (Dinner at 5:30)<br><strong>Location:<\/strong>\u00a0Gymnasium of the Sidney LDS church,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/us.list-manage.com\/172bIKsmqmt?e=826c441510&amp;c2id=0ec9a4ac2cdd65ba6996859e42021dfe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2210 Eastleigh Way, Sidney<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patrick Leon of Tsawout First Nation has invited VMS to a&nbsp;Gathering of Nations&nbsp;with a group of over 50&nbsp;Indigenous youth&nbsp;who have been learning traditional songs, dance and drumming from him.&nbsp;Patrick has long had this dream&nbsp;of inviting diverse people to join him, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/victoriamultifaith.com\/?p=2026\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/victoriamultifaith.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/victoriamultifaith.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/victoriamultifaith.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/victoriamultifaith.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/victoriamultifaith.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2026"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/victoriamultifaith.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2028,"href":"https:\/\/victoriamultifaith.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2026\/revisions\/2028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/victoriamultifaith.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/victoriamultifaith.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/victoriamultifaith.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}