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Joanne Minoza of Jean Marie River is baptized in the water of Great Slave Lake. John Kennedy, left, of Fort McMurray, Alta., and Alec Sunrise of the Hay River Reserve perform the ceremony. - Paul Bickford/NNSL photo

K'ATLODEECHE/HAY RIVER RESERVE
A baptism ceremony on the shore of Great Slave Lake was held on Aug. 6 as part of an eight-day gospel camp meeting on the Hay River Reserve.

Four women – two from the NWT and two from Alberta – were baptized in the water off a sandy beach, just east of the reserve's Old Village.

Alec Sunrise, a former chief of K'atlodeeche First Nation and an evangelist, said the baptism was a highlight of the non-denominational gathering.

The gospel camp meeting brought together about 60 Christians, including 30 participants from several other NWT communities, Nunavut, Alberta and B.C.

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