Presidents Day in Toronto
This week, leaders of dozens of ministries affiliated with the EFC will gather in Mississauga for the annual event known as Presidents Day. Agenda items include discussion of the Renegotiating Faith report on how to help young adults keep the faith in the transitions after high school; current legal cases; current public policy concerns; and more, including an after-dinner presentation by Dr. John G. Stackhouse, Jr. Please pray for God’s leading and blessing on these discussions.
Rotating Postal Strikes
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Podcast: A Prayer of Persistence
What does Jesus mean when he tells us to be persistent in prayer? In our new podcast, writer Carolyn Arends shares her own struggles with this question, and how she is resolving it.
Improving the EFC Update: Last call for your input
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Open to the Extraordinary: Valuing Families with Disabilities in the Church
Does your church truly value and include those with disabilities? Angeline Schellenberg is a churchgoing mom of two children with disabilities. She shares her perspective on how the church can be more inclusive.
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→ Into the Neighbourhood Missional Training Workshop, Toronto, Oct. 24-25; Edmonton, Oct. 25-26; Surrey, Oct. 26-27
→ Edvance Launch Gala: A Celebration of Christian Education, Hamilton, Oct. 25
→ Called: International Leadership Forum for Women, Guelph, Oct. 25-27
→ Levite Summit on Worship, Arts and Leadership, Red Deer, Oct. 26-27
→ Ottawa Civic Prayer Breakfast, Oct. 26
→ G.O. Conference 2018, Scarborough, Brampton, Oct. 26
→ Canadian Youth Workers Conference Kelowna, Oct. 26-27
→ Symposium on Christian Higher Education, Oct. 26-27
→ Gather Rise 2018, Oct. 27
→ The Word Guild Fiction Writers’ Conference Kelowna, Oct. 27
→ Youth Ministry Conference (Awana, CEF), Pierrefonds, Oct. 27
→ Promise Keepers Canada National Men’s Conference DISRUPTIVE, Grande Prairie, Oct. 27
→ The Gospel Coalition Canada National Conference, Mississauga, Oct. 29-31
→ Career + Calling: Combining Skill with Purpose, with Don Morrison, Ancaster, Nov. 1
→ Loving Muslims Together, Nationwide, Nov. 1-3
→ Canadian Youth Workers Conference, Winnipeg, Nov. 2-3
→ Christian Writers Weekend: From Revelation to Reality, Surrey, Nov. 2-3
→ Frontline Encounter Conference by Open Doors, Sumas, Washington, Nov. 2-3
→ Whose Land Is It Anyway? A Biblical Perspective, Toronto, Nov. 2-3
→ BIGLIFE Discipleship Conference, North York, Nov. 3
→ Promise Keepers Canada National Men’s Conference DISRUPTIVE-Calgary, Nov. 3
In Case You Missed It
→ New Canada Watch online
→ Leading for the Next Generation: Three Imperatives for Veteran Leaders
→ EFC Vice-President David Guretzki at the 7th Annual Parliamentary Forum on Religious Freedom