Message from the President
Due to the Christmas holidays, we will not be publishing an Update on December 24 or December 31. We will resume on January 7. From everyone at the EFC, we want to wish you a blessed Christmas and Happy New Year with family and friends! Here is a Christmas message from EFC President Bruce Clemenger:
That the holy and all-powerful God of the universe, Creator of all things, would send His own Son to suffer for our redemption is truly amazing. As those who worship Him, who know and experience His mercy and compassion, His gift of love we celebrate this season is our reason for joy and peace. May you know this unprecedented peace and joy this Christmas.
Thank You for Your Support of the EFC
Your prayers and charitable donations have been crucial to the work of the EFC – uniting Evangelicals across Canada to pray, to stand and to speak as one Church – to bless our communities and our country in the name of Jesus. As we approach the end of a busy year at the EFC, would you consider making one more gift before December 31? Your year-end gift will help determine what programs and activities we can engage in throughout the upcoming year. You can either phone in your gift toll-free at 1-866-302-3362 OR donate online.
The Most Important Thing Ever
Could Christ’s birth actually be the most important event of our Christian life? Without Christmas, no other aspect of our Christian faith makes sense, argues EFC Vice-President David Guretzki. “The greatest mystery of Christmas is therefore not how God could be simultaneously divine and human, as great as that is. It is that God actually did it.”
Last-Minute Christmas Gifts – Two for One
Gift subscriptions to Faith Today are a great stocking stuffer, and for the next couple weeks are available at a special discounted rate. Buy one, get one free. Support the gift of Canadian Christian journalism by giving it away. Visit www.FaithToday.ca/2for1
Christmas Bible Knowledge Quiz
The EFC staff did a version of this Christmas Bible knowledge quiz last week. For fun, why not try it with your friends and family? (If you can get a perfect score, you’ve done better than any of us did!)
Pentecostal Church and Mennonite Group Respond to B.C. Flooding
At times, churches may feel invisible to the wider community. But when Mennonite Disaster Service came to aid flood victims in Grand Forks, B.C., and River Pentecostal Church hosted its operations, the church played a front-and-centre role in helping the community recover. Read more in this informative post at the Faith Today website.
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→ Canada Chinese Christian Winter Conference, Edmonton, Dec. 27-31
→ P2C Plus Youth Conference, Toronto, Dec. 28-31
→ Intro to Christian Apologetics (online course), Toronto, Jan. 6
→ John Wesley: Catholic Evangelical (online course), Toronto, Jan. 7
→ Faith in Action: Practising Biblical Advocacy, Edmonton, Jan. 11
→ Gospel of John free online webinar, Jan. 13
→ EFC Speaker in Edmonton, Jan. 15
→ David Fitch: Thought Leader Symposium, Burlington, Jan. 16
→ Forge Ontario: A Morning with Marilyn Draper, Burlington, Jan. 17
→ Night with the Persecuted Church, Scarborough, Jan. 17
→ Armour Up Men’s Conference, Ottawa, Jan. 17-18
→ One Conference, Edmonton, Jan. 17-18
→ EFC Speaker in Surrey, Jan. 18
In Case You Missed It
→ The Common Rule: Habits of Purpose for an Age of Distraction. An Interview with Justin Earley (Audio podcast)
→ Congratulations to Prime Minister (EFC letter)
→ Fixing Christmas (Faith Today article)
→ New Canada Watch
→ Lisez les dernières traductions des articles de Faith Today à tout moment sur FaithToday.ca/francais.