Support Private Member’s Bill to Protect Pregnant Women
A private member's bill to protect pregnant women is up for more debate today and likely to be voted on very soon. Please pray for this initiative and ask your MP to support it. For more information and a sample MP letter, see TheEFC.ca/C-311.
Government Matching Certain Donations for East Africa Crisis
To respond to the drought and other crises in East Africa, the federal government announced last week that it will match individual donations made by Canadians to the Humanitarian Coalition before June 30. Learn more.
World Refugee Sunday This Sunday
This Sunday, June 18, and the Sunday after, June 25, are great options to hold a World Refugee Sunday in your church or other group. Free resources are available. More than 100 million people worldwide are forcibly displaced, the majority of whom are women and children, according to the World Evangelical Alliance. Many churches hold World Refugee Sunday annually on the Sunday before or after June 20 (UN World Refugee Day) to remember this need and to participate in prayer and action, responding in practical ways to God’s call to "love the stranger as yourself." Learn more and find resources at TheEFC.ca/WorldRefugeeSunday.
National Indigenous Peoples Day
June 21 is National Indigenous Peoples Day. Do you know there are evangelical connections with the establishment and celebration of this day? Learn more in a new post at TheEFC.ca/NIPD.
Faith Trends Podcast: Megachurch Monopoly on Church Music
The latest research from Worship Leaders Research reveals that most of the songs we've sung in our churches over the last decade come from the same four sources. Listen to this new episode of the Faith Trends Podcast to learn more.
Organizing a Church-led Blood Donation Drive
Organizer Edward Ng shares his story of a blood drive among Ottawa churches and his hopes for an annual campaign for churches to promote giving blood in the week before Easter.
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→ Simpson Week Special Events (Acadia Divinity College) including Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove on The Challenge of White Christian Nationalism (June 13), The Christian Legacy of Moral Fusion (June 14), A Public Witness for Our Time (June 15), online/Wolfville, N.S., June 13-15
→ Faith Leaders Advocacy Webinar (PRN/Kentro/One), online, June 14
→ Ekklesia Excelerator 3-Month Online Course of Equipping for Influence (TOWC), June 17
→ World Refugee Sunday, June 18; World Refugee Day, June 20
→ Learn About the Peace and Reconciliation Network; Meet Joel Zantingh, new Cdn coordinator (PRN), online, June 20
→ National Indigenous Peoples Day, June 21
→ Stories of Transformation in Canada (TOWC), online, June 27
→ God Heal Our Land (Overflow/Love on Hamilton/Phoenix Rising Center), Hamilton, July 1
→ B.C. Christian Ashram Retreat (TWU), Langley, July 7-8
→ Deepening Understanding for Intercultural Ministry (CCC/FILL/St. Stephen’s College), Edmonton, July 10-14
→ Praying for Canada (Canadian Missions Conference), online, July 20
→ Stories of Transformation in Canada (TOWC), online, July 25
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→ Job Openings: pastor (Red Deer, Montreal, Brampton, Saint John, Ottawa); Montreal director of leadership programs; and more (FaithToday.ca/Classifieds)
→ Hastened Death for Mental Illness Delayed, But Needs to Be Stopped (EFC info and call to action)
→ Two Take Action Brochures: Euthanasia for Youth, Euthanasia for Mental Illness
→ The Dangers and Opportunities of TikTok (Faith Today column)
→ Letter to Government on Expunging Prostitution-Related Convictions
→ Igniting Prayer: Reports From Calgary, Kelowna, Regina and Ottawa Events
→ How to Read Our Bibles Better (Faith Today podcast)
→ East Coast Theology: Anna Robbins on the Relevance of a Seminary’s Local Context (Faith Today podcast)
→ How Should Christians Deal Those With on Opposite Sides During Wartime (Faith Today History Lesson column)
→ Meet New Canadian Coordinator of the Peace and Reconciliation Network (Reconciling blog)