EFC public policy director on 100 Huntley
Watch the EFC’s public policy director Julia Beazley on 100 Huntley Street as she gives an update on the charitable status issue and the approaching expansion of euthanasia based solely on mental illness. Julia highlights a new bill in Parliament that could stop MAiD for mental illness, and how listeners can support it.
New Canada Watch
The EFC’s latest Canada Watch newsletter outlines how you can take 15 minutes to help stop MAiD for mental illness. It also invites EFC affiliate congregations to make some time on a Sunday in November to celebrate Christian engagement in Canadian society. For those in Ottawa, there’s also news about an upcoming EFC Pastors Day on Oct. 23. If you’re not getting this bimonthly newsletter, you can sign up for free.
Helping Chatham homeowners with renovations
Two congregations in Chatham, Ont., partner each year to transform the outside of a house for a local resident. Read more about this unique way First Presbyterian Church and First Reformed Church serve their community in the Jul/Aug issue of Faith Today.
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Ukrainian Christians call for prayer on August 24
Sunday, August 24, is Ukraine’s Independence Day. The Ukraine Council of Evangelical Protestant Churches is appealing for international prayer for: an end to the war and the establishment of just peace; protection and restoration of the Ukrainian people; healing of physical and emotional wounds; release of captives and return of abducted children; strength, wisdom, and endurance for the Church of Christ in Ukraine. Learn more at www.prayforukraine.org.ua.
Held by grace
Jackson TerKeurst is a Liberian civil war survivor and adoptee who shares his journey to belonging, identity and family in a new book. Read this new post on FaithToday.ca.
, Aug. 31, David Guretzki, speaking at Toronto Christian Community Church Sunday service
Calgary, Sept. 12-13, Roger Helland, speaking in-person at Centre Street Church’s Serve Conference about prayer and the Father’s heart for holiness
Calgary, Sept. 20, David Guretzki speaking at Faith Matters on MAiD in Canada – A Matter of Life & Death
Additional Christian community calendar events
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Ministry Leaders 7-Day Renewal Retreat (Kerith/FOTF), Priddis, Alta., Sept. 8-15, Oct. 20-27; Nestleton, Ont., Sept. 22-29, Oct. 13-20; East Braintree, Man., Sept. 22-19, Oct. 13-20