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Research shows that young people in particular do better when caring adults invest in their lives. That is true for most of us. What exactly is mentoring? Why does it matter so much? How can we do it better? How can Christian ministries and churches make mentoring part of their culture? Join our next webinar with expert guests Doug Ward of Arrow Ministries, Margaret Gibb of Women Together and Pierre Bergeron of SIS Leadership. With host Karen Stiller.
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EFC Podcast: How Churches Can Protect the Vulnerable and Themselves
We are all alarmed at the stories of harassment and abuse that happen in our churches. Melodie Bissell is executive director of Plan to Protect, the screening and protection program used by almost half of Canadian churches. In our latest podcast, she shares her insights into abuse in churches, who it hurts and how we can protect the vulnerable, including our pastors.
2019 Canada Summer Jobs application now online
The Canada Summer Jobs application period opened on December 17. The application form, Applicant Guide and Articles of Agreement are now online. The EFC is studying the documents and will make our analysis available soon.
Christmas Gift-giving Idea: Canada’s Best Christian Journalism
Print subscriptions to the EFC’s award-winning magazine Faith Today are now available for a special Christmas buy-one-get-one offer. Give someone a year's worth of Canada's best Christian journalism for $29.99, and you'll get a second subscription at no cost that you can give to someone else or keep for yourself. Available for a limited time at www.FaithToday.ca/2for1 or call toll-free 1-866-302-3362.
Accommodating Religious Difference: We Begin by Admitting There is No Neutral Ground
"Religion involves the whole person expressed in beliefs, doctrines, rites, rituals and ways of living. Each of us lives out those things, whether we can articulate them and confess them or not.” EFC President Bruce Clemenger reflects on the Quebec government's promise to impose "strict secularism" by forbidding public employees from wearing religious symbols, and how we should really think about accommodating religious differences.
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→ Canada Chinese Winter Conference, Edmonton, Dec. 27-31
→ Urbana Student Missions Conference, St. Louis, Dec. 27-31
→ P2C Plus Youth Conference, Toronto, Dec. 28-Jan.1
In Case You Missed It
→ “Together We Have Made a Difference:” Bruce Clemenger on the Canada Summer Jobs changes (video)
→ EFC Welcomes Justice Committee Report on Human Trafficking
→ Is a Clergy Crisis Coming? (Faith Today article)