THE EFC UPDATE - 2015.12.22
Uniting Evangelicals to bless Canada in the name of Jesus
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CHRISTMAS GREETINGS
“Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” These are the words of the prophet Isaiah describing the Messiah whose birth we celebrate this special season. May we each come to a deeper sense of the depth and breadth of the meaning of Jesus’s birth, life, death and resurrection for humanity and indeed, for all of creation. Let us proclaim this Good News and live it out in our communities and our country. On behalf of the board and staff of the EFC, we wish you a merry Christmas and a happy and fruitful New Year. – EFC President Bruce J. Clemenger
NEXT WEBINAR: CLERGY WELLNESS
Mark your calendar for the next free EFC webinar, to be held Jan. 20, 2016 at noon Eastern. What is the state of mental and emotional health of our clergy in Canada? What does wellbeing look like in a busy pastoral life that is often full of demands and ripe for burn-out? How can churches care better for their ministry leaders? Bring your questions and concerns to our experts from Shalem Mental Health Network and Wycliffe College. Registration opens soon. Details: theEFC.ca/webinars.
NO AGE LIMITS FOR ASSISTED SUICIDE?
A nationwide government advisory group is making a serious mistake, argues EFC Policy Analyst Julia Beazley at theEFC.ca/blog.
LAST FEW DAYS TO DONATE FOR 2015
As the year 2015 closes, EFC staff are still praying over the generosity of our supporters. Would you make a donation to help equip us in “uniting Evangelicals to bless Canada in the name of Jesus”? To get a tax deductible receipt for 2015, make sure your gift is postmarked no later than Dec. 31. Or make a donation before Jan. 1 at theEFC.ca/donate or toll-free at 1-866-302-3362. Donors who give a total of $300 or more in 2015 get a free thank-you subscription to our EFC magazines Faith Today and Love Is Moving!
COMING EVENTS AT THEEFC.CA/CALENDAR
→Urbana Student Missions Conference, St. Louis, Dec. 27-31
→Canada Chinese Christian Winter Conf., Surrey, Dec. 27-31
→Earlybird Deadline for EFC Quebec Prayer Summit, Jan. 15
→Marriage and Chronic Illness, Calgary, Jan. 15
YOUTH IN MISSIONS
Is anyone from your church among the 2,000+ Canadians going to Urbana 2015, the student missions conference in St. Louis, Missouri? The event is held once every three years by Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship. Learn more about it by reading “The Canadian’s Guide to Urbana 15” in our latest issue at FaithToday.ca/digital.
LAST FEW DAYS FOR 3-FOR-1 GIFT SUBSCRIPTIONS
Faith Today, Canada’s Christian magazine, has an amazing Christmas offer to make your gift shopping easier. Give a gift that will help your loved ones become better connected, informed and equipped – a subscription to the national magazine of The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada. Details at FaithToday.ca/Christmas2015 or toll-free 1-866-302-3362. A subscription to Faith Today now includes complimentary copies of Love Is Moving, the EFC’s new youth magazine!
LATEST POSTS AT BLOG.FAITHTODAY.CA
→Urbana-bound! by Gordon T. Smith
→How to be less grumpy this Christmas (if that is an issue for you), by Karen Stiller
PUT YOUR IMAGE IN OUR YOUTH LOGO
The EFC recently launched a youth initiative called Love Is Moving in which youth encourage each other to put faith into action. To highlight the collaborative character of this movement, we’re building a new logo that will consist of thousands of individual pictures (see a one-minute video). You can invite Christian youth and adults to upload photos to any public social media channel. Use hashtag #loveismoving so that your photos can added into this moving mosaic.
NO EFC UPDATE NEXT WEEK
Due to the holiday break, the next issue of the EFC Update will not appear until Jan. 5, 2016. However EFC staff will continue to accept donations daily until year-end. We pray that God will richly bless Canada and all our EFC Update readers this Christmas and New Year!