Canada Day greetings from EFC president
In recent months, we’ve experienced a renewed sense of pride in our beautiful country, Canada. Indeed, it’s important to be grateful for the many blessings God has poured out on this land—a collective home both to Indigenous peoples and people from every corner of the globe. At the same time, we acknowledge our ongoing need for repentance, renewal, and reconciliation within the Church and with all our neighbours, whom God loves and for whom Christ died.
As we celebrate Canada Day, my prayer is that we would give thanks to God for the good Canada represents and be stirred by the Holy Spirit to grow in Christ’s love and grace in a world marked by violence, division, and pain.
May you have a blessed Canada Day.
What are your hopes for Canada?
What are your hopes for Canada? Earlier this year, in an interview with 100 Huntley Street, the EFC's David Guretzki and Julia Beazley were asked what they hoped for Canada. As we celebrate Canada today and thank God for his faithfulness, we encourage you to reflect prayerfully on this topic. Let us know your hopes for Canada at newsletters@theefc.ca. We'll publish some of your reflections (with your consent) in an upcoming blog.
A response to the crisis in the Middle East
The Middle East North Africa team of the Peace and Reconciliation Network has published a lament, invitation and prayer. Read "Habakkuk’s Prayer, Kýrie eléison" at FaithToday.ca/AllThingsReconciled.
Ministry in hip-hop
A teacher and hip-hop head in Nova Scotia reports on ministry in a vibrant but misunderstood culture across Canada. Read more in the Jul/Aug issue of Faith Today, the EFC’s bimonthly magazine.
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Encourage your MP this summer
The House of Commons is on summer break, and MPs are back in their home ridings. Now is a great time to send your MP an email offering congratulations after the recent election and assuring him or her of your prayers. You can use the EFC’s email template, which includes a virtual postcard.
A one-week commitment to renew our fellowship
What would happen if we all put others’ needs ahead of our own — not to impress, but to reflect Christ’s love? Counsellor Chris Ellison invites us into a one-week challenge to practise humble, Christ-like care as a spiritual reset. Read his latest blog post at FaithToday.ca.
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Kelowna, B.C., July 13, Roger Helland, speaking on a Life of Prayer at Kelowna Gospel Fellowship Church
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Sechelt, B.C., July 20, Jason Jairam, speaking at Bethel Baptist Church about how the EFC engages with the topic of Church and Mission
Additional Christian community calendar events
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Encounter Church Multiplication Training (Church Development Network), Vancouver, July 4-5
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Ministry Leaders Renewal Retreat (FOTFC), Nestleton, Ont., July 5-11; East Braintree, Man., July 8-14
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Ottawa-Gatineau March for Jesus, July 12
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Workshop: A Renewed Mind (Word-Insight Life Counsel), online, July 13
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Science and Technology as Worship Conference (ASA), online or in-person from Lakewood, Colo., July 18-21
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B.C. Christian Ashram Retreat, Langley, July 18-19
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Waldheim Missions Conference, Waldheim, Sask., July 27-30
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Global Leadership Summit (simulcast from Chicago), August 7-8