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July 24, 2018

24 July 2018

Renegotiating Faith: The Delay in Young Adult Identity Formation

Renegotiating Faith: The Delay in Young Adult Identity Formation is the first report arising from the Young Adult Transition Research study. It is now available as a free download!

The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, Power to Change–Students, InterVarsity Canada, Youth for Christ and Truth Matters Ministries partnered together on this research to discover how we can help our teens stay connected to church and faith as they move on from high school. 

Contact Your MP Now on Canada Summer Jobs

Summer is the perfect time to contact your MP on the Canada Summer Jobs issue, since you may be able to meet with them in person while they are in their home ridings. Please ask them to push for changes to make next year's Canada Summer Jobs application more fair. Find out how to contact your MP here. Our Canada Summer Jobs page has a simple summary of the issues and a sample letter you can revise and send to your MP.

How is your ability to serve your community being affected by the Canada Summer Jobs change this summer? Can we share your story to raise awareness about the impact? Email us at socialmedia@TheEFC.ca.

Submission to Government on Palliative Care Framework

What's a good definition for palliative care? How does it relate to euthanasia and medical assistance in dying? What role should religious volunteers play? In a submission to Health Canada this week, the EFC addresses such questions. The government had asked for input on such issues between and intends to issue a report on its findings in September. Download a PDF of the six-page EFC submission to read.

Your Stories of Palliative Care: Pat Klein

The EFC is publishing a series of personal experience stories in support of our free new Palliative Care Toolkit. This week you can read the story of Pat Klein of Burlington, Ont., a former palliative care nurse. Read her story and others in the series at TheEFC.ca.

Do you have an experience with palliative care that you’d be willing to share? Email us to tell us about it. To say thank you, we’ll give you a free one-year subscription to Faith Today, Canada’s Christian magazine. We’re also publishing these Stories of Palliative Care on the Faith Today blog.

Fitness + Faith

 "When I run I feel God’s pleasure," says Eric Liddell in the 1981 movie Chariots of Fire. John Weston, former MP and creator of the Parliamentary Fitness Initiative, shares why he considers physical fitness a way of "honouring God in our bodies.” His article is republished with permission from the EFC magazine Faith Today, Jul/Aug 2018. Subscribe to read more articles like this.

Coming Events at TheEFC.ca/Calendar

Publicize your event for free.  

→ Fellowship of Christian Peace Officers National Conference, St. John’s, Aug. 3-4
→ Word-Filled Women’s Ministry Training, Charlottetown, Aug. 3-4
→ Uprising Canada, Etobicoke, Aug. 8-11
→ Global Leadership Summit, Willow Creek, simulcast, various locations, Aug. 9-10
→ New Brunswick Christian Ashram, Aug. 9-11
→ No Greater Love Music Festival, Stoney Nakoda Nation, Aug. 11-12
→ International Leaders School of Ministry, Toronto, Aug. 13-17

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In Case You Missed It

Your Stories of Palliative Care: Melinda Crawford
African Children Singing Us into Pentecost (Dispatch from Brian Stiller)
Global Christian Forum (Dispatch from Brian Stiller)
Survival Habits of the Soul (Faith Today article)