GET THE LATEST CHURCH RESEARCH JAN. 18
How do churches grow in 2017? And what do immigration, young people moving from city to city, and even smartphones have to do with it? Join the EFC’s next webinar, Jan. 18 at noon Eastern, to learn from some of the most recent Canadian research on being church in Canada today. Save the date now on your calendar. Registration will opens soon at TheEFC.ca/Webinars. This webinar will feature the EFC’s Director of Research Rick Hiemstra. You can also invite him and other EFC speakers to your school, worship service or other group.
YOUTH MINISTRY TRAINING IN WESTERN CANADA
Do you know someone who might benefit from a youth ministry training event? The Canadian Youth Workers Conference is coming to Vancouver (Jan. 20-21), Saskatoon (Jan. 27-28) and Calgary (Mar. 3-4). Love Is Moving, the EFC’s youth and young adult initiative, is a national sponsor of these events. Learn more at CYWC.ca.
BUILDING OUR WHOLE SOCIETY
How can our society ensure public space for diverse perspectives and practices? Can we advance beyond simple toleration of religious and other differences to embrace a wider respect for all citizens? These are some of the questions to be addressed in a multifaith conference supported by the EFC. Join the discussion May 8–9, 2017 in Ottawa. Learn more at OurWholeSociety.ca.
→ Children’s Ministry Diploma Course, Toronto, Thursdays starting Jan. 12
→ New Testament Survey Diploma Course, Toronto, Mondays starting Jan. 16
→ EFC Webinar on Latest Church Research, Jan. 18
→ Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Jan. 18-25
→ Hugh Halter: Re-Thinking Church, Moncton, Jan. 18
→ Youth Ministry Training CYWC, Vancouver, Jan. 20-21; Saskatoon, Jan. 27-29
→ Doing Kingdom Work in the Secular Workplace, Vancouver, Jan. 20-21
→ Break Forth Canada, Edmonton, Jan. 27-29
→ Mission Fest Vancouver, Jan. 27-29
→ Revolution Youth Conf. for Grades 6-12, Langley, Jan. 27-29
→ Health. Family. Wealth. Conference, Toronto, Jan. 28
→ EFC francophone prayer summit/La rencontre au sommet, Granby, Jan. 30-Feb. 1
Add your upcoming event for free.
MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION
Canada will soon legalize marijuana – is there a Christian response? Faith Today, Canada’s Christian magazine, examines the issues in the Nov/Dec issue. Subscribe now to get a printed copy. And watch for our new Jan/Feb 2017 issue, out later this week!
SEND US A HISTORICAL PHOTO OF YOUR CHURCH
As Canada celebrates its 150th birthday this year, Faith Today wants to celebrate your church’s history. Congregations are invited to email a photo from your church archives — as old or as recent as you would like, with a caption identifying your church, the photo’s date and the person or activity pictured. Canada’s Christian magazine will feature your photo on social media and maybe even in the print magazine. Send your photo to editor@faithtoday.ca. Churches have always helped shape Canadian culture and communities. Let’s celebrate 150 years of ministry in Canada.
NEW HOPE FOR A NEW YEAR
Could you use some encouraging news? Make the new year brighter with a subscription to the EFC’s magazines! For only $29.99 you’ll receive a year of both Faith Today, Canada’s Christian magazine since 1983, as well as our new youth magazine, Love Is Moving. They’re uniquely Canadian inspiration and information you can enjoy yourself and give away to others. Details at FaithToday.ca/Subscriptions or by calling toll-free 1-866-302-3362.
→ A new kind of bucket list for a new year
→ Our favourite Faith Today stories in 2016
A NEW YEAR’S BLESSING FOR OUR NATION’S YOUTH
Love Is Moving, the EFC’s youth initiative, now has a gift guide offering opportunities to sponsor young writers and to provide free copies of Love Is Moving magazine to students (or even to an entire church youth group for a year).
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
→ Pardoning prostituted women: EFC letter to government
→ New partnership with the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs
→ Supreme Court considers religious freedom in Ktuxana case
→ Interfaith call for better palliative care (aussi en français); Sample letter to write your MP