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May 19, 2015

18 May 2015

THE EFC UPDATE - 2015.05.19
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PRO-LIFE AND ON CAMPUS
Last week the annual March for Life was held in Ottawa and most provincial capitals. Read how pro-life activists continue to speak out on Canadian university campuses in the latest issue of Faith Today magazine. Preview the issue at FaithToday.ca/digital.

EFC PRESIDENT IN WETASKIWIN, ALTA.
EFC President Bruce J. Clemenger will speak at the Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast in Wetaskiwin, Alta., May 23 and at Wetaskiwin Mission Church on May 24. Request a speaker for your event or church at theEFC.ca/speakers.

SUBSCRIBE AND GET A FREE BOOK
Buy a subscription to the all-new Faith Today and get a free copy of Shifting Stats Shaking the Church: 40 Canadian Churches Respond. This 300+ page book is co-authored by Faith Today editor Karen Stiller and published by World Vision Canada. It offers encouraging stories of the impact Canadian churches are having on their communities, plus dozens of practical ideas. Book retail value: $18.99.Subscribe today at FaithToday.ca/subscriptions or toll-free 1-866-302-3362. Limited-time offer for Canadian addresses only.

LATEST POSTS AT BLOG.FAITHTODAY.CA
→ When Disaster Struck Halifax: The Church Rallied
→ Behind the Scenes With Shifting Stats

COMING EVENTS AT THEEFC.CA/CALENDAR
→ Mission Café Nigeria, Toronto, May 21 
→ Together for Adoption Canada, Maple Ridge, B.C., May 22-23 
→ EFC President in Wetaskiwin, Alta., May 23-24 
→ Elevate Sudbury, May 23-24 
→ Inkwell Workshops, Regent College, Vancouver, May 23 
→ Pentecost Sunday, May 24 
→ National Forum for Leaders in Christian Higher Education, Winnipeg, May 24-27

WE ARE ALL MANAGERS IN GOD’S KINGDOM
Sometimes we feel a need to be right more than the need to do the right thing. But managing and leading people as Christians can sometimes take us in other directions, writes Lorne W. Jackson at the EFC website Christianity.ca, Canada’s Christian library online.