Final Vote on Palliative Care Bill
Bill C-277, the private members bill on palliative care that the EFC has been supporting, comes back to the House of Commons this week for its final debate. The EFC submitted a brief to the Health Committee in support of this bill and has a sample letter of support at TheEFC.ca/C277.
Citizenship Conference Yesterday and Today
Our Whole Society is a multi-faith conference supported by the EFC where participants are discussing religion and citizenship in public life. Read a blog post from the event by Karen Stiller, senior editor of the EFC magazine Faith Today.
Pursuit Conference in Alberta
The Canadian Council of Christian Charities hosted the Pursuit Conference in Edmonton last week. In partnership with the conference, EFC staff members presented workshops on Church and Culture, Pornography, Youth Discipleship, Palliative Care, Video & Digital Media, and Missions. To host an EFC workshop at your event or to book an EFC speaker visit TheEFC.ca/Speakers.
New French Magazine / Nouvelle Revue Français
Vivre sa foi is a new French print magazine available from the EFC. The magazine is designed to show the vibrant faith that drives francophone Christians in Canada. A digital version is now available at FaithToday.ca/VivreSaFoi.
World Refugee Sunday
About 1 in every 113 people worldwide are forcibly displaced, mostly women and children, according to the World Evangelical Alliance. World Refugee Sunday is held annually on the Sundays before and after June 20 (World Refugee Day) to remember the needs of refugees. Plan to join in prayer and action, responding in practical ways to God’s call to “love the stranger as yourself.” Visit Refugee Highway’s website for new information, resources and links.
Visiting You in Ontario and B.C.
Don McNiven, our Director of Affiliate and Donor Relations, will be in Ontario at the end of May and in B.C. in June. He will be in the Grimsby-Burlington-Hamilton area on May 23–24, and in the Niagara Falls-St. Catharines area May 25–26. From June 12–15, he will be in the Chilliwack, Abbotsford, Langley, Surrey, Burnaby and Coquitlam areas of B.C. If you would like to meet with him to find out more about the EFC or how you can get involved, please email Don. He’ll be happy to connect with you.
→ Seek the Peace of the City: Exegeting Your Neighbourhood, Vancouver, May 10-12
→ Green Churches Forum 2017, Ottawa, May 11
→ Refresh! Conference, God in my Ambition, Toronto, May 11-13
→ Focus on Life Gala Dinner feat. Kim Phúc, Vancouver, May 15
→ Justification & the Unity of the Churches, Saskatoon, May 15
→ The EFC’s Rick Hiemstra in Guelph, May 16
→ The EFC’s Rick Hiemstra speaking in Ottawa, May 17-18
→ 52nd Annual National Prayer Breakfast, Ottawa, May 17-18
→ In the Company of Women (conference), Mississauga, May 19
→ Historymaker (teens and leaders conf.), Chilliwack, May 19-21
→ Overflow Youth Conference, Waterloo, May 19-21
→ YC Alberta, Red Deer, May 20-22
→ ASIST Suicide Intervention Training for Pastors, Youth Leaders & Ministry Workers, Saskatoon, May 25-26
→ CCS Pastor’s Breakfast, Saskatoon, May 26
→ Flourish: An Evening for Women, St. Catharines, May 26
→ Sent to Neighbour, Burlington, May 27
Love Is Moving Among B.C. Youth
Hundreds of copies of Love Is Moving magazine are being distributed in B.C. this month through the Historymaker youth conference (Historymaker.ca). Students will also be challenged at the conference to join God’s movement of youth across the country who are vibrantly living out their faith and inspired to share how God’s love is moving in their communities. Tell us about your upcoming youth event or conference. Learn more about the EFC’s Love Is Moving magazine.
Help Your Kids Embrace the Faith
Three years ago, Rebecca Gregoire Lindenbach wrote a guest post on her mom’s blog about why she didn’t rebel as a teenager. Now she’s written a book based on interviews with 25 young adults who grew up in Christian households. When she compared the families of kids who rebelled with those whose kids didn’t rebel, Lindenbach concluded that “authentic faith and picture-perfect faith are often very different things.” Read more of her findings in the May/Jun Faith Today.
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