New Audio Podcast: Renegotiating Faith: An Interview with Rick Hiemstra About the Youth and Faith Research
Renegotiating Faith: The Delay in Young Adult Identity Formation and What It Means for the Church in Canada is a new body of research investigating the transition time when many Canadian youth leave the church. The research also provides simple strategies for how faith communities can help youth maintain a vital faith identity. In this podcast, Karen Stiller interviews head researcher Rick Hiemstra about what the research revealed, and what parents and churches can learn.
He will be speaking about this research at various places across Canada over the coming year. In the next few weeks, his speaking engagements include Sunnyside Wesleyan Church, Ottawa, Sept. 25; Atlantic District Pastors, Wesleyan Church, Sept. 26; and Fellowship Christian Reformed Church in Brighton, Ont., Sept. 30.
Palliative Care Webinar Next Tuesday
Palliative Care. What exactly is it? Why does it matter to Canadian Christians? How can we improve how we offer this multi-disciplinary approach to care for a person diagnosed with a progressive, life-limiting disease, or who is near death? Our free webinar September 25 at noon Eastern will dig into these important questions, take your questions and comments, and leave us all with a more practical and nuanced understanding of this important spiritual and health care topic.
Guests: Rauni Salminen, executive director, Philip Aziz Centre, and Julia Lee, a family physician who teaches at the University of Toronto and McMaster University.
EFC Vice-President to Address Napanee Ministerial, Parliamentary Forum
EFC Vice-President David Guretzki is speaking to the Greater Napanee Ministerial on Sept. 27. On Oct. 1 in Ottawa, he will speak at the 7th Annual Parliamentary Forum on Religious Freedom. The topic of the forum is Faith in a Time of Diversity and Division: Where Is Canada Headed?
How Does Your Church Serve Its Local Community?
Does your church serve your community in a creative way that might inspire others? Is your church finding success with an outreach idea you can share? The EFC magazine Faith Today is planning a new series that profiles the service of ordinary Canadian congregations in their communities. Send us your tips at editor@faithtoday.ca
Sexual Misconduct in the Church: The FT Interview with David Martin
We interviewed David Martin, executive minister for the Mennonite Church Eastern Canada, for the Sept/Oct Faith Today. Martin’s work takes him deeply into the topic of sexual misconduct within the Church, and he teaches and writes about it. This difficult work has resulted in the educational series Sacred Trust: Fostering Safe Space in Congregations. Martin served more than 25 years as a pastor in Ontario.
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→ Faith and Science Lecture Series, Vancouver, Sept. 18-19
→ FaithCARE: Learning How to Grow Restorative Communities, Kingston, Sept. 21-22
→ Freedom Session Leadership Training, Toronto, Sept. 22
→ Conférence Ministère auprès des enfants, Gatineau, Sept. 22; Montréal, Sept. 29
→ Human Trafficking Day of Prayer, International, Sept. 23
→ Lydia’s Daughters: A conference for women pastors, Hamilton, Sept. 25
→ Christians and Politics: Mark Noll Compares America, Canada, Britain; Vancouver, Sept. 26-27
→ Christian Legal Fellowship National Conference, New Westminster, Sept. 27-30
→ Ride for Refuge, nationwide, Sept. 29
→ TIM Centre 20th Anniversary, North York, Sept. 29
→ Human Sexuality and Christian Ethics: Online Group Study Application Deadline, Oct. 5
→ Parliamentary Forum on Religious Freedom, Ottawa, Oct. 1
→ Faith and Science Lecture Series, Vancouver, Oct. 4
→ Plan to Protect Training, Mississauga, Oct. 6
→ EFC Webinar on Renegotiating Faith: New Research on Young Adults, online, Oct. 10
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