Happy New Year from the EFC
As a new year of ministry and service to our communities begins, we’d like to invite you once again to share your work, stories, challenges and resources with us so we can serve you better. The EFC produces magazines and podcasts where we love to tell your stories and try to encourage and strengthen each other to bless Canada in the name of Jesus. Please be in touch with us anytime.
Government considering delay of MAiD for mental illness
Assisted suicide for those with mental illness as their only medical condition will become available on March 17, 2024, but recent comments by the justice minister suggest the government may consider pausing this law. Learn more on how to share your views with decision-makers and raise awareness of this urgent issue.
Committee to study bill protecting youth from explicit content
Bill S-210, an Act to restrict young person’s online access to sexually explicit material, is on its way to a parliamentary committee for study after passing second vote in the House of Commons. Learn more at TheEFC.ca/S-210.
Top 10 content at Faith Today in 2023
What were our most read articles and most visited webpages last year? On our website we just released our list of the most popular new material of the previous year. Have a look to see if our digital traffic aligned with your interests.
What’s it going to take to see a growing and vibrant Church by 2033?
Columnist David Guretzki reflects on an anniversary that can help us plan for the years to come.
EFC hiring an accounting clerk
The EFC is hiring a part-time Accounts Payable Clerk to work in our Scarborough office during a parental leave (up to 18 months). The work is performed over 3 days in the week, one of which must be a Wednesday. The job starts in mid-January to allow several weeks of training with the incumbent. Details: TheEFC.ca/Jobs.
→ Stories of Transformation in Canada (Transform Our World Canada), online, Dec. 26, Jan. 23
→ Communication Workers’ Watercooler Break (Canadian Christian Communicators), online, Jan. 12
→ The Stories We Tell (Flourishing Congregations Institute), North York, Jan. 13
→ Suffering Well & Suffering With (Salvation Army Ethics Centre), online, Mondays Jan. 15-March 18
→ EFC Presentation and Prayer Gathering, online, Jan. 25
→ Youth Worker Conference (Truth Matters Ministries), online, Jan. 26-27