Webinar tonight on keeping youth safe online
Join the first webinar in a series bringing parents and caregivers helpful information, tools and strategies for keeping kids and youth safe online. Register now to hear Chris McKenna, founder and CEO of Protect Young Eyes, tonight at 8 p.m. ET. This 4-part webinar series Digital Dignity is presented by Defend Dignity and the EFC.
Evangelical 360° podcast debuts
A new video series and audio podcast called evangelical 360° launched Oct. 9 that dives into contemporary issues impacting Christian life and witness around the world. Four of the upcoming episodes feature Canadian guests, and the host Brian Stiller is a Canadian who serves as global ambassador for the World Evangelical Alliance. The first episode features Walter Kim, president of the National Association of Evangelicals, USA. The second, featuring Mykola Savchuk, pastor of Salvation Church in Kyiv, Ukraine, will become available tomorrow.
Sign up for next week’s Toronto discussion on church future
Everyone is welcome to the EFC's evening public discussion Oct. 23 in Toronto on “What will a vibrant Canadian Church look like in ten years?” EFC President David Guretzki, Lee Beach of McMaster Divinity College, and Dorothy Pang of Tyndale Intercultural Ministries Centre will speak, with a Q&A session afterwards.
Register online now or contact events@theEFC.ca or 1-866-302-3362 ext. 300. Walk-ins are welcome depending on space.
ATR podcast: A voice from Lebanon
Chaden Hani, a follower of Jesus and leader in peace and reconciliation, joins us from the heart of Lebanon and the middle of war to discuss the current tragedy facing her people and its historical context, the plea of believers in Christ to the global Church, and the faithful work of ambassadors of reconciliation in a most challenging context. You can hear her in the latest episode of All Things Reconciled hosted by the EFC’s Phil Wagler, global director of the Peace & Reconciliation Network.
How to deal with mixed feelings?
Christians often talk about joy, peace and gratitude – but what about mixed feelings? Fellowship Skills columnist Margaret Clarke suggests the importance of acknowledging feelings of ambivalence and reminds us how “Mixed feelings left unacknowledged can still profoundly impact us, often for the worse.”
Read the full article in the Sep/Oct Faith Today. Sign up now to subscribe to this free bimonthly magazine.
- Digital Dignity Webinars (EFC, Defend Dignity), online, Oct. 15, 29, Nov. 12, 26
- Called Canada Forum for Ministry-Minded Women (Women Together), Guelph, Oct. 17-19
- Refugee Highway Partnership North America Roundtable, Winnipeg, Oct. 17-19
- Global Leadership Summit (GLN), various locations, Oct. 17-18
- Calgary Leadership Prayer Breakfast (Vishal Mangalwadi), Calgary, Oct. 17
- Change Conference (YFC Youth Unlimited), Toronto, Oct. 18-19
- Harvest Conference for Women (Tidal Church), Moncton, Oct. 18-19
- North American Baptist Fellowship annual meeting, Nashville, Oct. 18-19
- Toward a Justice that Transforms Workshop (Dismas Fellowship), Toronto, Oct. 18-19
- Connect Ottawa Conference (Connecting Streams, CBS, Love Ottawa), Ottawa, Oct. 18
- City Wide Prayer Rally, Calgary, Oct. 18
- Compelled Worship Conference (Eyes Up Worship), Burlington, Oct. 19
- Mental Health and the Church Seminar (Agora Network), Niagara Falls, Oct. 19
- Next Children’s Ministry Conference (CBAC), Moncton, Oct. 19
- Sharpen Your Writing Skills (TWG), Ottawa, Oct. 19
- Day of Renewal - Church Leadership Ontario (SRC), Cambridge, Oct. 22
- Stories of Transformation in Canada (TOWC), online, Oct. 22
- Vibrant Church Event (EFC), Toronto, Oct. 23
- Entrepreneurial Leaders Forum (ELO Network), Winnipeg, Oct. 23
- Mental Wellbeing in Organizational Life (Kentro), online, Oct. 23-24
- Pastors Gathering (EFC), Toronto, Oct. 25
- Mental Health & Illness: What Canadian Church Leaders Should Know (Joel Thiessen), online, Oct. 25
Additional EFC speaking events
- EFC president David Guretzki, keynote on The Church in Plain Sight, Prairie district conf., Evangelical Free Church of Canada, Lethbridge, Oct. 18-19
- David Guretzki preaching, Evangelical Free Church of Lethbridge, Oct. 20
- EFC prayer ambassador Roger Helland, keynote on Presence-Centred Leadership and Prayer, pastors retreat, Canadian Church of God Ministries, Calgary, Oct. 21-24
- Bruce Clemenger, keynote, Sylvan Lake, Alta., Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast, Oct. 23
- David Guretzki and EFC centre directors Rick Hiemstra, Julia Beazley, Joel Gordon, Karen Stiller, EFC Presidents Day, Toronto, Oct. 24
- David Guretzki at EFC Denominational Leaders Gathering, Toronto, Oct. 25
- Roger Helland, Life of Prayer Workshops, Centre Street Church, Calgary, Tues. eve's Oct. 1-Nov. 5