EFC Update Newsletter February 18

Clearing muck for our neighbours

Fish can have trouble breathing when water gets too muddy, and our cities can pose similar problems for vulnerable neighbours, writes the director of Helping Hands Street Mission, in a new post at FaithToday.ca.

Churches make reparations to Indigenous organizations

Adrian Jacobs, senior leader for Indigenous justice and reconciliation in the Christian Reformed Church in Canada, argues “churches should consider doing more by paying reparations – a symbolic amount donated to Indigenous-led organizations in their communities.” Read in the Jan/Feb Faith Today about how four Mennonite churches in Canada are doing just that.

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Coming Events at TheEFC.ca/Calendar

• EFC Presentation and Prayer: Prayer in Turbulent Times, online, Feb. 20    

• Why Art Matters (Renew Arts/Alastair Gordon), online, Feb. 20   

• Coldest Night of the Year Fundraising Walk (CNOY), 100+ locations, Feb. 22   

• Impactus Men’s Conference, Nepean, Feb. 22    

• Today’s Teens (YFC), Brampton, Feb. 22    

• National Advance Evangelists Summit (Message Canada), Calgary, Feb. 25-27   

• Stories of Transformation in Canada (TOWC), online, Feb. 25   

• Pastors and Leaders Prayer Forum (BGEA), online, Feb. 26   

• Deconstructing a Young Earth, Deconstructing Faith: Two Stories, Two Directions (Peter Schuurman/CSCA), Montreal, Feb. 27; Ottawa, Feb. 28 

• Journey to Us Marriage Retreat (FOTFC), Priddis, Alta., Feb. 28-Mar. 2    

• Gather25, an epic gathering of the global Church, online, Mar. 1 

• A Rocha Evening (Peter Schuurman), Ottawa, Mar. 1 

• Ministry Leaders Renewal Retreat (FOTFC), Nestleton, Ont., Mar. 1-8; East Braintree, Man., Mar. 4-11  

• Toronto Prayer Breakfast, North York, Mar. 4  

• Ontario Prayer Breakfast, Toronto, Mar. 6  

• Apologetics Canada Conference: Theology of Technology, Abbotsford, Mar. 7-8  

• Awesome KidMin Conference, Winnipeg, Mar. 7-8  
  
   

Additional EFC Events

• Beth Hiemstra, speaking in-person on MAiD to Joy Seniors Group, Markham Missionary Church, Markham, Ont., Feb. 20  

• Julia Beazley, speaking in-person at Wake up the World - Young Adults Conference, Sunnyside Wesleyan Church, Ottawa, Mar. 1  

• Roger Helland, leading Ignite Prayer Halifax, Mar. 21