EFC Update Newsletter March 18

EFC events in Atlantic Canada  

The EFC has a special series of upcoming events in Atlantic Canada.  

EFC President David Guretzki will speak at Tidal Church in Moncton, N.B., on March 30 and welcome pastors to a ministerial luncheon on April 2 at Hillside Baptist Church, Moncton.  

Guretzki and EFC researcher Lindsay Callaway will also lead Faith Matters workshops on May 3 at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Moncton. Guretzki will be talking about medical assistance in dying, why the threat of its expansion persists, and how we as Christians can respond. Callaway will share about the Parenting Faith research on how parents and grandparents can disciple their children in the home.  

EFC president reflects on prayer in turbulent times

What does it mean that God is our refuge? EFC president and resident theologian David Guretzki has recorded a video message based on his recent column from FaithToday.ca/CrossConnections. 

EFC job opportunity

The EFC is seeking a Communications and Marketing Manager for a hybrid position in Ottawa. This role includes leading the dynamic EFC communications team, strengthening the EFC’s brand, coordinating the EFC’s various communications platforms, and more. See TheEFC.ca/Jobs. 

Strategies to connect with youth

A recent study by Barna Research describes today’s teens as The Open Generation because of their generally positive view of Jesus and desire to learn more about Him. If you are a member of an older generation hoping to engage with today’s youth, Thriving in Digital columnist Joanna la Fleur offers some tips “to build authentic relationships both online and offline.”  

Subscribe to the EFC’s free bi-monthly magazine Faith Today to read all Thriving in Digital columns, along with other informative and inspiring Christian content.  

Charitable receipt for January and February 2025 

On January 23 the federal government released draft legislation to extend the 2024 charitable donation deadline to February 28, 2025. This change gives Canadians the option to claim their January and February 2025 donations in their 2024 tax return. Parliament will be asked to approve this change retroactively when it returns.    
   
To keep costs down, the EFC will only be sending receipts for January and February donations upon request (by email at efc@theEFC.ca or by phone at 1-866-302-3362). All requests made by March 31 will be processed in April and delivered by April 15.   

Coming Events at TheEFC.ca/Calendar 

• Impactus Men’s Conference, Winnipeg, March 21-22; online, April 4   

• Deadline to apply for Redemptive Social Enterprise Lab (Kaleo), Cambridge, March 20    

• Ministry Leadership Day (Heritage Seminary/Mark Vroegop), Cambridge, March 20    

• Ethics Initiative Events (Brian Brock/Wycliffe College), Toronto, March 20-21 

• Ignite Halifax (Ignite Prayer), March 21    

• Women Pastors’ Experiences of Gender Inequality (FCI), online, March 21   

• Welcoming Newcomers / Accueillir les nouveaux arrivants (Welcome Church), Montreal, March 22 

• Book in a Day: Romans (Timothy Trust), Nepean, March 22   

• The Gospel Coalition Canada Young Adult Conference (TGC), Cambridge, Ont., March 22  

• Finding Blessing in the Process: Faith, Deconstruction, and Blessed Are the Undone (ICS), online/Toronto, March 22  

• Technology and the Human Experience (Ambrose University), Calgary, Mar. 26 

• The Jewish Gospel and Christian Identity (Jennifer Rosner/Wycliffe College), Toronto, March 26 

• Criminal Law: The Echo of Faith (Lowell Hunking/CLF), Ancaster, March 27 

• Peace & Chaos: With Christ Through It All Prayer Retreat (Soul Stream), online, Mar. 28-30 

• The Missional Nature and Importance of the Teaching Ministry (Christopher Wright/NHF), Mississauga, March 28 

• Mission Conference 2025 (Langham/Lausanne/MiCA), Mississauga, March 29  

• The Stories We Tell: Flourishing Forward Webinar (FCI), online, Apr. 1 

• Ministry Leaders Renewal Retreat (FOTFC), East Braintree, April 1-8; Nestleton, April 5-12, Priddis, April 8-15   

• Preaching the Gospel Every Week (John Albiston/Church Vitalization), online, April 3 

• Ignite Toronto (Ignite Prayer), April 4   

• XY Men’s Conference (Tidal Church), Moncton, April 4-5   

• Deeper Hospitality: Sponsorship Agreement Holders (Welcome Church/Peoples Church), online, April 5 

• Redemptive Social Enterprise Lab (Kaleo), Cambridge, April 7-9 

• Becoming an Earthkeeping Church (A Rocha), online, April 10   

• Evangelical Missiological Society Conferences (EMS), Edmonton, Langley, Steinbach, Toronto and online, April 11 

Additional EFC events 

 

Roger Helland and Joel Zantingh, among the leaders facilitating Ignite Prayer Halifax, March 21 and Ignite Prayer  Toronto, April 4