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Reaching out cross-culturally
The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada is offering its second "webinar" on
'Strategies
to Embrace the Nations Among Us' April 22. The webinar will include
talks by Sam Owusu, a Vancouver pastor, and David A. Macfarlane, the EFC's
Director of National Initiatives, on how to do cross-cultural ministry in
Canada. The 45-minute training event costs $19. Call Judy Pfaff at
905-479-5885 ext. 222 for more information, or register online.
Der Bote ends its run
Der Bote, the German-language periodical of Mennonite Church
Canada, is ceasing
publication effective March 30. Der Bote, or The Messenger, has
been published for 84 years, but has seen its readership drop as the
number of Mennonites in North America who still read German has declined.
A degree higher
Tyndale Seminary in
Toronto has received approval from the Association of Theological Schools
in the United States and Canada (ATS) to begin offering a Doctor of
Ministry (DMin) degree. The program is intended for Christian ministry
leaders who already have a master's degree. The first students will begin
studies in May 2009. The degree will be offered on a modular basis, so
students can continue in their ministries and earn the degree in part-time
studies over the course of three years.
Court boss settles out of court
Trinity
Western University and former men's basketball head coach Stan Peters
have reached an out-of-court settlement of their legal dispute. Peters was
in his ninth year of coaching the TWU Spartans when he was released
December 13. He subsequently sued the university for unjust dismissal. The
Spartans had made the playoffs four of the past five years, and Peters won
coach of the year honours in 2003. TWU has hired Scott Allen to replace
Peters. Allen has coached the White Rock Christian Academy Warriors for 15
years, winning three provincial high school championships.
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Life-giving water
Samaritan's Purse
Canada hosted a demonstration of how to build a BioSand Water Filter
March 20. The event was held to observe United Nations World Water Day,
March 22. Worldwide, 1.1 billion people do not have access to safe water,
and as a result almost 4,500 children die every day from water-borne
diseases such as diarrhea, cholera and typhoid fever. Through its 'Turn on
the Tap' program, Samaritan's Purse has installed over 80,000 BioSand
Water Filters throughout the world, bringing safe water to over 640,000
people. It is currently trying to raise $6.5 million to install another
65,000 filters by 2010.
New writers
The Word Guild has announced the
six finalists for its 2008 Best New Canadian Christian Author Contest. The
winner, to be announced June 11, will receive $1,000 or an opportunity to
have their book published by Castle Quay Books. The finalists, chosen from
29 entries, are: Kevin Dautrement of Moose Jaw, SK, for his historical
novel, The Golden Conquest; Sara Davison of Guelph, ON, for her
contemporary novel, Unbroken; Joanna Mallory of Dartmouth, NS, for
her contemporary novel, Praying for the Enemy; Jayne Self of
Orangeville, ON, for her mystery novel, Caught Dead; Darilyn Ann
Sephton of Winnipeg, MB, for her inspirational book, The Surprising
Truth in Chick Flicks; and L. June Stevenson of Ajax, ON, for her
memoir, Tracing Rainbows: Lessons Along the Way.
40 for 40
To celebrate her 40th birthday, Canadian Christian singer Carolyn Arends
has asked her fans to sponsor 40 third world children through Compassion.
In March, Arends also began writing a column every other month for
Christianity Today.
Crying to Jesus
Young people in Edmonton spent ten and a half hours in "intense prayer,
worship and fasting" for Canada at TheCRY, an event sponsored by MY Canada March 19. The event was
broadcast live on the radio station 930AM The Light. Four more TheCRY
events have been planned: August 23 in Ottawa, ON; October 31 in Toronto,
ON; fall 2008 in Iqualiut, Nunavut; and spring 2009 in St. John's, NL.
Awards into ploughshares
Ernie Regehr of Waterloo, ON, has received the 2008 Arthur Kroeger College
Award for Ethics in Public Affairs. Regehr is a founder, senior policy
adviser and former executive director of Project Ploughshares, the
ecumenical peace centre of the Canadian Council of Churches. The five
Arthur Kroeger College Awards, now in their eighth year, are presented
annually by the Arthur Kroeger College of Public Affairs at Carleton
University and recognize individuals and organizations who have made
Canadians more informed, their governing institutions more effective and
their country a better place to live.
March 27/2008
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