Audio & Video - Webinar & Podcasts Discussions

08 June, 2021

Webinar Living well after the pandemic What have we learned from this challenging, weird, difficult pandemic experience as individuals and as the Church? Our expert panel -- Carolyn Arends, April Yamasaki, Ken Shigematsu and Danielle Strickland -- share their insights and experiences in spiritual health and wellness and how we can live even slightly tweaked lives based on our Covid-19 experiences. 60:36

16 June, 2023

Podcast How to help people who are grieving Susie Colby of Vancouver draws on personal experience to speak with host Karen Stiller on how we could help people who are grieving. 36:30

11 May, 2023

Faith Today TV How to bring out your creative side Ann-Margret Hovsepian, a Montreal author and illustrator, chats about the creative side each of us has been created with. 6:15

18 May, 2021

Webinar Meet author Beth Severen, expert on reaching and keeping unchurched emerging adults Our first ever Meet the Author evening included Beth Seversen discussing her book Not Done Yet: Reaching and Keeping Unchurched Emerging Adults. Also the EFC's director of research Rick Hiemstra and Sid Koop, a Canadian youth ministry expert and speaker. Audio also available at www.faithtoday.ca/podcasts. 58:56

02 June, 2023

Podcast How to read our Bibles better George Guthrie, author of A Short Guide to Reading the Bible Better and a prof at Regent College in Vancouver, talks with us about how we can overcome the obstacles the prevent us from using the Bible to grow in our faith. 28:25

17 March, 2021

Webinar Conscience protection - How the Church can help medical professionals Churches have a role to play as the federal government expands assisted suicide. Medical professionals need conscience protection and are asking the Church to help. No one should be forced to participate in ending lives. Right now in Ontario there's opportunity to influence conscience legislation. Watch our March 17 discussion with doctors and the Coalition for HealthCARE and Conscience. 62:50

03 May, 2023

Faith Today TV New EFC president's vision for ministry David Guretzki reflects on how his gifts affect his new role as President and CEO of The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada. 3:14

29 May, 2023

Podcast East Coast Theology: Anna Robbins on the relevance of a seminary's local context Seminary president Anna Robbins discusses how effective ministry and good theological education can both benefit from paying attention to local context. 31:01

27 April, 2023

Faith Today TV Courage for caregivers Marjorie Thompson, a Presbyterian minister and author of Courage for Caregivers, offers reassuring and encouraging words on the spirituality of caregiving. 6:47

10 March, 2021

Webinar Medical professionals explain need for conscience protection Three doctors discuss the need for increased legal conscience protections in response to changes to Canada's euthanasia law. The EFC's Karen Stiller hosted Drs. Jane Dobson, Donato Gugliotta and Isabel Nunes from the Christian Medical and Dental Association of Canada. Learn more at TheEFC.ca/Conscience. 35:26

11 May, 2023

Podcast Encouraging women in Canadian churches

How can we all help reduce the internal and external obstacles that impede women from using their gifts? Cathie Ostapchuk of Gather Women Canada has some ideas.

36:40

26 April, 2023

Faith Today TV An invitation to prayer Could your church open its doors for people to drop by the sanctuary during the week, with guided prayer prompts if they want them? Nina Schuurman-Drenth, a pastoral intern at Eucharist Church in Hamilton, Ont., gives a tour of their prayer spaces. 5:42

21 February, 2023

Webinar Supporting Canadians to live: An update on MAiD and how the Church can engage What’s happening with assisted dying (MAiD)? What can individuals/churches do? This webinar by the EFC and Christian Medical and Dental Assoc'n shares on advocating for changes to the law, supporting alternatives to MAiD and practical ways to reach out. CMDA resources: NoOptionsNoChoice.com & bit.ly/NONCChurches. EFC resources at TheEFC.ca/MAIDactionkit, /LifeTogether & /DeclareAndResolve 49:26

21 April, 2023

Podcast How to bring out your creative side

This conversation with Canadian creative Ann-Margret Hovsepian is all about getting you moving more deeply into your creative side – with a bit of side dip into pondering why colouring has become an activity for adults.

27:07

26 April, 2023

Faith Today TV Mental health and the church Daniel Whitehead of Sanctuary Mental Health Ministries shares his journey with mental health and the Church, and casts a beautiful vision for all the Church could be. 3:25

31 March, 2023

Podcast Canadian prayer networks and Ignite prayer summits Hear from three national leaders about how their networks have developed and how they have come to cooperate together for initiatives such as Ignite Prayer and Worship Summits. 38:09