ELFEC is hosting an informative workshop to answer any questions you may have regarding your finances.
Recognition, Justice, and Development
Panelists:
Amanda Currie (Presbyterian Church in Canada Moderator)
Archbishop Mark MacDonald (National Indigenous Anglican Archbishop)
Firmina Firmin (J’aime ma ville Montreal)
Adiat Juniad (Quakers & Canadian Ecumenical Anti-Racism Network)
Michael Blair (United Church of Canada General Secretary)
L’événement sera entièrement accessible et bilingue (anglais-français).
Christians across Canada are invited to this unique, livestream dialogue to bear witness to the experience of people of African descent in a Canadian Christian context. The evening will feature a keynote presentation by the esteemed Dr. Afua Cooper on the realities of current systemic anti-Black racism in the Canadian context and challenges to the Canadian church as well as a multifaceted panel discussion from diverse Christian voices across Canada, small group discussion in breakout sessions, and a time of prayer. The objective of this Cross-Canada Conversation is to raise awareness of the International Decade for People of African Descent and encourage action on the part of Christian communities and individuals in Canada to work to end anti-Black racism. This event will be fully accessible and bilingual in both English and French.
When: Thursday, November 26, 7:00-8:30 PM (ET)
Register now: https://buff.ly/2I1QI6R
In English:
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Restorative Justice Week
November 15-22, 2020 is Restorative Justice week in Canada and around the world. Please refer to the links below to learn more about the important work being done to bring about hope, healing, truth and reconciliation. “Restorative justice is founded on a vision of justice that heals and restores. It is based on an understanding that crime is a violation of people and relationships and that justice is served when those most directly involved in an offence are given opportunities to redress the harm caused.” (CCJC website)
https://ccjc.ca/restorative-justice-week/
https://www.facebook.com/ccjccanada
https://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/restorative-justice/003005-2000-eng.shtml
“Faster, Higher, More Moral? Human Enhancement and Christianity,”
What does it mean to be moral in an age of human bioenhancement? Can morality be bioenhanced? Why should Christians and church leaders in Canada be aware and vigilant of this technology? These questions and more will be addressed in “Faster, Higher, More Moral? Human Enhancement and Christianity,” a free webinar organized by the Faith and Life Sciences Reference Group of The Canadian Council of Churches!
Join us on October 14, 2020 from 4-5:30PM EDT for an engaging time of learning led by a panel of specialists in the areas of bioethics and theology. This is the FLSRG’s first webinar and is specifically intended for church leaders and members!
Register on our Eventbrite page for this free event: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/faster-higher-more-moral-human-enhancement-and-christianity-tickets-121483120283
Paddle Connections (Circle for Restorative Justice)
Dear Friends,
On October 7th at 6:00 pm, you are invited to join Indigenous Artist Thomas Anderson and Six Nations Artist, Richelle Miller for the unveiling of their collaborative project entitled, “Paddle Connections.” This event is in collaboration with Music for the Spirit and Indigenous Visual Arts, a Six Nations initiative supported through the Eastern Synod. More information and instructions on how to pre-register can be found by following the link below:
https://greatnessglp.com/GAGL/tv/
Rev. Christie Morrow-Wolfe & Circle for Restorative Justice
Open Door@LutherWaterloo
Advent
Join us for our Open Door on Wednesdays from 5-5:40 p.m. Communion services and, on the last Wednesday of each month, non-communion solidarity gatherings. All are welcome.
Zoom link: bit.ly/LutherODFall2020 Passcode: 867295 Meeting # 886 1517 4573
At their best, university chapels are experimental spaces, places where people sift through narrative and poetry, music and ritual, history and practice to create from new combinations of old things something that is alive in the present. They offer a place to put the specialized knowledge of the university into conversation with larger human concerns; to consider the wisdom of religious thought and practice as part of our human inheritance; and to ask what we might learn through prayer, faith, and service. Stephanie Paulsell, “When the chapel is the most open place on campus” in Christian Century, October 4, 2019.