Residents along the Gulf Coast are only now starting to recover from the damage inflicted by Hurricane Katrina.
(Courtesy Gene Dailey/American Red Cross)
Canadians quick to send help to devastated victims
Less than a year after Canadians opened their hearts and wallets to tsunami relief efforts, churches and Christian organizations across the country are reaching out to help survivors of Hurricane Katrina.
As news reports transmitted increasingly horrific stories and images from the Gulf states, Christian organizations such as Crossroads Missions, Canadian Food for the Hungry International, World Vision Canada, Samaritan’s Purse Canada and The Salvation Army responded.
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Christian union finds bubble in the oil patch
FORT MCMURRAY, AB—Thanks to a recent agreement, the Christian Labour Association of Canada (CLAC) is representing trades people working on the construction of the $10 billion Horizon Oil Sands project near Fort McMurray, Alberta. read more>
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“The timeline is maybe a year—or less,” says Pavel Reid
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Pro-lifers warn of euthanasia battle looming in near future
VANCOUVER, BC—Pavel Reid, director of the Office of Life and Family with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver, is convinced that the legalization of assisted suicide will be the next major issue facing Canada’s faith community. read more>
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Quebec Mennonites celebrate church planting progress
BLAINVILLE, QC—The mood was celebratory when Quebec members of the Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (CCMB) gathered in Blainville, just north of Montreal, September 11.
CCMB executive director David Wiebe told the gathering: “There is much to rejoice about together. Some small and some large. Several Quebec churches were actively involved in international community projects of the central committee this past year.get the full story>
New Christian TV channel launches
TORONTO, ON—A new Canadian, Christian faith-based television channel will be available in Ontario beginning October 3, 2005.
The Vision TV Group of Channels plans to launch The Christian Channel to viewers of digital cable service on channel 296.get the full story>
Coffee wafts a sweet aroma for missions
TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS—When you blend Christians’ love for coffee plus their concern for missions and fair trade with the internet, you get Coffee Online. Coffee Online is an idea conceived by Dermot Westcott as he walked through a small coffee farm in Honduras in the late 1990s.
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