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Youth from across Canada took part in CampusFire 2005, a leadership-training event that was webcast to 17 different cities. (Courtesy David Wolever)
Peer mentoring program spreads across Canada
Youth conference goes high tech for cross-country reach
Patricia Paddey
Ontario Correspondent
ontario@christianweek.org
TORONTO, ON—An estimated 2,200 young people gathered in mid-October—albeit mostly virtually—for a high-tech leadership conference that focused on equipping students for in-school ministry. CampusFire 2005 attracted middle school, secondary and post-secondary students and youth leaders from 17 locations across Canada, linked via video conferencing technology (with video streamed over the internet). read the full story>
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Rate increase tough pill to swallow for Quebec churches
MONTREAL, QC—Some 220 Quebec churches will be facing significant increases in their electricity bills when Hydro Quebec’s preferred rate by-energy program comes to an end on April 1, 2006.
The subsidy program began in the 1980s shortly after the huge excess capacity from new hydro-electric projects in northern Quebec came online. read more>
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“War Room” nurtures lasting prayer
VANCOUVER, BC—For a small band of Salvation Army prayer warriors in the poverty-ridden Downtown Eastside, a round-the-clock prayer vigil that was supposed to last a week is still going strong 20 months later.
“It’s the hub of everything that’s going on in our authentic little Christian community that we’re trying to cultivate down here,” says captain Stephen Court, who heads Corps 614 Vancouver, an urban mission built around cell groups and one-on-one relationships.
The War Room, as it is called, first opened in February 2004 in response to a challenge to be part of a Salvation Army prayer wave across Canada from east to west, in which each participating church dedicated an entire week to non-stop prayer. read more>
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Conference examines faith issues in the media
OTTAWA, ON—Faith is important to Canadians, and the mainstream media needs to reflect that importance with greater coverage of faith communities and issues. That was a key point to emerge from the national conference on media and religious pluralism in Canada, held in Ottawa on October 21-22 by the Centre for Faith and the Media.
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Scholars must not park their Christian faith at the door
OTTAWA, ON—Most people have heard about the Jesus Seminar, but few have heard of another group of scholars, the Scripture and Hermeneutics Seminar (SAHS). While the Jesus Seminar and the SAHS gather biblical scholars from around the world, the groups are diametrically opposed in their goals.“There is only one rule—we cannot marginalize Christian faith in our discussions,” says Redeemer University College professor Craig Bartholomew. “We want faith at the heart of the discussions, generating it, informing it...We want to be aware of other agendas, but allow the gospel to set the agenda at the highest academic level.”
Volunteers pick pumpkins to help the poor
NEW MINAS, NS—Thousands of dollars of aid for needy people around the world is growing in the fertile soil of Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley—-in the form of pumpkins. An initiative of the Kentville-New Minas and Area Council of Churches and the Canadian Foodgrains Bank (CFGB) the project spans a six-acre field and utilizes about 200 volunteers. The funds raised--last year about $15,000--goes to help the poor in other countries.
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