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ET_BLOGS

The main reasons why we are starting ET_BLOGS are to explore, discover, and reflect on where God is calling us, both on a personal level and as a church. We want to create a space that gives us the freedom to discuss the things that we learn and struggle with. Sometimes these will be reflections from sermons, community activities, or even personal times of silence and solitude with God.

ET_BLOGS isn’t meant to be a place where we necessarily provide answers and theological doctrines, although you may find your theology stretched. It isn’t meant to simply update you on church activities, although you may be invited to join in. It isn’t just to make you more aware of community issues, although you may start to see God as much in the community as you do in the church. The hope of this space is that you will engage with us as we journey together in fully responding to who God is. We plan to have some regular contributors and some guest writers from time to time.

If you would also like to contribute to ET_BLOGS, please contact [email protected].

By: Mattan, Community Engagement Coordinator Today marks the end of my CEC internship at ETCBC! Overall, it has been quite an amazing experience, and a summer I won’t soon forget. I came into this summer hoping to learn new things and enjoy my last summer before moving to university. Now wrapping up this summer, I...
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By: Mattan, Community Engagement Coordinator The Only Necessary Thing book report How do you learn how to pray? By prayer, of course! In my lifetime so far, I haven’t read much Christian literature other than the Bible. It has been refreshing and encouraging to read “The Only Necessary Thing”, by Henri J.M. Nouwen. Simply put,...
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By: Brian Lim, Deacon Board Chairperson East Toronto Chinese Baptist Church (ETCBC) has been preparing to become an incorporated church for a number of years now, the primary reason being to improve our church governance. Another important reason is to provide protection for members from legal liability in church ministries. As part of the process...
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By: Mattan, Community Engagement Coordinator Just as this week has been heating up in Toronto, so has my summer internship! This week, we had the opportunity to work with Access Alliance on a community vaccine clinic in Parma Court. Angela and I spent Wednesday afternoon giving out flyers to inform community members of the clinic...
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By: Angela, Community Engagement Coordinator The past week of our internship has been one of our most packed experiences so far with many new experiences for Mattan and I, and I feel that I got to experience a closer taste to the usual, pre-COVID pace of this position. One of the most unique experiences I...
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By: Angela, Community Engagement Coordinator On the back cover of a novel reads, “If we are honest, we have to admit that there are many things we don’t understand about God.” This is no groundbreaking claim, yet, we are always in constant search for an answer, an explanation, or a personal justification about our God....
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By: Angela, Community Engagement Coordinator To whoever may be reading this, we have just passed the one month point since starting this internship, which means this job is more than halfway over, which means summer break is drawing to a close, which means I have to return to school soon. Please send assistance immediately.  Jokes...
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By: Mattan, Community Engagement Coordinator I have now completed half of my internship at ET! In the past four weeks, much has been done. The summer guide is published, I’ve helped out at St Judes and joined in on the Hubsters meetups. At church, we have been working through many donations and a website for...
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By: Angela, Community Engagement Coordinator After almost a two year hiatus, ETCBC interns make their return as volunteers at St. Jude’s food bank! During my last summer working at ET, my weekly trips to the food bank were one of my most treasured experiences of the job. Now that I’m working a different position as...
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