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26 Sep 2017 Fall Tour

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The annual ARPA Fall Tour is underway. The tour started yesterday in Winnipeg, and there's 20 stops planned before it wraps up on October 20th in Neerlandia, Alberta. The theme of this year's tour is "Who is Sovereign", and ARPA Executive Director Mark Penninga says a lot of work has gone into making the presentations engaging and practical. "Our goal is that everybody leaves educated, equipped, and encouraged." Discussion items include the Wall case that's being argued before the Supreme Court of Canada, as well as various government initiatives on...

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05 Sep 2017 ARPA Fall Tour

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Plans have now been finalized for the annual ARPA fall tour. This year's tour starts September 25th, and wraps up on October 20th. Hannah Sikkema is coordinating the events, and she says the focus this year is on the question of authority. “We all know that we’re all under an ultimate authority, and the question that we’re posing to our audience(s) is: ‘Is that authority Christ or the state?’ And we would obviously say it’s Christ.” The tour this year is being split into two sections, with two different sets of...

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18 Aug 2017 ARPA Canada Fall Tour 2017 – Who is Sovereign?

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Would you be okay with a judge telling the elders of your church how to exercise church discipline? Would you be okay with the premier telling you how to raise your kids? It is beginning to happen. And it doesn’t stop there. The Supreme Court will hear a case to decide whether they have the power to overturn a church discipline decision. Laws continue to be introduced limiting how parents can educate, discipline and raise their children. How should we respond? Join us as we together strive to honour Christ’s authority over all. We will be on tour across Canada...

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20 Jun 2017 “Canada’s past was pro-life. Canada’s present is pro-choice. Canada’s future is up to us.” Pro-life group launches speaking tour for Canada’s 150th birthday

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Jonathon Van Maren, Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform There's a national education tour coming up this summer on pro-life apologetics. It's put together by the Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform. The Centre's Jonathon Van Maren says there are about a dozen stops planned for Ontario and Alberta between now and mid-August. He says the tour will include training in pro-life apologetics and strategy, but essentially the over-riding theme of all of the stops will focus on Canada’s 150th birthday. He says pro-lifers have two legacies to choose from: "Canada’s past was...

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23 May 2017 A last look back at GGY17

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Twenty-nine young people – mostly 11th and 12th graders from across the country – gathered in Ottawa for three days earlier this month for training in politics, worldview, and apologetics. Their experiences and impressions of the conference are now documented in an online video. Generally, the consensus was that the conference was valuable for education, networking, and equipping them to interact with the culture and with their elected officials. One of the participants actually had an encounter with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. “We were walking out of Question Period and...

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09 May 2017 God and Government Youth Conference

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ARPA Canada’s first-ever youth edition of their signature God and Government is kicking off in Ottawa today. We Need a Law Director Mike Schouten says the idea for this conference goes back to last year. "The past couple of years that we've done the G&G there's always been a couple of young people that attend, and last year we had a trial process whereby we took in some students from Southern Ontario, and that sort of sowed the seeds for this year." He says ARPA decided to have a conference...

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06 Apr 2017 March for Life 2017

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Click the image to enlarge The National March for Life will be held in Ottawa on Thursday, May 11, 2017, and across the country there will be six other provincial marches (click here for a listing). Reformed Prayer Services will be held in both Victoria, prior to the provincial march in BC, and in Ottawa, prior to the national march. We hope to see you at one of these prayer services, details are below. Following each prayer service there will be bagged lunches for all those who pre-register (you can do so here). After...

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28 Feb 2017 Relationships First: Shaping Our Nation One Person at a Time

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Southern Ontario residents, If you are looking for a warm, encouraging, and practical lesson about making a difference in our communities and country, we encourage you to attend the speech below, and to take some family members or friends. Date: Wednesday, March 8 at 8:00 pm Location: Smithville Canadian Reformed Church (directions) Speaker: Mark Penninga, ARPA Canada Organizers: Niagara ARPA & Post Confession of Faith Lectures RSVP on the Facebook event by clicking here! Relationships First: Shaping Our Nation One Person at a Time As Gideon had to learn, God doesn’t need large numbers for us to see success....

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28 Feb 2017 ARPA at the Manning Networking Conference

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ARPA staff spent Friday and Saturday last week at the annual Manning Networking Conference in Ottawa. Executive Director Mark Penninga says it's an annual opportunity for networking. “The thing with relationships is that they take time to build,” Penninga says. “And by going year after year, we show [other conservatives] that we’re here to stay, and that an explicitly Christian perspective on these issues in the public square is something that they need to consider.” Penninga says there’s also a need to expand that relationship-building beyond the generally conservative base that...

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28 Feb 2017 God and Government Youth Conference

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Preparations continue for ARPA Canada’s first God and Government Youth Conference in Ottawa. Grassroots engagement manager Colin Postma, says there were a total of 44 applications from across the country for 28 positions. Notifications will now go out to the people who’ve been selected. Postma says the conference will feature training and engagement, with opportunities for participants to meet with MPs and Senators as part of the event. The final day will also include an opportunity to participate in the annual Reformed Pro-Life prayer service and the annual March for...

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