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The Anglican Foundation of Canada (AFC) has announced $210,000 in funding to support new projects across Canada in its November cycle of awards.

I’ve been at FPM since 2016, and I can honestly say that we have not been able to keep up with God. We acted on faith with an inspired idea, and God has been opening up doors and opportunities, one after another. We are running to keep up with God. It has been beautiful. It is an incredible gift.

At this time of the pandemic, AFC is not trying to be heroic. We are trying our best to be as charitable as possible to Canadians who are close at hand and who need it the most. I hope that you will join us in this generous aspiration.

This past May, I retired from the Board of Directors of the Anglican Foundation. It has been quite a ride. My five years on the Board reviewing grant applications, listening to testimonials from grant recipients and visiting their projects, opened my eyes to the vitality and creativity of Anglican churches in communities large and small across Canada.

I am writing to you as we enter the fourth month into the global crisis of COVID-19, a pandemic that has thrown the world into an unfamiliar landscape of overwhelming uncertainty. The 20th century Russian playwright, Anton Chekhov once said, “Any idiot can face a crisis—it’s the day to day living that wears you out.”

Read below for the latest news and updates from the Anglican Foundation, including grants awarded in the spring 2020 grant cycle and welcoming new board

Things are really changing, right? As we all look forward, the “new” normal will, in all likelihood, be nothing like “normal” at all—many changes which have rained down on us these past months will probably stay with us.

The Anglican Foundation of Canada (AFC) has announced $50,000 to 20 proposals addressing the crisis of climate change. AFC’s board of directors met via Zoom on May 20-21, 2020 during which time it reviewed 28 proposals from across Canada.

The Anglican Foundation of Canada (AFC) has announced $260,000 in funding to support new projects across Canada in its May cycle of awards.