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“There have been past years when AFC’s combined disbursements of grants and loans have hit the million-dollar mark,” says Dr. Scott Brubacher, Executive Director, “but this is the first time in the Foundation’s 65-year history that we have reached that threshold on the strength of the grant program alone.”

In recent years, AFC has also become a major partner in innovative ministry and spiritual formation projects, funding visionary programming that reflect an increasingly missional church.

“Amid all the food and fun, my grandparents’ Christian faith was always the motivating force, and we all knew it. Grandma’s language never failed to express her total gratitude for the spiritual gifts that we had been given. Her favourite Bible verse was: “Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift.”

“In addition to my work with patients in a hospital setting, God has led me to minister to people at end of life in their homes as a hospice volunteer. Bringing words of comfort and the sacrament to the bedside to those who have faithfully served the parish for so long, is something about which I am truly passionate.”

The Coordinator, Office & Grants is a part-time, permanent position with pension and benefits located at AFC’s office in downtown Toronto near the Yonge / Bloor subway stop. Occasional opportunities for working from home are anticipated. Please send a resume and cover letter by Friday, January 14, 2022!

“After 2021’s blizzard of volunteer activity on behalf of AFC, my husband and I find ourselves, back to winter again, in the still and quiet of Advent, reflecting on a year devoted to what some have described as the birth of a youth-focused movement within the church.”

“It feels as if we are at the forefront of a movement: more ready than we have ever been as a church to say without words, but with deeds, that young people matter to the Canadian church, young people have a place here, and can find a spiritual home in which they have room to live and breathe and contribute here.”

The Board of Directors of AFC has approved close to $650,000 in grants and bursaries to 110 applicants as part of its fall 2021 grant cycle. This brings the 2021 grant awards total to more than $835,000, one of the most generous years in AFC’s 64-year history.

“Our ZOOM meetings throughout the pandemic have been extremely productive,” says Dr. Scott Brubacher, Executive Director. “But welcoming some of our Directors back to Toronto feels like a meaningful step toward pandemic recovery.”