Christian Nurses in the Caribbean and North America enjoy an increasingly collaborative relationship in networking and planning
The NCFI CANA Region began to lay a solid foundation when its first member country, NCF USA, joined NCFI in 1970. Since that time, four Americans have provided leadership as NCFI Presidents. In 1996, NCF Canada joined NCFI. Since that time both countries have enjoyed an increasingly collaborative relationship in networking, planning Regional Conferences; being a voice in the Nursing profession from a clearly Christian Worldview. Current and future initiatives include (i) Spiritual Care Workshops (ii) Leadership Development (iii) Regional Conferences (iv) Training Health professionals through the Saline Process course and (V) Collectively and intentionally waiting upon our awesome God for His leading and blessing.
National Nurses Christian Fellowships currently function in the following countries in CANA: Canada, Haiti, and United States of America. We have contacts in several other Caribbean countries and new Fellowships are being encouraged.
A ministry of Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship (IVCF), Canada. NCFC seeks to help nurses and nursing students know Christ and make Him known.
NCF has a special mission to nurses – to encourage them in total vocational commitment within God’s kingdom, focusing on the five objectives of IVCF:
National Coordinator Canada. email: aworkman@ivcf.ca
Nurses Christian Fellowship Haiti is a Christian Association formed to enable nurses, to influence the quality of professional nursing practice through active expression of the love of Jesus Christ our Savour; to support colleagues in time of need; and to pray; educate and to inspire others to have faith in Jesus Christ and help build a healthy, just and peaceful society. Haiti has ten departments, and our aim is to put an office in each department.
NCF is based in the USA and provides a local, regional, national and international network for Christian nursing. Local groups meet for prayer, Bible study, mutual encouragement and outreach. NCF staff and volunteers provide mentoring, vision for ministry and help to establish campus and area-wide chapters.
NCF USA produces the Journal of Christian Nursing, a very popular publication that has subscribers from around the world. www.ncf-jcn.org
In 2019, for the 3rd consecutive year, the NCFI CANA Region in partnership with NCF Canada, hosted a Booth at Missionfest Vancouver in the Convention Centre. The Booth was managed by Phyllis Ferrier, CANA Regional Chair and Fronica Yiu, Secretary Treasurer of NCF Canada.
Missionfest Vancouver is an annual Mission Conference with thousands of attendees from both Canada, the USA, and beyond. It provided a unique window of opportunity to promote the 2020 Congress at Colorado Christian University, and to recruit members for local NCF Canada groups on the West Coast. However, surpassing these benefits was the wonderful opportunity for very meaningful dialogue regarding the privilege and responsibility of integrating faith in Jesus with practice. What an amazing time we spent interacting with Nursing students, Nurses, Educators, and others etc. We experienced a deep sense of God’s presence with us at the Booth.
Over this period we aim to:
Theme: “Infusing Hope in Nursing: A Christian Perspective”.
Participants at the NCFI CANA Regional Conference, at the Christian University of North Haiti (UCHN) Plenary sessions were provided by Dr. Kamalini Kumar, Mme Elcie Tobi, and Dr. Tove Giske. Early morning devotions were led by Carrie Dameron and Worship by Dr. Pamela Cone. A final session on “Infusing Hope: Focusing on Jesus” was provided by Phyllis Ferrier.
The venue was great and the Host (UCHN) made all who attended, including 130 Nurses, Nursing Students and Educators feel most welcome. All CANA member countries were represented. We are most grateful to God for the unique opportunity to interact with many and to realize that several new NCF Haiti groups will begin in the North region.
Due to the restrictions of the Covid 19 Pandemic, there are no events confirmed at present. Watch this space for news…
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