Canadian Pacific District

My primary role in the district is to develop, cast and implement a vision for church health, church growth and church planting in the District. I work closely with the District Executive Committee to ensure an effective system of governance in the District. I also strive to be a spiritual mentor to the congregations and licensed workers in the District by personally modeling and motivating them in the pursuit of godliness, prayer, evangelism and missions.

I am passionate about being a Spiritual Coach who encourages an environment that empowers Christian leaders and their ministries to be fully alive and fully engage in a Missional Movement where God-given dreams, visions and passions can be unleashed with life-transforming power.

My role in the district largely focuses on the support of church planting and church education ministries, as well as leading the accreditation process for potential new workers. I also support our District Superintendent in helping to plan and carry out other district functions.

One of the reasons I love the mix of responsibilities in my role, is that I am passionate about seeing the kingdom of Christ extended into the lives of as many people as possible, which involves reaching them and teaching them so they can be transformed by God. Church planting is one of the best ways of reaching the most people possible, and CE is a vehicle for transforming and their relationships to Christ and others.

For some reason many people have called me and those like me "Bean Counters". I have counted many things in my career but so far I've never counted beans. Most of my days in the district office involve monitoring the cash going in and out, talking with churches to help them stay on track with their own financial needs, dealing with government charities regulations and helping our churches obtain affordable financing. However, I also like taking on new challenges, so if anyone needs beans counted, bring it on, I'm your man!

My wife is a daily reminder to me of God's Grace in my life. I have 3 heros in my life who regularly mirror to me the qualities of character I most want to mirror to others: compassion, joyfulness, and steadfastness. Outside of the office, my life mainly involves observing my children at various sports, and whenever possible I still foolishly try and compete with them. So far, I've broken one arm playing soccer, and one snowboarding. In recent years I have taken up running and have discovered the challenges of training for a race to be very similar to the challenges of walking a Christ-centered life.

My main role at the District Office is working as Dave Hearn's executive assistant, especially as it relates to personnel in our District.  I also work with Larry in the accreditation process.  I appreciate Dave for his hugs and vision, Larry for his sense of humor, Shelby's mischevious grin, Nicki's kind and gentle spirt, and Kim's youthful creatvity and energy.  One of the reasons I am excited about my role is the variety of tasks that I assist with, and the way I can use my gifts to serve people throughout the District.

I also love reading books of all kinds, going on long walks with my husband and playing with my four (soon to be five!) grandchildren.