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John Wiens completed his ministry at Willingdon Church in Burnaby, B.C. on March 31, after serving 11-and-a-half years, first as pastor of evangelism and then as associate pastor of family ministries. Previously, he was a church planter at Parkland Community Church in Yorkton, Sask. for six years, pastored Nutana MB (now Forest Grove Community) Church in Saskatoon for three years, worked for Campus Crusade for nine-and-a-half years and pastored Lucky Lake (Sask.) MB Church for two years. He has a diploma from Bethany Bible Institute in Hepburn, Sask., studied for two years at the University of Saskatchewan, has a master’s diploma from the International School of Theology in San Bernardino, Calif. and is working towards an M.Div. from MB Biblical Seminary. He and his wife Evelyn have three children, Andrea, 29, Kenton, 27, and Carmen, 19, and are open to further ministry.
David Currie has resigned as pastor of ministry innovation at Northview Community Church in Abbotsford, B.C., effective mid-April, after serving two years in that capacity and eight years as pastor of student ministries. On May 1, he will become national director of Family Life Ministries and Athletes in Action for Campus Crusade for Christ, based in Langley, B.C. Previously, he taught at Briercrest Bible College in Caronport, Sask. for 10 years and was youth pastor at Centre St. Evangelical Free Church in Calgary for three years. He has a B.R.E. from Briercrest, a B.A. from the University of Calgary, and two master’s degrees and a Ph.D. in education from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (now Trinity International University) in Deerfield, Ill. He and his wife Donalyn have four children, Jody, 23, Brock, 21, Kaldy, 16, and Mitch, 14.
John and Elaine Hiebert completed their ministry as pastor couple of Parkland Community Church in Yorkton, Sask. on Mar. 15, after serving three-and-a-half years, first in a full-time capacity, then in a bi-vocational ministry since fall 1999. He is also the coordinator of the RCMP-based Victims Services program for east central Saskatchewan, a position he will continue to hold. Previously, he was interim pastor of Orchard Park Bible Church in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. for five months, was senior pastor of Grantham MB Church in St. Catharines, Ont. for seven years, was senior pastor of Nechako Community Church in Vanderhoof, B.C. for six years, was a pastoral intern at Kennedy Heights MB Church in Delta, B.C. for two years, was program director of Canadian Family Radio in Vancouver for two years, was station manager of Northern Montana Family Radio (KARR) in Great Falls for a year, was assistant administrator of program production for Moody Bible Institute’s Department of Broadcasting and Program production for five years and served with Mexican Mission Ministries of Pharr, Tex. for four years. He has B.R.E. from MB Bible College in Winnipeg and has studied at MB Biblical Seminary. The Hieberts have two grown children and are open to further ministry.
Aaron Stout has resigned as associate pastor of youth at Vauxhall (Alta.) MB Church, effective this July, after serving for four years, including one year as a pastoral intern. He is planning to return to school. He has a B.A. from Millar College of the Bible in Pambrun, Sask.
James Kin-Wo Ip began serving as senior pastor at Burnaby (B.C.) Pacific Grace MB Church in September 2000. Previously, he pastored at Pacific Grace MB Church in Vancouver for one-and-a-half years and North Point Alliance Church in Hong Kong for one year. He has an M.Div. from Regent College in Vancouver, an M.A. from Nottingham University in England and a B. Sc. from Hong Kong University. He and his wife Rebecca Lee have two children, Genevieve, 12, and Timothy, 10.
Richmond Park MB Church in Brandon, Man. held a commissioning service Jan. 21 for senior pastor couple Dave and Nicole Ens. John Unger, president of Concord College in Winnipeg and a former pastor of the Richmond Park congregation, brought a message entitled “Passing the Mantle”. Herb Kopp, conference minister of the Manitoba MB Conference, and Reuben Willems led the commissioning. Words of encouragement came from representatives from the city of Brandon, the Brandon Ministerial Association and the Enses’ former church, McIvor Ave. MB Church in Winnipeg. The Richmond Park church celebrated together after the service with a noon meal. The Enses have two daughters, Megan and Lauren Alayne.
Don Nielsen began serving a two-year term as full-time associate pastor of youth and worship at Murrayville Community Church in Langley, B.C. on Mar. 1, after serving a one-year, three-quarter-time pastoral internship through the B.C. MB Conference Pastoral Apprenticeship program. He also is studying part-time at Columbia Bible College in Abbotsford, B.C. Previously, he was a self-employed house framer in B.C.’s Lower Mainland for about four years. Prior to coming to Murrayville Community Church, he was a youth sponsor and was part of the worship ministry at North Langley Community Church. He and his wife Elizabeth have a son, Caleb, 8 months. The Church held a commissioning service for the Nielsens on Mar. 4.
Pictured are (l-r) elder John Rodriguez, church moderator Phil Priebe, Liz Nielsen, Caleb Nielsen, Don Nielsen and senior pastor Ron van Akker. |
Brad Sumner began serving as pastor of discipleship at North Langley Community Church in Langley, B.C. on June 1, 2000. Previously, he was half-time interim worship pastor there for two years and was a part-time pastoral intern at Brant Bible Church in Burlington, Ont. for two years. He has a B.A. from Northwest Baptist Theological College in Langley. He is married to Meghan, who works full-time in partnership relations for Focus on the Family, based in Langley.
Rachel Boyce began serving as director of children’s and youth ministries at Portage Ave. MB Church in Winnipeg on Mar. 20. Previously, she was agency coordinator at Winnipeg Harvest, a food bank, for two years, served with MCC’s SALT program in Winnipeg for a year and was involved in various church ministries and ran Adventure Day Camps at Waterloo (Ont.) MB Church. She has a B.A. and an M.A. from Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo. She is married to Michael.
Cindy Olsen has been serving as part-time children’s ministry coordinator in Fraserview MB Church in Richmond, B.C. since last July. Previously, she ran her own licenced daycare in her home for 13 years and worked in the insurance industry for 10 years. She is married to Dan, who is a warehouse manager for a clothing store in Vancouver. They have two daughters, Alysse, 14, and Ariel, 9.
Herbert and Maureen Klassen of Abbotsford, B.C. are interim co-directors of the new Mennonite Centre in Molochansk (formerly known as Halbstadt), Ukraine. A former Girls’ School was purchased from the city and will be renovated later this spring. A number of pilot medical aid programs have already begun in Nieder Khortitsa, Zaporozhye and Kutuzovka. Plans for the Mennonite Centre include a youth centre where youth can use computers and learn English as a second language; a centre for pensioners that will offer a variety of social aid programs (the average pension is $8-10 US per month, and food costs are relatively high); and a mid-week Bible study run by members of the nearby Kutuzovka Mennonite Church. Medical needs in the region will be assessed in April by Vancouver doctors Art and Marlyce Friesen. The Klassens previously helped launch the Mennonite Centre in Moscow in 1992 during a five-year ministry term in Russia. Herb is the son of C.F. Klassen, who earlier helped Mennonites emigrate from the Soviet Union to North America.
Timothy and Angel Fehr have returned to Canada after serving five-and-a-half years with Teen Mission International. They spent three years at a youth camp in South Africa, where they saw many youth come to Christ. The Fehrs had one son and adopted a second son while in South Africa. They are currently living in Armstrong, B.C., and are members of Richmond (B.C.) Bethel MB Church.
Baptisms and new members
Note: Baptism photos appear in the paper version of the Herald but not in the online version.
Panorama Community Church in Surrey, B.C. baptized and welcomed into its fellowship 12 new members Feb. 25: Lisa Kabatoff, Alan Kabatoff, Katherine Stevens, Dustin Roe, Melissa Jonker, Bev Elston, Paul Janzen, Kurt Sterner, Tanya Trowell, Melissa Bell, Brad Scott and Kevin Mark.
Willingdon Church in Burnaby, B.C. welcomed 30 new members Feb. 4, 9 by baptism and 21 by confession of faith. Pictured are (back, l-r) pastor Lee Francois, Keith Kwok (cf), Ian Morris (cf), Oleg Sholukhov (cf), Alex Golin (cf), Alex Chew (b), John Panet (b), pastor Carlin Weinhauer; (middle) Hazel Kwok (cf), Aubrey North (cf), Sergiy Patoka (cf), Petro Veverytsa (cf), John Jung (cf), Barrie Caldwell (cf), Lup Chee Ngai (cf), Vincent Un (cf), Omar Perez (b); (front) Elizabeth Cu (cf), Trina Oliveira (b), Christina Basri (cf), Iryna Veverysta (cf), Grace Jung (cf), Joy Shin (cf), Sylvia Gin (b), Megumi Sakai (b), Madoka Nishimoto (b) and Kuniko Un (cf). Not pictured are Lindsay Dueck (b), Geoff Robinson (b), Keith Magee (cf), Gail Magee (cf) and Holly Lim (cf).
Eastview Community Church in Winnipeg welcomed 15 new members Feb. 4, 9 by baptism and 6 by confession of faith. Pictured are (back, l-r) Mark de Kluyver (cf), Brent Gillon (b), Phil Buller (b), Geoff Massey (cf), Mike Froese (b), pastor Steve Dick; (middle) pastor Lorne Pearson, Leanne de Kluyver (cf), Monique Gillon (b), Rachelle Buller (b), Pam Massey (cf), Don Hilder (cf); (front) Phil Bisson (b), Darolyn Waugh (b), Herta Caswill (cf), David Dacombe (b) and Laurel Phillips (b).
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