Personalia

The Board of Camp Crossroads wishes to thank God for the service and leadership given the camp by Hardy Klassen of Kitchener, Ont., who passed away suddenly Oct. 21 (see obituary MBH Dec. 5). He was very active in his home congregation, Glencairn MB Church, and served the camp as a Board member, volunteer, encourager and supporter.

Dave Heinrichs resigned as associate pastor of Portage Ave. MB Church, Winnipeg in July, and began a new ministry as associate pastor at Whyte Ridge Baptist Church, Winnipeg in August. He and Colleen have two young daughters, Kendra and Mackenzie.

Northview Community Church in Abbotsford recently welcomed Justyn Rees as their new interim senior pastor. Originally from London, England, he is a speaker and author. He has been attending Northview for four years, assisting with the preaching ministry. He and his wife Joy lead Upstream Ministries. Vern Heidebrecht, who recently celebrated 40 years of pastoral ministry, 15 of them at Northview, will stay with the church as Pastor Emeritus, working in the area of prayer and discipleship. Pictured are (l–r): Justyn and Joy Rees, Carol and Vern Heidebrecht.

Darren Petker was commissioned as youth pastor of Ross Rd. Community Church, Abbotsford, on Nov. 23. He has been an intern at the church since Sept. 2002 and graduated from Columbia Bible College with a BA in youth work last spring. He is married to Judi, who works for MCC Supportive Care Services.

David Arrol Macfarlane is the new director of National Initiatives for the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC). He will give leadership to Celebration 2005 and other initiatives to strengthen the evangelical church in Canada. He has been pastor at Waterloo (Ont.) MB Church and Chilliwack (B.C.) Central MB Church.

Waterloo (Ont.) MB Church recently appointed Paul McIlwraith as lead pastor. He has been on staff for 7 years, starting as youth pastor, then pastor of community care, then acting lead pastor. Before that, he was a teacher for 10 years. He is also currently attending Tyndale Seminary in Toronto. He is married to Carolyn, a teacher, and they have 4 children: Leah, Scott, Tess, D.J.

Central Heights Church, Abbotsford, B.C. has added Rushia Klassen to their staff one day a week as associate director of Women’s Ministries. She has been involved in Athletes in Action with her husband Dave for 15 years and often speaks at women’s events. Before the birth of her children, she taught elementary school. They have 4 children, Caleb, Marek, Hannah, and Abigail, and 1 foster daughter, Linda Wong.

Baptisms and new members

Note: Baptism photos appear in the paper version of the Herald but not in the online version.

• Elm Creek (Man.) MB Church, welcomed 6 new members Oct. 12, 4 by baptism and 2 by transfer. Pictured are (back l–r) pastor John Willems, Jeff Dunn (b); (centre) Dave Mahara (t), Carolyn Mahara (t), Tannis Arnould (b), Teresa Dunn (b); (front) Laurie Millions (b).
• Willingdon MB Church, Burnaby, B.C. welcomed 13 members Oct. 5, 6 by baptism and 7 by confession of faith. Pictured are (back l–r) Jonathan Klassen (cf), Josh Chiang (cf), Carl Schneider (cf), Pierre Zwiegers (b), Crystal Huang (b), Amanda Liang (b), pastor Daryl Kroeker; (front) pastor Michael Chan, Jannette Guarin (cf), Paulina Gonzalez (cf), Susana Crombie (cf), Tracy Li (b), Yanni Li (b) and Grace Fu (b). Not pictured is Jackie Nahirney (cf).
• Lendrum MB Church, Edmonton, welcomed 7 new members Oct. 19, 2 by baptism and 5 by transfer. Pictured are (back l–r) pastor Chris Friesen, David Lloyd (t), Sarah Friesen (b), Reuben Friesen (t), Anika Loewen (b), moderator Lyndon Epp; (front) pastor Kae Neufeld, Linda Lloyd (t), Shelley Friesen (t), Mary Dyck (t) and pastor David Dyck.
• Salem MB Church, Winnipeg, Man. welcomed five new members Oct. 26, 1 by baptism and 4 by confession of faith. Pictured are (l–r) Harvey Penner (cf), Donna Penner (cf), Nathan Martens (b), Kathy Dyck (cf), George Dyck (cf) and pastor Arno Fast.
• West Portal Church, Saskatoon, welcomed 10 new members over the last few months, 2 by baptism, 4 by transfer, and 4 by confession of faith. Pictured are (back, l–r) pastor Dwayne Barkman, Wayne Arendt (t), Kim Arendt (t), Natasha Peters (t), Craig Peters (t), Jeff Baender (b), pastor Andrew Fehr; (front) Tena Guenther (cf), Albert Guenther (cf), Darlene Balfour (b), Sharron Dyck (cf) and John Dyck (cf).
• Ross Road Community Church, Abbotsford, welcomed 10 new members Sept. 28, 7 by baptism, 2 by transfer, and 1 by confession of faith. Pictured are (back l–r) pastor Al Stobbe, Dennis McManus (b), Paul Cross (b), Luke Schaap (b), Jim Watkins (cf), Tom Arnold (t), Delta Arnold (t); (front) Joyce Ebbett (b), Kelly Cross (b), Jackie Schaap (b) and Linda Watkins (b).
• Eagle Ridge Bible Fellowship, Coquitlam, B.C. welcomed 4 new members by baptism June 29. Pictured are (l–r) pastor Andy Steiger, Brittany Litz, Andrea McInnes, Martina Keith and Eleanor Thibeau.
• Woodrow (Sask.) MB Gospel Chapel welcomed 2 new members by baptism May 4. Pictured are (l–r) Laura Engel, pastor Randy Chase and Ed Rigetti.