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The Mennonite Brethren Historical Commission has appointed Abe Dueck of Winnipeg as its next executive secretary. He comes to the position following 12 years of service as director of the Centre for MB Studies, Winnipeg, and over 20 years as professor and academic dean of the former MB Bible College, Winnipeg. The Historical Commission is responsible for fostering historical understanding and appreciation within the MB Church in the United States and Canada. Previous directors have been J.B. Toews and until recently, Paul Toews.
Harry and Margaret Heidebrecht, senior pastor at Highland MB Church, Calgary, since 1995, will retire July 21. Previously, 1981–1994, he was pastor of Bakerview MB Church, Abbotsford. They plan to move to Abbotsford, B.C., where they will pursue other ministry opportunities.
Brent Easey began as part-time associate pastor at Evergreen Heights Christian Fellowship, Simcoe, Ont. on Dec. 1. He has a MTh from Acadia Divinity University in Wolfville, N.S. and has served as lead pastor of Baptist churches. He and Julia have two children: Isaac and Joel.
Ross Road Community Church, Abbotsford, commissioned new senior pastor couple James and Trisha Penner Feb. 15 (pictured above with interim conference minister Robert Friesen and moderator Bill Strom, right). The Penners have 3 young daughters, Breanna, Kendra and Caitlyn. They previously served 8 years at Vanderhoof Christian Fellowship.
Barry and Debra Breker were installed as pastor couple of the Gem (Alta.) MB Church on Feb. 8. The Brekers came from Drake, Sask. where they were involved in business and ministered in various churches in the surrounding area. They have three adult children and one grandchild.
Gerry Goertzen started as Director of Pastoral Care at The Meeting Place, Winnipeg, on Mar. 15. He has an MA in Biblical Counselling and Psychology and previously worked in counselling services with Youth for Christ. He and Dayle have three children: Mark, Shyla and Jesse.
Colin Redekop has been appointed director of worship and music at the Portage Ave. MB Church, Winnipeg. He has degrees from Concord College, University of Winnipeg and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.
Rob and Myrna Reimer have accepted the call to become senior pastor at Highland MB Church, Calgary. Rob has been pastor of Community Bible Church in Olathe, Kansas since 1996; before that he was youth pastor at Elmwood MB Church, Winnipeg, and director of Winkler (Man.) Bible Camp. He is a graduate of Winkler Bible Institute, University of Winnipeg, and Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary. They have three children, Kara, 14, Shanna, 13, and Joel, 9.
Baptisms and new members
Note: Baptism photos appear in the paper version of the Herald but not in the online version.
- Forest Grove Community Church, Saskatoon, welcomed 30 new members recently, 7 by baptism and 23 by confession of faith. Pictured are (back, l–r) pastor Harry Strauss, Matthew Wiebe (cf), Travis Hiebert (cf), James Cardinal (b), Clarence Tuck (cf), Jeremy Hildebrandt (cf), Allan Toews (cf), Garry Abrams (cf), pastor Bruce Enns; (middle) Silas Godard (cf), Amanda Palchinski (b), Eleanora Joshi (cf), Subash Joshi (cf), Karen Wiens (cf), Kerri Toews (cf), Betty Abrams (cf), Louise Friesen, (cf), Rob Friesen (cf), Norm Ens (cf); (front) Eugene Pastushenko (b), Bonnie Cuthbertson (b), Lana Nelson (cf), Elsie Muller (cf), Kimberley Toews (b), Stephanie Chernoff (b), Brodie Cuff (b), pastor Susan Enns. Not pictured are Larry Summach (cf), Brenda Summach (cf), Dennis Wiens (cf), Carol Tuck (cf), Todd Payne (cf) and Debbie Payne (cf).
- Willingdon MB Church, Burnaby, B.C. welcomed 73 new members Nov. 30, 20 by baptism, 53 by confession of faith. Pictured are (back l–r) Ken Kilback (b), Kim Côté (b), Lylia Kwan (b), Ed Pavlakovic (cf), Jane Raven (cf), Jean Wong (cf), Dong Kyu Lee (b), Nicole Faber (cf), Cliff Ayre (b), Soo Bong Cheung (b); (fourth row) Sergiy Chernets (cf) Polina Chernet (cf), Mike Cheung (cf), Heather Leung (cf), Angela Yu (cf), Sharon Hwang (cf), Vincent Lu (cf), Hyang Bin Im (cf), Sang Im Kim (cf), Jung Hee Han (cf), Brian Jae (cf), Xiao Lei Wu (b), Hyekyung Lee (b); (third row) Ann Calwell (b), La Young Han (cf), Belinda So (cf), Ken So (cf), Cliff Ho (cf), Eveline Hwang (cf), Haijeong Jeong (cf), Jongjin Lee (cf), Sunnyeo Gweon (cf), Gi-Yeon Yun (cf), Jeong-Sik Jeong (cf), Hyun Sun Choi (cf), Peter Hwang (cf); (second row) Grace Song (cf), Hyunhee Choi (b), Eun Jung Hau (b), Wagner Batista (b), Young Hwan Choi (cf), Sun Mi Park (cf), Ally Jang (b), Ted Son (b), Booja Gavin (cf), Patrick Gavin (b), Debbie Lee (cf), Chad Woodroff (b), Inna Tokarev (cf), Viktor Tokarev (cf); (front row) Ming-Shen Lee (cf), Yu-Fen Chang (cf), Sookhee Lee (cf), Wonbae Lee (cf), Syeongoen Lim (cf), Dongsig Chai (cf), Ludmila Sapozhnikova (b), Yoon-Jung Kim (cf), Dong-Hyun Kim (cf), Barb Bodie (cf), Mark Bodie (cf), Elaine Slater (b), Barry Slater (cf). Not pictured are Corrine Blasius (cf), Lorie Borsje (cf), Rod Godwaldt (cf), Al Pegg (cf), Marie Pegg (cf), Jinho Ryoo (cf) and Hee Jin Kim (cf).
- Evergreen Heights Christian Fellowship, Simcoe, Ont. welcomed 10 new members Nov. 30, 6 by baptism and 4 by confession of faith. Pictured are (back, l–r) Adrian Breeschooten (b), Ken Smith (cf), Mike Varey (cf), Shawn Morin (b), pastor Richard Martens, Ron Currie (b); (front) Trish Ellis (b), Sharon Smith (cf), Darcy Varey (cf), Courtney Schroeter (b) and Nicole Benz (b).
- Arnold Community Church, Abbotsford, B.C., welcomed 7 members Nov. 30, 1 by baptism and 6 by confession of faith. Pictured are (l–r) Ron Falk (cf), Christina Falk (cf), Marylu Loewen (cf), Juergen Loewen (cf), Ellen Friesen (cf), Lyndon Friesen (cf), Carley Jongerden (b) and pastor Rob Dyck.
- Neighbourhood Church, Nanaimo, B.C. welcomed 6 new members by baptism Nov. 9. Pictured are pastor James Toews, Shannon Matthews, Garrett Reimer, Jesse Lawford, Gene Janzen, Sheri Gordon, Arlie Clegg, pastor Scott Falk.
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