If you’d like to extend a personal message to these folks, please contact Pastoral Relations Coordinator, Marina Lecian mlecian@united-church.ca for contact information. Thank you.
Commissioned or Ordained into The United Church of Canada, in the Pacific Mountain Regional Council
- Derry Bott, 4 June 2023, Ordained, called to First Pastoral Charge, Prince Rupert BC
- Frances Kitson, 4 June 2023, Ordained, to Whitehorse Pastoral Charge
- John Helps, 4 June 2023, Commissioned, to Nanaimo River Pastoral Charge
Coming to Pacific Mountain Region
- Dale Burkart, to Boundary Pastoral Charge, Grand Forks from Grace Pastoral Charge, Burlington ON, effective 1 August 2023
- Samuel Grottenberg, to North Lonsdale Pastoral Charge, North Vancouver from Southwood Pastoral Charge, Calgary AB, effective 15 August 2023
- Andrew MacPherson, to Kamloops Pastoral Charge from Grace Pastoral Charge, Peterborough ON, effective 1 September 2023
- Jeffrey Rock, to Canadian Memorial Pastoral Charge from Toronto ON, effective 15 Oct 2023
Moving Within Pacific Mountain Region
- Diane Halkett, from Webster’s Whonnock Pastoral Charge, Whonnock to Knox Pastoral Charge, Vancouver, Effective 27 August 2023
- Nancy Colton, from St Andrew’s Pastoral Charge, Williams Lake to Duncan Pastoral Charge, Duncan, effective 31 October 2023
Leaving Pacific Mountain Region
- Beth Hayward, from Canadian Memorial Pastoral Charge, Vancouver BC to Fort Massey Pastoral Charge, Halifax NS
- Joan Kessler, from Wood Lake Pastoral Charge, Winfield BC to Watrous-Young Pastoral Charge, Watrous, SK, effective 15 August 2023
Retiring
- Brenda Miller, Stevenston Pastoral Charge, Richmond BC, effective 1 July 2023
On Sabbatical
- Rhian Walker, St. Andrew’s-Wesley United Church, Vancouver
In Memoriam
- Rev. Gordon M. Craig, 28 March 1934 – 27 August 2023
Leaving Regional Staff
- Luna Harlow, from Campus Ministry Simon Fraser University, effective 15 July 2023
- Lindsay Veenstra, from First Third Ministry team to University of Victoria (Law), effective 1 September 2023