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James D. and BettyAnn Regehr began serving as pastor couple of Snow Lake (Man.) Christian Centre Fellowship on Oct. 1. Since 1996, James has been president of Myrtle Ministries, an itinerant preaching and teaching ministry he founded, specializing in evangelistic, revival and deeper life services. Previously, he served an interim pastoral assignment at a Baptist church in Winnipeg for a year, was regional director for Christian Service Brigades for Manitoba and southern Saskatchewan for two years, pastored Beausejour (Man.) Elim Baptist Church for two years and pastored Gillam (Man.) Gospel Chapel for a year. He has a B.R.E. from Briercrest Bible College in Caronport, Sask., an M.A. from North American Baptist Seminary in Sioux Falls, S.D. and a Ph.D. from Cambridge Graduate School in Arkansas. His home congregation is Carman (Man.) Gospel Light Church. BettyAnn’s home church is South Langley MB Church in Langley, B.C. The Regehrs have three children, Peter, 7, Anastasia, 5, and Nathaniel, 3.
Patrick Bartley has accepted a call to pastor Scott Street MB Church in St. Catharines, Ont., beginning Mar. 1. He is currently pastoring Rawdon St. Baptist Church in Brantford, Ont., where he has been serving for 14 years. Previously, he was a youth pastor at Shenstone Memorial Baptist Church in Brantford for four years. He has a B.Th. from London (Ont.) Baptist Bible College and an M.A. from Bob Jones University in Greenville, S.C., and is currently pursuing an M.Div. from Heritage Theological Seminary in Cambridge, Ont. He and his wife Valerie have four children, Rebecca, 16, Nicole, 15 and twins Patrick and Heidi, 10. Paul J. and Betty Fast have been serving as interim pastor couple at the church since Sept. 10, 2000. Previously, Paul was interim pastor of Lake Errock (B.C.) Community Church for five months and Fleetwood Community Church in Surrey, B.C. for four months and assisted in the restart of Northside Community Church in Mission, B.C. for four months. He also pastored South Langley MB Church in Langley, B.C. for nine-and-a-half years, North Langley Community Church for seven years and Murrayville Community Church in Langley for four years. He taught in public schools for 15 years and at Bethany Bible Institute, Hepburn, Sask. for two years. He has a B.Th. from MB Bible College in Winnipeg, a B.A. from Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ont. and an M.A. from MB Biblical Seminary in Fresno, Calif. The Fasts have three children and eight grandchildren.
Kevin Downey began serving as youth pastor at Linden (Alta.) MB Church on Nov. 1. Previously, he worked full-time at the Focus on the Family office in Langley, B.C. for two years and served a youth pastoral internship at Fleetwood Community Church, Surrey, B.C., under the B.C. MB Conference Pastoral Apprenticeship program. He has studied at Canadian Bible College in Regina, and is hoping to complete his B.R.E. in the near future. He and his wife Brenda have two daughters, Jordyn, 4, and Annika, 4 months.
Vineland (Ont.) MB Church held an installation service for pastor couple Doug and Annie Schulz on Sept. 26. Outgoing pastor Henry Wiebe, retiring after 36 years in the ministry (the last six years at the Vineland Church), expressed his appreciation to his wife and the congregation for their support. He is currently also serving as Ontario MB Conference moderator. Doug and Annie are both former members of the Vineland church, where they served as youth leaders and Doug completed an internship. They later pastored Cedar Park MB Church in Ladner, B.C. for five years and served in a variety of other ministries (See Personalia, Sept. 14, 2001). They have three children, Heidi, David and Tim.
Henry Wiebe (l) “passes the torch” to Doug Schulz during the installation service. |
Abe Warkentin, the founder and long-time editor of Die Mennonitische Post, is resigning for health reasons, effective Dec. 31. The Post, a German newspaper published by Mennonite Central Committee Canada, helps connect many Low German-speaking colony Mennonites scattered throughout Canada, the US, Mexico and South America. Warkentin founded the paper 25 years ago in his basement and has been its editor most of that time. Under his management, the newspaper increased its readership and increased its staff to the current six. The Post also has an active book ministry selling books (4000 titles) and gospel music from several satellite offices staffed by volunteers. Warkentin wrote the regular column Dies und Das (“This and That”) for the Post, often poking fun at himself, especially after trips he made to Mexico and South America.
Baptisms and new members
Note: Baptism photos appear in the paper version of the Herald but not in the online version.
Cariboo Bethel MB Church in Williams Lake, B.C. welcomed 5 new members Oct. 7, 4 by baptism and 1 by transfer. Pictured are (back, l-r) Ruth Ballantyne (t), pastor Becky Thomas, pastor Larry Thomas; (front) George Ballantyne (b), Michael Yochmans (b), pastor Michael Young, Jacqueline Lahaise (b) and Johanna Young (b).
Eastview Community Church in Winnipeg welcomed 21 new members Nov. 4, 7 by baptism, 4 by transfer and 10 by confession of faith. Pictured are (back, l-r) pastor Steve Dick, Irv Koop (cf), Bob Friesen (cf), Stephen Spencer (b), Andy Froese (b), Victor Martens (t), Bert Dyck (cf), pastor Lorne Pearson; (middle) Thom Dick (t), Tara Dick (t), Lil Koop (cf), Nicole Lester (b), Jeanette Spencer (cf), Christy Froese (cf), Christy Martens (b), Bob Boychuk (cf), Kathy Dyck (cf); (front) Jesse Hamm (b), Jessica Warkentin (b), Joy Matthews (b), Joel Matthews (cf), Anne Froese (t) and Sharon Boychuk (cf).
Willingdon Church in Burnaby, B.C. welcomed 55 new members Nov. 4, 20 by baptism and 35 by confession of faith. Pictured are (back, l-r) Joni Kilback (cf), Nancy Enns (cf), Shirley-Anne Wiebe (b), Carly Burrus (cf), Isaac Wiebe (cf), David Lisle (b), Heather de Geest (cf), Armando Saksono (cf), Adrian Limantoro (cf), John Andru (b), Matthew Zimmerman (b); (4th row) pastor Carlin Weinhauer, Jin Sung Kim (cf), Hyunsil Lee (b), Min Ho Lee (b), Chris de Haan (b), Scott Skjei (b), Kam Lim (cf), Dwijanto Budiman (cf), Kumaran Nair (cf), Kurt Baker (cf); (3rd row) Sujung Lee (cf), Maria Suen (cf), Winnie Wong (cf), Lillian Wong (cf), Rozsika Fabian (b), Kimberly Skjei (b), Mavis Cheng (cf), Gabriela Neitzke (cf), Jeya Kumaran (cf), pastor Sonny Mandagie; (2nd row) Linda Ngatemo (b), Winnie Tjoe (cf), Monica Ongkowidjojo (cf), Delia Setiawan (b), Herman S. Kusumowidjojo (cf), Cynthia Lee (cf), Emil Setiawan (b), Suprayogi Omar (b), Andrea Tan (cf), Christina Listia (cf), Lie Hun Fahruddin (cf), Susan Djohari (cf); (front) Kathy Lee (cf), Evy Indriati (b), Ferawati Gunawan (cf), Heru Widjaja (cf), Semuel Kadarusman (cf), Sylvi Laksmana (cf), Lisa Gunawan (cf), Emy Indriati (b), Finsenlia Andika (cf), Nophy Goenanti (b) and Emily Lau (b). Not pictured are Un-Fong Au (b), Greg Baerg (b) and Dong Mei (b).
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