2014-BCYD-COTM-Booklet

TABLE OF CONTENTS
PLEASE BRING THIS
REPORT TO CONFERENCE
Conference Agenda .................................................................................................... 1
Conference Schedule .................................................................................................. 1
Conference Committees.............................................................................................. 2
Parliamentary Procedures ............................................................................................ 2
Map of Abbotsford Pentecostal Assembly ................................................................. 3
District Reports ............................................................................................................... 4
1.0 District Superintendent ................................................................................................................. 4
2.0 Assistant Superintendent ............................................................................................................. 6
3.0 District Secretary-Treasurer .......................................................................................................... 9
4.0 Executive Director: Cultural & Aboriginal Ministries............................................................. 11
5.0 BC Church Building Society ...................................................................................................... 11
6.0 BC Campus Missions ................................................................................................................... 12
7.0 Canadian Pentecostal Seminary ............................................................................................ 13
8.0 Coordinator of Counseling and Director of Crisis Intervention .......................................... 13
9.0 Legacy Builders (50+)................................................................................................................. 15
10.0 Marketplace/Chaplaincy ......................................................................................................... 16
11.0 Missions .......................................................................................................................................... 17
12.0 Prayer Ministries ........................................................................................................................... 17
13.0 Next Generation Ministries ........................................................................................................ 18
13.1. Children, Preteen and Family Ministry ....................................................................... 19
14.0 Summit Pacific College President’s Report ........................................................................... 20
15.0 Women 2 Women Ministries ...................................................................................................... 21
Mission Statement of the
BC/Yukon District
Our District Office Team exists as a
network hub, to strengthen and extend
the ministry of our local churches and
credential holders.
BC/Yukon District Office, PAOC
20411 Douglas Crescent, Langley, BC
p: 604-533-2232 | f: 604-533-5405
info@bc.paoc.org | www.bc.paoc.org

CONFERENCE AGENDA
PRESIDING:
Rev. Kenneth A. Russell, District Superintendent, BC/Yukon District
All sessions will be held at Abbotsford Pentecostal Assembly, Abbotsford, BC
1. Appointment of Recording Secretary
2. Conference Voting Section (Welcome to newcomers & visitors)
3. Hours of Sessions
4. Greetings & Announcements (Host Pastor)
5. Acceptance of Committees
6. Reports
7. Report of Credentials Committee
8. Appointment of Tellers
9. New Business
10. Complimentary Resolutions
11. Unfinished Business
12. Adjournment
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Monday, March 10, 2014
9:30am - 4:00pm District Leadership Team meeting
10:00am - 2:00pm Aboriginal Group meeting
3:00pm - 5:00pm Registration Desk Open
2:00pm - 5:00pm Canadian Pentecostal Seminary Course
5:00pm - 6:45pm Ron & Holly Davis | Farewell Dinner
6:45pm - 7:30pm Registration Desk Open
7:00pm
Evening Service | speaker: Pete & Geri Scazzero
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
8:00am - 9:15am Missions & Prayer Breakfast Reception
8:30am - 12:00pm Registration Desk Open
8:30am - 10:45am Canadian Pentecostal Seminary Course
9:30am - 11:00am Morning Service | speaker: Pete & Geri Scazzero
11:15am - 12:30pm Learning Communities I
- Tracks 1-9 (choose one workshop within our three missional priorities)
12:30pm - 1:30pm Lunch
1:45pm - 2:45pm Pentecostal Scholars Discussion Panel
3:00pm - 4:30pm Afternoon Session | speaker: Pete Scazzero
5:00pm - 6:30pm Summit Pacific College Alumni & Friends (on college campus in Abbotsford)
7:00pm
Evening Service | Missions Emphasis │ speaker: Pete Scazzero
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
8:00am - 9:00am Prayer
8:30am - 11:30am Registration Desk Open
8:30am - 10:45am Canadian Pentecostal Seminary Course
9:00am - 10:30am Morning Service | speaker: Pete & Geri Scazzero
11:00am - 12:15pm Learning Communities II
- Tracks 10-18 (choose one workshop within our three missional priorities)
12:15pm - 1:30pm Lunch | Legacy Builders (50+) Luncheon
1:30pm - 4:30pm Business Session
1:30pm - 4:30pm Partners In Ministry Drop-In
7:00pm
Evening Service | Affirmation Service of Ordinands │ Honouring of 50 Years in
Ministry │ Leadership Emphasis | Church Multiplication Focus | speaker: Ian Green
Thursday, March 13, 2014
9:30am - 11:30am DLT, Section Pastors, Care Coordinators: Cross-over Meeting and COTM Debrief
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CONFERENCE COMMITTEES
Parliamentarians:
Resolutions:
Tellers & Ushers:
Minute Review:
Nominating
Committee:
Roster:
David Solmes (C), Jeff Beck, Rob Bedard
District Leadership Team
Shawn Robillard (C), Devan Sylvester
Danny Stebeck, Joey Booth
District Leadership Team
Valerie VanderMeulen, Carol McPhail
PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURES
Membership:
Conference Bar:
Addressing the Chair:
Speaking to a Motion:
Alternate Speakers:
Punctuality:
Announcements:
Participation in Conference shall be limited to holders of the following categories of
current valid credentials from The Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada:
a) Ordained
b) Ministerial License for Women
c) Licensed Minister
d) Deaconess
e) Recognition of Ministry
f) Ministry Related
g) Church Related (Spousal)
h) Duly appointed Lay Delegates from any affiliated local assembly
i) Duly appointed District Department Directors, all of whom are present and
registered at any special or regular meeting of the District Conference
j) Missionaries on home assignment
k) District lay person who is a member of the District Leadership Team or the
General Executive
All members participating in the Conference business must do so from within the
Conference Bar as determined by resolution of this Conference.
All members speaking to the Conference must direct their remarks to the chairman.
After standing and addressing the Chairman, the member shall wait to be recognized by
the chairman before proceeding to speak. Dialogue on the Conference floor is not
permitted.
When speaking to a motion the member is expected to complete his/her remarks and
then refrain from speaking again to the same motion until all others who so wish have
had opportunity to do so.
After one member has spoken to a motion, the same motion should not be spoken to
by another speaker until opportunity has been made for a member to speak in
opposition to the motion, if there should be such.
Members of the Conference are requested to be in their chosen places within the Bar
at the commencement of the session. Moving in and out of the Bar is distracting and
should be avoided as much as possible.
All public announcements must be submitted to the Conference secretary in writing.
All such announcements must be made from the rostrum.
Thank you for your cooperation!
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MAP OF ABBOTSFORD PENTECOSTAL ASSEMBLY
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DISTRICT REPORTS
1.0 District Superintendent
Ken Russell has served at the district office for 7 years.
Initially, he was elected as the Assistant Superintendent
from May 2007 to September 2008. He was then elected
as the District Superintendent on September 17 th , 2008.
Ken and Brenda have two daughters; Carlee Brown
(husband Chris) and Sydnee.
Introduction
The year 2013 will be remembered as a season of
transition. The French poet, journalist and novelist -
Anatole France once said, “All changes, even the most
longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave
behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one
life before we can enter another.” About two years
ago, various key leaders of our district engaged a
process of change, to re-focus our district’s missional
priorities. Three unavoidable assignments were
established as our focal points: 1) Health, of our
churches and clergy. 2) Development, of our leaders.
and, 3) Multiplication, of churches and ministries.
While these changes were met with times of
uncertainty and risk, we continued to receive a
fruitful harvest from our difficult decisions.
Our “Modified” District Team
As three missional priorities became the primary
focus of our District Leadership Team, we began to
realize a cogent need to realign the district office staff
and ministry leaders into two effective portals, who
could deliver timely resources to our local churches
and credential holders. Following further discussion,
the members of our district office team were
realigned and restructured to deploy our resources
more effectively. The outcome of this realignment
can be seen in the chart below. This “modified”
version of our district team offers two groups of
resource people for our local churches. The “Home
Portal – of administrative support” and the “Road
Portal – of missional support” have been deployed to
strengthen and extend the ministry of our local
churches and credential holders. This modified
structure has eliminated the departmentalization of
ministry and removed the designation of personal
ministry assistants. Each member of our home portal
has been assigned an administrative responsibility that
relates to our three missional priorities, and each
member of the road portal has been assigned with
similar missional responsibilities that relate, likewise.
HOME PORTAL
Carol McPhail
bookkeeping, church
administration, financial reports
Valerie VanderMeulen
clergy records, credentials, data
processing, reception, hospitality
Devan Sylvester
communication, web/media
production, information
technology, special events,
conferences
Janet Raña
conferences, seminars,
networking, clusters information
management
Kelly Hsu and Nicole Preston
seasonal administrative support
Grant Beswitherick
property/building
maintenance
DISTRICT
SUPERINTENDENT
SECTION PASTORS
TEAM
HEALTH
(of churches and clergy)
DEVELOPMENT
(of leaders)
MULTIPLICATION
(of churches & ministries)
DISTRICT
LEADERSHIP TEAM
ROAD PORTAL
Dave Solmes
leadership development &
church planting
RON DAVIS
administration, governance,
resource development, missional
funding & stewardship
EDGAR LAPECIROS
aboriginal and international
ministries and multiplication
JIM CARUSO
conflict mediation, crisis
intervention & counseling
BEN JOHNSON
youth, young adult
& family ministries
CAROLINE BERGERON
children & pre-teen ministries
JOHN ENGELS
campus ministries
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Following our season of transition, it became obvious
that some restructuring was necessary. This year we
bid farewell to some excellent leaders who have
served our district with excellence, passion and
diligence. Administrative assistant, Dawn Steinke
retired after serving for 19 years, Randel Fisher
concluded his role after serving for 6 years, and
Sherri Moore concluded her role after serving for 3
years. Our women’s ministries director,
Andrea Critchley concluded her role after serving
for 5 years, during which time she raised up several
W2W regional representatives who will continue to
serve the women of our district. And, Ron Davis
will conclude his role as our District Secretary-
Treasurer after serving with faithfulness and
distinction for 17 years. To strengthen the “Home
Portal” of our district team, we welcomed Kelly Hsu
and Nicole Preston as our seasonal administrative
assistants.
Multiplication of Churches & Ministries
A greater investment of time, energy and financial
resources was committed to church planting and
revitalization this year. The work of multiplication
requires innovation, intentionality and perseverance.
With the excellent leadership of Dave Solmes, our
church planting guiding group continues to empower
new church planting teams, who initiated several new
disciple-making communities in our district. At the
writing of this report, we were actively involved with
eight new First Nations’ church plants, two new
multi-site/satellite church plants, three church
revitalization projects, and six new international or
ethno-specific church plants.
Our new church planting trust fund continued to
grow in health, and maintained an ongoing balance of
approximately $250,000, which was invested wisely,
and yielded approximately $13,000 last year for new
church planting initiatives. Our goal would be to
increase that trust fund balance to $1.5m, with an
anticipated annual yield of $75k for church
multiplication.
Development of Leaders
A greater investment of our time, resources and
energy was committed to leadership development, for
local church boards, lay-leaders and ministry
volunteers. Members of our “Road Portal” were
actively involved in conducting leadership clinics,
workshops and seminars for youth, children, adult
and senior adult ministry volunteers. We discovered
that our cluster networks continued to be very
effective in connecting our credential holders (and
their spouses) together for soul-care and life-long
learning; but many bi-vocational pastors and layleaders
were not involved. Therefore, we have
focused our time and attention on conducting specific
affinity-based, regional leadership clinics for lay people
and ministry volunteers.
We continue to see great results, in terms of
leadership development, ministerial training and
Theological education, from Summit Pacific College,
the Canadian Pentecostal Seminary and the All-
Nations College Foundation. Passionate and welltrained
ministerial leaders are being raised up each
year for service in our local churches and ministry
organizations.
Health
With the ongoing assistance of our Section Pastors,
clergy care team, and director of conflict mediation,
crisis intervention and counseling; our district has
become a “healthier and safer” place to serve.
We have developed a very well defined conflict
mediation process, which served several churches last
year during their times of need. This mediation
process involves individual debriefing, conflict
coaching, and mediation hearings that restore unity,
health and strength at the congregational level.
An ongoing area of concern, in terms of church
health, is the shortage of willing pastoral leaders who
would serve our rural and remote churches. Some of
our rural and remote assemblies have been without
lead pastors for two to three years. Please join me in
prayer for willing pastoral leaders to accept these
opportunities for ministry in 2014. My personal goal
would be to see a day when our district has no vacant
churches.
Personal Gratitude
As we complete our 7 th year of ministry at the district
office, Brenda and I are filled with gratitude for the
honour of serving such fine churches and credential
holders. We’re often heard “bragging” about the BC
and Yukon District to our colleagues in leadership.
We’re looking forward to seeing who the Lord will
raise up to join our Executive Officers committee,
and we remain thankful for the excellent leadership of
our current district office team. Brenda and I love
you all deeply, and pray for our district on a daily
basis.
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2.0 Assistant Superintendent
Dave Solmes has served as Assistant Superintendent
since June 2009. Dave & Julie have 3 children:
(Lucas, 18; Lindsay, 15; and Lauren, 13).
MOMENTUM
awaken | empower | go
As we gather for our 2014 Conference on the Ministry, I have a growing interest that we continue to articulate
and clarify our shared missional priorities. As we look across the cities, towns and villages within our district, we
must consider what the Lord is asking of us. What can we do to further enhance church and clergy health,
leadership development and multiplication. May the banners that hang on the conference platform serve as visual
reminders of the invitation to work interdependently.
I am pleased to share a brief review and some announcements:
Church Planting
Guiding Group: Our District Church Planting Guiding Group consists of Brett Donald, Lesi Korobasaga,
Edgar Lapeciros, Ken Russell, Dan Starlund, Michele Yackel, and Dave Solmes (chair). This group is
presently working with 19 church plants and three “replants” that are all in various stages of growth and
development. Please consider supporting one of these plants as your Acts 1:8 “Jerusalem and/or Judea
mission”.
Retreat: Plans continue to come together well for our All District Church Planters Retreat: May 30-31,
2014 at Summit Pacific College. This retreat is planned for Senior Pastors, church planters, teachers,
church leaders, youth leaders, and students. The retreat theme is: “Momentum: awaken,
empower, go”. Workshops will include multi-site strategies, how to start a youth and
children’s ministry from scratch and how to lead a congregation on mission. Hugh Halter will
be the main speaker. He is the author and founder of Missio and lead pastor of Adullum in Hugh Halter
Denver, Colorado. He has written many books, including: Tangible Kingdom, Flesh, Bi-Vo, A
Righteous Brood. Visit his website at www.hughhalter.com for more information. We are
also pleased to welcome and have share with us Dave Knudsen, Church Planting Director
Dave Knudsen
for the PAOC Alberta District.
Church Planting Trust Fund: We are thankful for the increase in the District Church Planting trust
fund to $300,000. This fund’s purpose is to continually generate annual interest that is being given in its
entirety as church planting subsidies. If you are aware of anyone who may be able to contribute to this
fund please let the District Church Planting Guiding Group know.
Launch Network: (a.k.a. Church Planting Hubs): There was very little progress made this year in
further implanting district launch networks. While four may have been launched in 2013, our Guiding
Group felt that more collaborative work needed to be done across the district. Our Guiding Group
continues to consider best practices for assessment, training, and coaching planters.
The present list of multiplication sites include:
People Involved
Location
1. Verna Duncan Klemtu [2010]
2. Nemaia Kaloucokovale (Native Fijian) Ahousaht [2008]
3. NAIM/Tina Spear (North American Indian Mission) Salmon Arm [2011]
4. Ken Mason Hedley [2010]
5. Native Evangelistic Team Port Hardy / Soquaiti [2010]
6. Stanley & Sandra Harry Powell River [2010]
7. James Kim Tatla Lake (Burns Lake) [2009]
8. Global Fijian Outreach Fort St. James [2010]
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English Church Plants
People Involved
Location
1. Larry Lorentz (The Journey) Fort St. John [2008]
2. Anthony & Michele Yackel (Urban Road) Langley [2010]
3. Terry Hale (Lake Cowichan) Shawinigan Lake
4. Jeff Wong (More Than 12) Vancouver [2008]
5. Mike Bidell Victoria [2012]
6. David Janke Rock Creek [2013]
Church Multi-Sites
People Involved
Location
1. Mike & Julie Furtado (CLCC) Aldergrove [2013]
2. Joey Cyr (Cheers) OK Falls -
Replanting
People Involved
Location
1. Steve Moore North Vancouver [2011]
2. Tim & Lara Young Port Coquitlam [2011]
3. Brett Donald (City Lights Church) Vancouver [2010]
International Church Plants
People Involved
Location
1. Jairo Hernandez (Hispanic) Port Coquitlam [2010]
2. Mashoud Sadeghi (Iranian) Port Coquitlam [2010]
3. Silas Naidu (Hosanna Tabernacle) (Hindi) Vancouver [2009]
4. Yoseif Tsfay (Etitrean Church) New Westminster
5. Jose Burgueno (Spanish) Cloverdale [2010]
6. Paul Omunua (Radical Faith Church) Whalley
Church and Clergy Health
I am pleased to hear that so many pastors are calling their leadership
teams together for prayer, team building and strategic planning.
I admire pastors who are working together to articulate and clarify
direction for ministry while setting measurable goals. Leading a value
based ministry while addressing barriers to effective and sustainable
ministry is necessary now more than ever. I continue to be impressed
by leaders who are determined to live and serve among the people in
their community. These leaders are inspiring congregations to live and
serve with mission and ministry on their minds.
Leadership Development
Leadforward: This website portal continues to provide leadership resources for pastors, boards,
credential holders, and cluster leaders. Highlights of this site include leadership videos uploaded with
discussion sheets. The Preach Blog (hosted by Luke Knight) is a great place for conversations about
preaching and teaching.
Leadership Webinars: In 2013 webinars were recorded by Phil Spoelstra (church worship), Caroline
Bergeron (volunteers) and Jennifer Shepherd (personal spirituality). These are posted on
www.leadforward.ca. Ben Johnson and I are recording three webinars for 2014: Understanding Gender
Issues, and two on church multiplication. These will be uploaded throughout 2014.
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Scholars Group: During our COTM the publication, “Practicing Pentecost” will be presented and
distributed by our Scholars Group during a forum on Tuesday afternoon.
The writing team is as follows:
1. Pentecostal in Preaching: Rob Bedard
2. Pentecostal in Pastoral Care: Jim Caruso
3. Pentecostal in Discipleship: Mick Nelson
4. Pentecostal in Outreach/Social Action: Joseph Dutko
5. Pentecostal in Leadership: Dave Demchuk
6. Pentecostal in Community: Jim Lucas
7. Pentecostal in Worship: Chuck Coats
8. Pentecostal in Education – “Thinking in the Spirit”: Michael Wilkinson
Children and Youth Strategic Leadership: I am working with Ben Johnson and Caroline Bergeron
to gather material that could be used in our youth and children’s affinity clusters. For example: “What
are the barriers that must be addressed by youth and children’s leadership teams to grow beyond 40, 75,
100” ie. strategic follow up needs, gathering events, assimilation, and elementary high school campus
ministry needs.
Clusters: I am thankful for the many leaders who organize our Spiritual Learning Communities.
Every credential holder is invited to participate in two clusters. We have asked our Section Pastors to
organize at least three regional clusters per year. These continue to be valuable times of interaction and
inspiration. The second invitation is to join an “affinity cluster”. These clusters call together those who
share ministerial affinity based on role and context. Close to half of our senior pastors participate in a
Senior Pastor Affinity Cluster. This past year our Solo Pastors Clusters have been very exciting and
strategic. There is a need to re-engage the chaplains and marketplace ministers’ cluster, begin a transition
pastors cluster, and consider how our strategy is serving our credential holders who are educators.
District Cluster Leaders 2013
Thank You: I am thankful for Ken Russell, our District Superintendent, for his friendship, and ever increasing
capacity to lead our district. I want to express my appreciation for Ron Davis who has served our district so well.
We pray for God’s blessing upon him and Holly as they continue to transition to serve at National Office.
I appreciate so much our District Leadership Team and office staff who continue to serve strategically and with
excellence. Thank you Julie, Lucas, Lindsey, and Lauren (Solmes) for your encouragement and prayers!
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3.0 District Secretary-Treasurer
Ron Davis has served as District Secretary-Treasurer for
over 17 years. Ron and Holly have two children,
Carleigh and Regan (wife Kara).
"…that you are as healthy in body as you are strong in spirit." 3 John 1:2
I suppose another way of stating this verse could be the
quote; “The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak”.
No matter how passionate our desire may be, nor how
strong our good intentions are, we will go nowhere if
we do not have a strong body, a stable structure, to
carry us there. In the world of the local church, the
biblical gift of administration provides that strong,
stable, sustainable structure. The people in your
church who serve with this gift are to be honoured and
commended for their vitally important ministry.
For they “are taking pains to do what is right, not only in
the eyes of the Lord but also in the eyes of men”.
Our conference theme is “Steadfast”. The word has
several synonyms, which include committed,
dependable and faithful.
STEADFAST: Our district churches have remained
steadfast in their church giving to district, sending
$2,114,119 in 2013, nearly a thousand more than the
previous year. That represents approximately 80% of
our churches who contribute something to district
mission and ministry, with over 60% participating fully.
Our goal is to use these funds to provide Church &
Clergy Health, Leadership Development and place an
even greater emphasis on Church Planting.
2100000
2000000
1900000
1800000
1700000
1600000
1500000
Church Giving to District
2013 2012 2011 2010
COMMITTED: In preparing this report, I took a
look back at the very first report I presented to
conference in the spring of 1997. Interestingly, the
theme for conference that year was “Managing for
Growth”. A few comparisons show the commitment of
our churches over the years to see that growth
happen. At that conference we reported a total district
income of $1,445,715 for 1996. Seventy-one percent
of that income, or $1,029,695, came from the churches.
That year over $200,000 came to the district as a
return on the giving of our churches to international
missions – that program no longer exists. District tithe
to the International Office in 1996 was $100,395
($212,035 in 2013). Bible College support was
$334,718 ($400,000 in 2013), and the Seminary didn’t
exist ($108,000 in 2013). Operations represented 29%
of the budget back then, whereas last year it was 23%
of the budget.
In 1996, there were a total of 168 affiliated
congregations in the district. 2013 counted 184
congregations, with 173 of them being fully affiliated
(the rest being satellites or new church plants).
There were 618 active credential holders compared to
this year’s report of 638. In 1996 our district churches
reported serving a constituency of over 34,000.
Unfortunately, that number has dropped to just over
30,000 in the latest data from 2012.
Thank you to each church and to each credential
holder for being committed to the call of God and to
seeing His kingdom advance.
DEPENDABLE: There is the old saying that two
things you can always depend on are death and taxes.
Recently we have seen more and more of our
credential holders questioned by CRA with regard to
their claims for the clergy residence deduction.
This should make us even more diligent in ensuring the
proper forms are completed (T1223), the proper
approvals are obtained (T1213) and the proper
documents are on file (job description clearly showing
adherence to the CRA requirements). If you have any
questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
There is good news coming to us with regard to the
PAOC Pension Fund. While special payments will once
again be required this year from all employers, the Fund
has made significant gains in the past year towards
achieving funding solvency. A report will be brought to
the upcoming PAOC General Conference indicating
that the number of years needed to continue special
payments will be greatly reduced from what was
originally thought. This is due in large part to the
careful management of the Fund by the Board of
Directors as well as a favourable change in certain
factors external to the Fund.
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FAITHFUL: “Now it is required that those who have been
given a trust must prove faithful.” 1 Corinthians 4:2
Because of my passion for stewardship, this verse has
never been far from my thoughts over the past 17 plus
years. I am grateful to Bill Gibson, John Caplin and the
rest of the district executive who first placed their
confidence in me to serve the BC/Yukon District as
Secretary/Treasurer. I am humbled by the support and
affirmation given to me by the subsequent leadership
teams and the constituency each time the conference
elected their officers. I honour those who have been
faithful alongside me over the years; people like
Mary Ann Spielmacher, Dawn Steinke, Rita Scorgie and
Dave Wells. I bless those who have worked with me
and will continue to faithfully serve the district,
particularly Carol McPhail and Valerie VanderMeulen,
as well as Ken Russell, Dave Solmes and the rest of the
district office staff.
And I am proud of my family; my wife Holly and our
children Carleigh & Martin, and Regan & Kara.
2013 CHURCH STATS
Churches in the District: 184
New Church Plants: Cheers the Church, Okanagan Falls (Satellite) Kettle River Chapel, Rock Creek
Radical Faith, Surrey
CREDENTIALS REPORT
February 2013 through January 2014
Active Credentials:
Credential Actions for the Year:
Ordained 385 Ordained 7
Ordained Provisional 3 Ordained Provisional 2
Licensed Minister 94 Licensed Minister 19
Licensed Minister Provisional 0 Recognition of Ministry 2
Ministerial License for Women 3 Ministry Related 11
Recognition of Ministry 53 Reclassified 12
Recognition of Ministry Provisional 0 Reactivated 0
Deaconess 42 Reinstated 3
Ministry Related 57 Inactivated 4
Ministry Related Spousal 0 Non-Renewed 5
Lay Preacher 1 Resigned 5
Total 638 Dismissed/Suspended 7
Deceased 7
Inactive Credentials 32 Total 84
Transfers In 14
Total 670 Transfers Out 16
TOTAL (see list below) 30
TRANSFERS IN & OUT
February 2013 through January 2014
Transferred In Credential From Transferred Out Credential To
Foreman, Margaret MR IM Arding, Kirsten LM IM
Foster, Daniel ORD IM Balfour, Andrew LM EOD
Kebede, Samuel OP Four Square Emmanuel, Sarah ROM IM
Keber, Carol ROM AOG Forrest, David C. ORD WOD
Lanman, Todd ORD AOG Fox, Richard MR AB & NWT
Liu, Steven ORD AOG Hazzard, Ryan LM WOD
McCaffrey, Anne OP Int'l Assoc. of Min. Hodgkiss, Kim MR IM
McDonald, Blaine ORD AB & NWT R.A.N. LM IM
Mittelstaedt, Martin ORD IM R.A.N. LM IM
Nadon, David LM AB & NWT Lake, Chris-Ann LM AB & NWT
Nadon, Lisa ORD AB & NWT Lasante, Jean ORD Maritimes
Reimer, Brandi LM IM Lavigne, Jase LM WOD
Reimer, Joel LM IM Toner, Kyle LM Maritimes
Schneider, Stephen ORD SK Valcourt, Stephen LM AB & NWT
Weigert, Daniel LM WOD
Werner, George ORD WOD
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4.0 Executive Director: Cultural & Aboriginal Ministries
Edgar and Faith Lapeciros have served for 14 years.
They have three children, a grandson and a granddaughter.
Aboriginal Ministries
In 2013, we welcomed our newly elected Section
Pastor Rev. Patti Victor from Chilliwack. Our Native
Pastors/Leaders Summit was held at Terrace
Pentecostal Assembly. We conducted family camps,
leadership seminars, and the Love Corp (Korean led)
summer outreach. We organized ourselves to
develop an Aboriginal Guiding Group, and we have
quite a number of church plant initiatives.
Cultural Ministries
Our churches are passionately reaching out to their
communities. There have been a lot of prayers and
seeking of God’s guidance, especially in pursuing
resources and faithful leaders. There is an increase in
awareness to reshape our ministries to be more
effective to 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants.
We’ve enjoyed joint fellowship and summer camps.
We also held our first International Summit, hosted
by Vancouver Chinese Pentecostal Church. PTL.
All Nations College Foundation
We had 44 graduates this year, with half of them
being involved in church planting activities.
We started a new campus at Glad Tidings, Victoria in
September, with close to 70 students of different
nationalities attending.
Cross Cultural Outreach Society
On a case by case basis, we have been assisting new
immigrants with resettlement challenges. We have
also been providing counselling and practical help.
Vancouver Celebration Christian
Fellowship
Our fellowship is growing. With more families joining
the church, we have moved to a larger rental facility
on Edmonds Street in Burnaby. Fourteen people have
been baptized in water, and the youth group and
worship teams are very active.
Thanks
I thank God for the dream and support of our DLT,
officers and district staff. I would like to express
special appreciation to my family, and Administrative
Assistant Randy. To all of our friends and supporters
– a million thanks.
We are honoured to serve you.
Edgar & Faith Lapeciros
5.0 BC Church Building Society
Rita Scorgie has been serving as Secretary-Treasurer of the
BCCBS for 15 years. Rita and her husband Jim live in Kelowna, BC.
In 2013 we held one new loan while two were paid
off, ending the year with fifteen loans outstanding for
a total balance of $363,490.
We are thankful to those who have invested funds
with the Society, so that we were able to assist our
churches with needed purchases, or improvements to
their properties. The total of investment certificates
as of December 31, 2013 amounted to $156,605.
All loans must first be approved by the District
Leadership, so any church needing a loan should
contact the District Secretary-Treasurer.
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6.0 BC Campus Missions
John and Nancy Engels have been the BC/Yukon District
campus leaders for University Christian Ministries (UCM)
over the past 11 years. Their children are Levi, Sarah, Julia,
and Paul.
Nancy and I completed 30 years in campus ministry.
The last 11 years in BC have been exciting!
We celebrate these outcomes in our strategic vision.
Leadership Development and
Multiplication
The campus missionary team added seven
missionaries for a total of 21 staff on 10 campuses
(9 are credential holders, 12 are contracted campus
workers, with one that has received credentials and
two more in progress). We have four new
missionary apprentices in training on two campuses.
The apprenticeship training includes PAOC
coursework.
Our culture of discipleship on campuses grows as the
staff works to train student peer leaders. There are
95 student peer leaders and 38 discipleship groups
connected with hundreds of students weekly.
Two avenues of training are: a) Annual student
leadership summits. The summit is one-day intensive
workshop training. b) Weekly on campus discipleship
training cohorts is another strategy of implementing
our leadership training.
Strategic ministry partnerships are developing with
Red Frogs, Apologetics Canada, and Power to
Change, which have enabled us to better serve and
reach students with the gospel. A growing number of
post-secondary instructors are stepping out and
speaking in the God & Reason lectures; atheists,
agnostics, and Christians are attending. Our
partnerships with Trinity Western University and
Summit Pacific College are key academic components
for the Apprenticeship theological education.
Our partnerships with Next Gen Ministries and
Christian schools are establishing stronger bridges of
transition for high school grads into post-secondary
schools.
We had another good year of attendance at Emerge.
This young adults conference continues to be a place
of spiritual encounter and calling each year.
Students experienced healing, salvation, and
encouragement in our ministry times together.
Campus Ministry Planting
We are encouraged by the continued national
expansion of new campus groups which now number
40 plus under the coordination of Robb Powell.
Here in BC, Emily Carr School of design was where
we thought a new ministry would be planted. But the
Lord had other plans. Instead, a new ministry at
Camosun College in Victoria has launched!
We continue to seek where God is inviting us in His
activity. His timing is perfect!
Campus Worker Care
Our campus missionary team values what we do
together in mission. We invest the funds for our
two staff retreats annually for prayer, fellowship, and
resourcing, and planning. We also are intentional
about our campus missionaries’ spiritual health by
having local advisory boards, mentors, and missionary
reviews. Last spring the staff team spent a weekend
in Kelowna and invited Will Sohnchen to come and
share on “Building Margins” into our lives.
Darin Latham came to our December staff gathering
and shared about “Learning from Failures”. We are
thankful such great district leaders and churches are
working together to strengthen the campus
missionary team!
We celebrate all that God is doing! The main
challenges for us are developing and recruiting new
staff for apprenticeship and director positions on
campuses.
On behalf of the campus team,
John Engels, BC Campus Ministries Director
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7.0 Canadian Pentecostal Seminary
Jim Lucas has been serving as the President of CPS for about 10 years.
Previous to that he served as the Dean, from its inception in 1997.
He also pastors Christian Life Community Church in Abbotsford, BC
which he and his wife Maureen planted in 1992. CLCC has a second
campus located in Aldergrove. Jim and Maureen have 2 grown sons.
Reasons to Celebrate
Trinity Western University, ACTS and CPS are going
through a season of change. The University’s
leadership recently changed and a new acting
president is in place. Their new law school has
recently created quite a bit of press. ACTS is in the
final stages of drafting a new consortium agreement
for its current partners, while endeavoring to dialogue
with Taylor Seminary in Edmonton regarding a new
campus collaboration there. CPS is repositioning
itself at ACTS to better work within our financial
constraints in the absence of our other PAOC
Western Districts as supporting partners. Our goal is
to serve the BCYD with quality graduate theological
education that will enable adult learners to excel in
life and ministry.
Programs
Dr. Joanne Pepper is on sabbatical this semester.
Dr. Wilkinson and I are serving on the Doctor of
Ministry program committee and are in the process of
advising students on several doctoral dissertations
about a wide range of topics.
CPS currently offers eight graduate level programs in
a variety of specialties. Many of our courses are
accessible at a distance. In fact, there are several
students who have completed a program while living
out of the province.
This semester I taught a course on Power, Change and
Conflict (CLD 532). Michael taught a course entitled
The Cultural Character of Evangelicals (HIS 608).
By using a combination of sociological, cultural and
historical analyses, the course examined various
themes within, and characteristics of, evangelical
Protestantism in North America. The course
explored the manner in which evangelicalism has
shaped the culture of both Canada and the United
States, as well as the way in which evangelical
Protestantism as an expression of Christian faith, is a
unique reflection of its North American context.
The course was an opportunity for students to use
their understanding of the evangelical tradition as a
spring-board for their own critical reflection on
various aspects of contemporary evangelicalism and
its prospects at the beginning of the twenty-first
century. This summer Michael is planning to teach a
course entitled: Canadian Pentecostalism.
Riku Tuppurainen will teach, An Introduction to Biblical
Studies.
Check out our website or newsletters for more
information: canadianpentecostalseminary.ca
Respectfully,
Dr. Jim Lucas
8.0 Coordinator of Counseling and Director of Crisis Intervention
Jim Caruso is the Coordinator of Counseling and Director of
Crisis Intervention for the BC/Yukon District. Jim has
pastored for 27 years in the BC/Yukon District. He is
married to Elaine and they have two married children,
Leslie (Jaz) and Dan (Melissa) and the 6 most wonderful
grandchildren in the world.
The year 2013 brought a lot of travel again for Elaine
and me. When I look at what has happened over the
last year, I am so grateful that we have the Holy Spirit,
who is our Healer, Counselor and Deliverer. He is
the only one from whom we can receive wisdom and
grace. As we travel around our district, Elaine and I
have seen Him accomplish all of these things in the
lives of our church leaders and their families. We are
privileged to serve such wonderful and precious
people who put themselves at risk by answering their
call and living in the trenches of life. We are
honoured to walk alongside and offer help,
encouragement and support when the battle becomes
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intense and the enemy’s deadly weapons cause severe
damage to a leader and their family and congregation.
2013 Overview
The year was one of dealing with leaders who have
fallen morally, as well as conflict situations between
boards and pastors, and the occasional crisis
intervention. The difficulty I see in all of these
situations is the way the enemy is able to disarm
spiritual leaders and cause such damage within the
body of Christ. On the other side of the coin, it is so
wonderful to see how the Holy Spirit lifts people out
of the muck and mire of their sin and restores them
to wholeness, reuniting families and extending grace
to those who have given up on themselves. Over the
past year (from conference time in 2013 to
conference 2014) we have come alongside eleven
congregations that were facing conflict amongst the
leadership in their churches. Many of these situations
took numerous visits from our district team and God
has been able to bring reconciliation to some, and
healthy change to others. The result of any conflict or
crisis is the emotional damage that is caused.
Elaine and I are the frontline ministry who bring
healing and health to the individuals involved. This is
always a progressive work, but we are overwhelmed
with awe as we watch the Lord restore and bless His
kids. We have spent many hours counseling and
encouraging and feel privileged to be allowed into
people’s lives in these difficult times. Our ministry
also involved attending a funeral for Paula McIntyre,
walking with John and Nancy Engels as their son Paul
recovered from his injuries in a serious car wreck last
summer, offering some self-care workshops in the
Solo Cluster groups throughout the district and
preaching in many of our churches when we are on
the road. We clocked about 40,000 km in 2013; we
have been in many places more than once.
Restructuring
As you are aware, the BCYD has gone through some
restructuring and many changes were implemented at
the beginning of 2014. This restructuring has also
resulted in the refocusing of my ministry within the
district. My focus, as you may have noticed in the
new position title, is that of Coordinator for
Counseling and Director of Crisis Intervention. This
refocus involves crisis and conflict intervention and
the coordinating of our District Approved
Counselors, and facilitating the credential holders
counseling subsidy program. Simply put, this means
that I will still be involved with counseling, but will
only do so within the crisis/conflict situations that I
am involved in. I continue to be available to offer one
on one counseling as a District Approved Counselor,
along with the many other qualified DAC’s on our
website. My position is now one of referral in
counseling. This new focus has also taken the Clergy
Care component of the BCYD and moved it to the
capable ministry of Rev. Jim Brown and the Section
Pastors. My role will be to offer ongoing training in
the areas of clergy care for our section pastors and
church leaders. I am no longer located at the district
office (I haven’t paid my rent and have been evicted).
Actually that is not really true, the auditors suggested
that as Caruso Trauma Solutions is a contractor to
the BCYD is not an employee, that I would need to
relocate my office. I am still available through the
BCYD office, my cell 1-604-363-3342 and email
jcaruso@bc.paoc.org.
With Thanksgiving
I am humbled and blessed to be allowed to minister in
this position within our district, but it is not a solo
journey; it is one which involves many others in order
to be effective. The first person I want to thank is my
wife Elaine. Elaine’s wisdom and sensitivity to the
Holy Spirit has been the healing catalyst for many
couples as we have travelled throughout the
BC/Yukon District. I also want to give thanks to
Jim Brown; here is a brother who has wisdom,
experience, tenacity and a great sense of humour,
which he blends perfectly into bringing health and
restoration to churches throughout our district.
And last, but certainly not least, is Ken Russell, our
district servant leader/Superintendent. I love Ken’s
heart for our district. He connects with the hearts of
our leaders, their families, their boards/council
members and their families, and offers such wisdom
and grace in all of the differing situations.
I look forward to adjusting to the new focus in 2014
and pray that God will bring healing, restoration and
health to the credential holders, the leadership and
the churches of the BCYD.
Blessings, Jim
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9.0 Legacy Builders (50+)
Carl and Bette Sawler have served as Legacy Builders directors
since 2008. They were lead pastors for 16 years at Glad
Tidings, Creston, BC before retiring in July 2012. They have four
children: Kara (Rene) Auger, Kyla (Chad) Verge, Nevin (Yvette)
Sawler, Natalie (Shaun) Romano as well as grandchildren.
Legacy Builders is an adult ministry to help older
adults catch their “second wind”. The dictionary
defines second wind as “renewed strength or energy,
as during a competition”. It is seen in the marathon
runner, who with aching muscles and burning lungs,
and in agony, sees an almost unreachable finish line in
the distance. Although tempted to give up the race,
all of a sudden, the runner gets a second wind - a
surge of renewed strength and energy that carries
him or her on to a successful finish.
Some older adults also catch their “second wind” and
go on to great achievements in their later years.
The British statesman, Winston Churchill became
Prime Minister of England at the age of 65 and served
off and on in that position until he was 81.
Missionary physician Albert Schweitzer practiced
medicine well into his 90's. Of course, there have
been many more “second winders”.
Our adult ministries can help senior adults catch their
second wind. As they do, their lives will be enriched
with new meaning and purpose. There are many
resources available to encourage Legacy Builders
groups as they minister to their peers. One good site
is www.gocasa.org.
During 2013, we shared with Legacy Builders groups
at Evangel in Kelowna as well as Emmanuel Church in
West Kelowna. Legacy Builders hosted a district
conference luncheon at North Douglas church in
Victoria with a number of people from the regional
churches attending. Sectional Legacy Builders rallies
were held in Summerland, Kamloops, Vernon, Golden
and Cranbrook, with other special services and
luncheons in Grand Forks and Trail.
It was a great privilege for us to attend the CASA
conference (Christian Association Serving Adults) in
Dallas, Texas, in November, along with senior adult
ministry leaders from Canada, United States and
Australia. One of the speakers, Cavin Harper, author
of “Courageous Grandparenting-Unshakeable Faith in
a Broken World” stated, “The hearts, minds, and
souls of our grandchildren are at risk!” “Courageous
Grandparenting” is a call to intentional living for the
next generations that they might know Christ and
walk in truth. It is not enough to simply be good
grandparents. God is looking for courageous
grandparents who will stand in the gap as conduits of
God’s grace and truth for the sake of another
generation. “Courageous Grandparenting” calls godly
grandparents to become part of a movement of
wholehearted followers of Christ who live a legacy
that outlives them. You can order your copy of
“Courageous Grandparenting” online at
www.christiangrandparenting.net.
At the end of November, I had the privilege of leading
a missions team of young adults from Penticton
(Cheers the Church) to Guatemala to build a
staircase along the side of a hill to a school, providing
the community easier access to the school and a
nearby church. We were also involved in ministry to
children at the Jalapa dump.
We continue to receive many requests for the
templates we have for Wills, Power of Attorney,
Representation Agreement, and Health Care
Directive.
We are available to share with your Legacy Builders-
50+ ministry. Please feel free to contact us by email:
cbsawler@hotmail.com or phone: (250) 428-3476.
Respectfully,
Carl and Bette Sawler
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10.0 Marketplace/Chaplaincy
Don Richmond has been coordinating the
Marketplace/Chaplaincy department of our BC/Yukon
District since 2009. Don and Lorraine have been
married for 34 years. They have 3 sons, 2 daughtersin-law,
and 5 grandchildren. Don and Lorraine live in
West Kelowna.
“Why is He eating and drinking with tax collectors and sinners” Mark 2:16
What an awesome opportunity we have been
given! Just to mingle purposefully with people who
have never understood the importance or meaning of
surrendering their hearts and wills to Jesus is
absolutely amazing. The following is an example of
what I mean when I say “mingle purposefully”.
Just this past Christmas season, Lorraine and I were
honoured to host approximately 30 people in our
home in what we called our Annual Richmond’s
Christmas Open House. I believe that 22 of our
guests were non-believers, from the business and
hockey world. Part way through the event, I planned
to stand up and propose a toast. This was a chance
to briefly share Lorraine’s and my heart with
everyone. This is what I said, “It is such a privilege to
have you all here in our home this Christmas. As you
undoubtedly know, Lorraine and I have made
honouring and following Christ our main purpose and
focus in life. To host you here today at this special
Christmas time is such a thrill, as we celebrate
Christ’s birth. Thank you for taking the time to be
with us today. You honour us. God bless you all;
I propose a toast, for a wonderful, meaningful
Christmas.”
I am thankful for the Marketplace Chaplains (M/C’s)
who “mingle purposefully” every day around our
district. These dedicated people are missionaries
right in our own province. While we may not see
our M/C’s on a regular basis on the platforms of our
district churches, daily they are ministering, doing
invaluable spiritual Kingdom work. Today I honour
our M/C workers, servants with humble hearts for
God, desiring to plant seeds of peace in order to reap
a harvest of righteousness. Whether our men and
women serve as chaplains in the Armed Forces,
government, hospitals or seniors residences, with
athletes in sports arenas, or in prisons, they all need
our prayerful and financial support. Many survive on
donations to their ministries, which makes the term
“faith walking” take on a whole new reality.
Thanks to all of you who faithfully pray for your
M/C’s, because they are definitely in the heat of the
battle and need your prayers.
Today I trust that in a small way I have pointed us all
to answer the question posed in Mark 2:16.
Mingling in our communities for a Greater Purpose,
Don Richmond
Marketplace Chaplaincy BCYD PAOC
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11.0 Missions
Doug Smith is currently Lead Pastor at Living Waters Church in Fort Langley,
where he has pastored for 8 years. He and Linda have 4 grown children –
Matthew (Caroline), Christopher, Jennifer and Andrew.
My ambition has always been to preach the Good
News where the name of Christ has never been
heard...
Those words from Paul’s letter to the Romans have
always presented me with a significant challenge.
The challenge is two-fold: how does my personal
response to “mission” reflect Paul’s obvious longing
to “go” and secondly, how burdened am I that there
are just too many who still have not even heard the
Gospel. Paul has a way of making us consider our
reality rather than our best intentions. I am
powerfully reminded by this verse, in that the
intensity of our need to get up and go has not
lessened since Paul’s writing, and that our missions
endeavours can never be satisfied with status quo but
in fact must increase because there is just too much
at stake.
Our newly reconstituted District Missions team
senses both the challenge and the opportunity to
make significant headway this year. We are meeting
to develop a creative strategy that reflects Paul’s
noble ambition to preach the good news and reach
the ears and hearts of those who long for God’s
freeing truth. We are compelled as a district by the
Lord’s own Great Commission to move boldly,
generously and with great faith to the far corners of
the earth and to our own backyards. We hold to that
assignment with both faith and some trembling.
At this district conference we’re delighted to have Ian
Green speaking at our Missions breakfast.
Ian understands our need to move forward and
increase the reach of the Gospel. I hope to see you
Wednesday Morning at 8:00 am. As the new District
Missions Rep, I look forward to working with you and
your community as we share in the assignment to
preach the Good News.
12.0 Prayer Ministries
Les and Pat Markham have been married for 47 years and have two children
and seven grandchildren. They are both graduates of Western Pentecostal College
(now Summit Pacific College). Les was an Instructor at Western and pastored in
BC, Alberta and Ontario. Les was also our District Superintendent and
International Missions Director. Pat has always been involved in Womens
Ministries and was the BCYD Director for a period of time. They both believe in
the power of prayer, from their experiences here in Canada and as missionaries
in Thailand.
In 2013, Pat and I were asked if we
would co-ordinate the District
Prayer Ministry. Because we believe
that prayer is powerful and important as the life blood
of the church, we accepted. Our desire is to see a
culture of fervent, believing prayer grow even
stronger in our district and to help focus significant
prayer on specific needs and issues. We are grateful
for the prayer alerts that Val sends out from the
district office; please continue to inform her of critical
needs and use the other prayer links available on the
district website www.bc.paoc.org.
Please peruse the monthly payer newsletter that will
be coming out ten times a year with news and
updates.
Let us know if you would like us to come to your
church or section for a prayer emphasis at any time.
You can contact us by phone (604)371-1078 or e-mail
(markhamx2@hotmail.com), or through the district
office.
It’s true: Prayer brings the hand and blessing of God
into a situation and He changes people and things.
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13.0 Next Generation Ministries
Ben Johnson has served as the Next Generation Ministries
Director since September 2008. He and his wife Heather have
been married since 1995 and they reside in Langley, BC with
their four young daughters.
Our focus continues to be on multiplying disciplemaking
leaders. Over the course of 2013, hundreds
of youth and children leaders were trained and
equipped. This happened primarily throughout our
regional leadership clinics, leadership conferences,
online webinars and coaching - and also as part of our
larger events.
Both our Historymaker and Spark events were
excellent this year. The presence of God was very
strong among us, and we witnessed the altars flooded
with young people responding to the call to surrender
all to Jesus.
On the Saturday night during Historymaker, there
was a call for emotional healing. Young people
responded at the altar by bringing with them items
such as drugs, condoms and blades, as well as two
suicide-themed notes. Powerful times were
experienced in the Holy Spirit, and many young
people made first-time decisions or recommitments
to follow Christ.
Over this past year, our new district priorities have
allowed us the opportunity to re-evaluate and
anticipate our mission and mandate. In June and
October, key NGM influencers met for times of
prayer and strategy.
Looking ahead, we will be finding ways to streamline
and intensify our focus on our three main ministry
priorities: health, leadership development and church
planting. We will be continuing to adjust our
structures to ensure that all of our events and
strategies intentionally serve our district’s new
priorities.
2013/2014 marks 50 years of Next Generation
focused ministry here in our BC & Yukon District.
Our focus on youth and kids ministries has
significantly impacted literally thousands of individuals,
families and young people over the years. This past
November we celebrated 50 years as part of our
NGM Dessert & Prayer Night. Our theme was
Legacy & Light, including a walk-thru featuring
memorabilia that re-told the past of CA¹s, Youth
Convention and NGM. On May 17 th at Historymaker,
we will be holding a stand-up 50 th anniversary
reception. We invite all past alumni to join us in
Chilliwack on Saturday, May 17, as we honour our
Legacy's past. All in all, we want to remember what
God has done and look ahead to the future for what
He is going to do.
My travels this past year have included ministry trips
to various retreats, camps and events. I was able to
visit regions this past year including Vancouver Island,
Dawson Creek, Grand Forks, Vernon, Falkland and
Kamloops.
These opportunities have been amazing. I¹m always
so encouraged by the men and women throughout
our entire district who sacrificially love and lead kids
and youth.
Personally, we feel very blessed. As a family, we
sense God’s grace and amazing provision upon us.
I would like to thank Heather and our kids for their
support, involvement and prayers. The past nearly
seven years have gone by so fast. It has been an
incredible calling to walk out and to share together as
a family.
Heather and I now have two teenagers and nearly
two preteens of our own in the house. From years of
youth ministry experience, and now from my own
personal experience, I can honestly say that reaching
and discipling young people is no small task.
The youth and kids pastors who work within our
district are true heroes of the faith. Each and every
week, hundreds of youth and children’s ministry
leaders, staff and volunteers tirelessly serve in our
local churches. It is our district’s ongoing
commitment to care for and empower these called
men and women that give me great hope and vision
for our future. As a district, we must continue to
creatively reach, inspire and empower young people
in our region to experience the reality of God and to
know the fullness of the Holy Spirit in their lives.
We are anticipating even greater and more fruitful
days ahead of us.
Respectfully,
Ben Johnson
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13.1. Children, Preteen and Family Ministry
Caroline Durocher-Bergeron has served as Children, Preteen and
Family Ministry Specialist since 2007. She has over 20 years of
children’s ministry experience. Caroline has been married to Pascal
for 15 years and they have three energetic children: Samira (11),
Elliott (8) and Emmanuel (5).
It is with great optimism that I embrace the district’s
three priorities: leadership development, church and
clergy health and multiplication. These areas have been
my passion since I took this role seven years ago.
Here are some highlights of the past year. Spark, our
yearly provincial preteen conference, took place at
Abbotsford Pentecostal Assembly on November 22-23,
2013. We hosted 600 young people, a 20% increase
over last year. Hundreds of students committed their
lives to Christ and all were challenged to boldly live out
their faith. Spark remains one of the largest Christian
events reaching preteens in our nation, and it provides
support and encouragement to more than 120 leaders in
our province. This event also has a cross-denominational
reach. From the anointed worship of the Revolution
Band, and powerful messages by Canadian speakers like
Chris Luff, Evan Allnutt, and Connie Jakab, to engaging hubs
tackling relevant issues, every component of the event
reinforced our theme: “GO”. Ben Woodman, from
youth Alpha, trained students on how to share their faith
with their friends. We collected many testimonies from
students who received a specific word from God
regarding their spiritual identity and their calling.
Many students expressed how they felt a renewed sense
of the presence of God in their lives, as well as a passion
to spend time in the Word on a daily basis. It was a
great weekend from which our churches are reaping the
ongoing benefits.
On April 5 and 6, more than 400 leaders from across
our province attended Elevate, our children, preteen
and family ministry leadership conference. These leaders
are among the heroes who invest love, care, time and
energy into the high calling of raising devoted and
courageous followers of Christ.
Our theme this year was Illuminate. Jesus said: “I am the
Light of the world; he who follows Me will not walk in
the darkness, but will have the Light of life.” (John 8:12).
Elevate provided those leaders, who are most often
isolated in church basements and classrooms during
services, a space to worship in community, to enjoy
intimacy in the presence of God and to spend time
listening to what He has to say. We were delighted to
welcome the Revolution Band, a group of young musicians
and song writers who have a contagious passion for God
and His Church. Our main speakers, David Wakerley
from Hillsong Church Australia, and Mike Seth from Kids
in His Presence Ministries, shared powerful messages
about the importance of leading from a place of personal
transformation. Networking was a highlight of our time
together. On Friday night we hosted a Heroes
reception to honour each leader for their work.
A complimentary chocolate fountain and live jazz music
added to the friendly atmosphere. With more than 18
workshops and a full exhibit area, Elevate inspired,
trained and equipped the leaders of our province and
abroad (some travelled all the way from Florida).
This year Elevate grew in attendance by 75% and we are
still hearing echoes of the lives that were impacted by
that weekend. We expect great things for the next
conference in Spring 2015.
Children’s Ministry Clusters remain an important
way through which we care for leaders. We have
started a new affinity cluster led by Charmaine Findley,
designed to come alongside children’s workers in church
plants. We gathered for the first time at the Church
Planting Retreat last June and received a great response.
I want to thank all of our cluster leaders (Kathy Zelman,
Lisa Mitchell, Chris Luff, Trevor Finstad, Ben McGillivray,
Charmaine Findley and Sarah Warriner) for their
devotion and genuine care of those in their sections.
I also had the opportunity to travel to several regions
and to meet face-to-face with many of our leaders. It is
a delight to journey with leaders who have a passion to
see this generation develop a strong faith in God.
I want to thank our Next Gen team: Ben Johnson for his
constant encouragement and for releasing me to try new
things, and Devan Sylvester for his support and diligence.
I also want to express my deep gratitude to my husband
Pascal and our three children for their unconditional
love, devotion and prayers. Because of their support, I
was able to graduate last November with a Masters of
Art in Leadership. I could not have done it without my
home team cheering me on. Pascal and I also have the
privilege to be involved in international missions,
representing ERDO in Haiti and leading community
development projects, while continuing our current
ministries here at home. Serving God as a family is
certainly life’s best adventure.
It has been my greatest joy to come alongside the
leaders of our province for the last seven years. I feel
deeply honoured to journey with such fine and devoted
people. There is a great sense of the move of God in
every region and we pray for an increase in 2014.
Caroline Durocher-Bergeron
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14.0 Summit Pacific College President’s Report
Dr. Dave Demchuk has been the president of Summit Pacific College since
December 2006. Dave and his wife Diane have two children; Lindsay,
married to Nathan Hawkes, is a 2011 Counselling Grad, and Brent, a
2012 Pastoral Leadership Grad.
Since my last opportunity to report at our
Conference, I continue to be encouraged with what
God is doing in the lives of our students at Summit,
and in our graduates who are involved in Christian
service, both in the local church, and other ministries.
Our Fall 2013 semester began with a great deal of
enthusiasm, with an influx of some 70 freshman
students, and a total enrollment of 233. As I write
this, we are expecting our Spring 2014 enrollment to
be similar to that of the Fall.
We experienced encouraging times of refreshing from
the hand of God in our chapels during the past
semester. Continue to pray that our students
encounter God’s transforming presence during the
Spring semester chapels. Our Spiritual Emphasis Days
were held at the end of January (with Rev. Matt
Tapley). As well, we’re looking forward to
Conference on the Ministry and More14 to
supplement our regular semester activities.
Our semester winds up in April with our 2014
graduation ceremony, again to be held at Abbotsford
Pentecostal Assembly. We are anticipating that 34
students will graduate with a B.A. degree from one of
our 6 majors. Thirty students will complete our one
year Omega Global certificate and three, our one
year Recognition of Ministry certificate. We are
anticipating that about 15 grads will apply for initial
credentials within the BC/Yukon District.
At the conclusion of this year, we will be saying goodbye
to a number of our staff members. Rev. Dave
Mosley, our Business Administrator will be retiring at
the end of June. Dr. Roger Stronstad, will be retiring
formally as well (although we do anticipate his
continued involvement to teach one course for the
next two semesters). Joanne Knight, our Dean of
Women will be leaving to pursue God’s direction in a
pastoral role. Laura Hooper (Omega and Counseling
instructor) is engaged to Kelvin Chan, and after their
summer marriage, they will be pursuing ministry as
global workers in Asia.
From a financial perspective, we again ended last year
with a small surplus, which has been committed to
debt reduction on the Holdcroft Dormitory.
Donation revenue has remained consistent, and
continues to be close to budget this year to date as
well. With careful monitoring of our expenses, we
are anticipating balancing our budget again this year.
We continue to give out over $80,000 in scholarships
and bursaries to new and returning students at our
graduation ceremonies.
We are incredibly blessed by the ongoing support
that Summit receives from the churches of the BC
and Yukon District. Our 2013-2014 income to date
continues to be encouraging! Donation income (from
the district tithes, individual churches and individuals)
represents close to 20% of our annual budget each
year. This level of giving allows us to keep the cost of
a college education at an affordable level for our
students. Your investment in Summit is truly an
investment in Christian leaders that will serve the
church throughout the world in the days ahead.
Thank you for that!
During the past year, we continued with our
renovations to the campus. We were able to
complete an exterior and interior repair and
renovation to the library. The project, budgeted at
250,000, was completed under budget, without any
further indebtedness to the College – we thank God
for that provision! All of the buildings on our upper
campus have undergone significant upgrades, giving
the upper campus buildings at least a 20 year lease on
life.
As I do every year, I would also like to take this
opportunity to articulate our purpose as the
BC/Yukon District Bible College. The following
statement is the result of reflection of who we want
to be to the various constituencies Summit Pacific
College serves:
…for our students
Summit will be a place where:
Students’ hearts are shaped through
moments and seasons of encountering God;
Students’ minds are formed through our best
academic offerings;
Students’ personal and professional growth is
fostered through dynamic mentoring; and
Students’ life-skills are facilitated in the varied
expressions of community on our campus.
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…..for our staff
We want to attract and keep the best employees by
creating and sustaining an environment that is
challenging, interesting, rewarding and safe. We want
to continue to forge an institutional culture and set of
values that all of our employees can embrace.
…for our churches and fellowship
We want to continue to be in vital partnership with
our assemblies, and larger supporting constituency,
both in providing leaders, as well as resources to
continue to enrich, educate, and build the local
church, and contribute to the strengthening of our
national fellowship. In that regard, we will continue
to evaluate and strengthen existing programs while
developing new responses to the changing ministry
world we face.
…for our donors
We will continue to steward wisely the resources
entrusted to us by our supporters. We will maintain
the highest level of accountability in our use of
College finances. We will ensure our campus is
maintained and grown to continue to serve the
mission of the College.
…for the Kingdom of God
We commit to continue the task of training Biblically
literate, passionately spiritual, and practically equipped
leaders for the church both locally and worldwide.
In closing, I encourage you to continue to pray for
our Bible College, our staff and faculty, and of course,
our students. Our faculty/staff team has an exemplary
commitment to the ministry of Summit, both in the
workloads they carry, and in their commitment to the
students outside of the classroom venue. Pray as
well, that we will all continue to sense the
empowering presence of God in every aspect of our
campus life. We believe that God will continue to call
and send missional leaders into our world through
the BC District’s ministry of Summit Pacific College.
Respectfully,
Dave Demchuk
15.0 Women 2 Women Ministries
Andrea Critchley has served as the W2W Director for
5 years. Ken and Andrea have 2 children, Keely (15) and
Karson (11) and Pastor at Bethel Pentecostal Assembly in
Mission, BC.
February - March
It was a privilege to be part of and serve at the
pastors retreats in both Prince George and Parksville
this year; hosting a womens ministry hub for the
pastors’ wives and spending some time to encourage
those who are continually pouring out into the lives
of others. We value the health and sustainability of
our local church leaders and their families. We are a
blessed district!
May: Historymaker
We are also grateful for the vision and open invitation
for W2W from Next Gen Ministries to participate in
breakout sessions at Historymaker! We want to
show our support and help raise up the next
generation of young women and are blessed to be
able to partner to invest in the girls! This year in
Chilliwack, we had over 600 girls at HM breakouts
who were encouraged by a dynamic panel of godly
young men to value who God made them to be!
We hope to be planting seeds in hearts, investing in
their lives and encouraging these girls to continue to
grow as godly women.
June: Worship Clinic with Phil Spoelstra
Administratively, W2W helped to put together a pilot
project to gather the music leaders and teams from
our churches, to encourage, inspire and train leaders
in the ministry of music. We had a successful event
with many churches and teams present. Our district
Worship Cluster Leader, Phil Spoelstra, provided a
lot of resources, training and strategies for teams to
use to build up their church music ministry.
Special thanks to our guest speaker, Chad Langerud.
We look forward to seeing more events like this
throughout our district that will encourage, resource
and strengthen the various ministries in our local
churches.
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September: Prince George - Pure
Women’s Conference
Noreen Phillips and her team did an excellent job of
hosting our Northern Women’s Conference.
Ministry team included: Caroline Reimer,
Martin Lamb, Amy TeBulte and Noreen Phillips.
It was so beautiful to see God’s women embracing
and rising to the challenge of holy living as we prepare
ourselves in this life for our bridegroom, Jesus Christ.
October: Surrey - Pure Women’s
Conference
It was a privilege to have Caroline Reimer and
Charmaine Findley as our finale speakers this year.
We left challenged, inspired and charged as the Bride
of Christ. Perhaps the most encouraging moments
were the salvations experienced that weekend, as
well as those in Prince George. Also exciting, were
the many women in business who came alongside our
conference. This year we highlighted community
organizations that were reaching out to help others.
Some of these women were not believers and were
greatly impacted by attending and being a part of the
conference weekend. We also valued having some of
the ladies from Mercy Ministries and Lydia House
recovery homes join us. We know God is calling His
women to reach out to others!
Leadership Training
Throughout this year, W2W reps and I have had the
opportunity to meet with many women’s ministry
leaders from our BCYD churches, to encourage,
connect and inspire them on the new methods of
women’s ministries. We challenged them to see
women’s ministries as an outreach arm to draw the
women into the local church. Our goal with regional
women’s conferences every second year is to
empower our local churches and leaders to connect,
disciple and mentor women in active roles of
leadership.
Special Thanks!! We are so thankful for the great
leaders of our women’s ministry across our district.
Special thanks also to those who have faithfully served
as women’s ministry representatives for the district
for many years and who are now transitioning: Sandi-
Jo Ayers (Victoria), Cynthia Knutson (Kootenays),
Sandra Packer (Okanagan). Thank you ladies for all of
your leadership and impartation into the lives of the
women in our district. You are top level leaders!
Noreen Phillips (Cariboo region), Sue Gibbs (Yukon),
and Leanne DenBraber (Interior), continue to serve
as active reps for the women’s ministry in their
regions. We are grateful for their continued vision
and passion for women’s ministry. Please connect
with them regarding women’s connections and
conferences in your area. For more information or
needs you may have, connect with your region rep -
contact info is posted on our w2wonline.ca site,
which will remain active for your information needs.
My Heart
Transitioning from this role and looking back, my
greatest joy and fulfillment has been to see these
things: the empowerment of the next generation of
young women into leadership with worship, speaking,
administration, and other service. It has been a
delight to see our girls flourish in their callings.
They have inspired me with their energy and passion
as they fervently seek after Christ and His will for
their lives. I have also been equally challenged and
empowered by the older generation of women who
have loved, served, and committed every day of their
lives to Christ, with their great depth of character and
solid relationship with Him. I am so grateful for our
district and the love we as women have in our local
churches as we are valued, supported and recognized
as ministers of God. This perspective has also been
championed at the district level with our District
Officers as they have been graciously investing and
supporting women in ministry and leadership.
Thank you!
We know God has called us as women to rise up,
pioneer new things, invest in lives, champion the next
generation and to live our lives fulfilling the callings
that He has given to us. I know things will look
different from a district perspective for women’s
ministries in the New Year, but the challenge now
goes out to all of you amazing women. You who are
called to lead, lead with integrity! You who are called
to mentor, invest richly! You who are called to serve,
serve generously! You who are called to pioneer,
create with confidence! You who are blessed with
giftings, bless greatly! Whatever you do, do it as unto
the Lord!
I am so proud of the women of our district and will
continue to love, lead, and serve alongside of you, as
women called by God to impact this nation and this
generation for Him! Love you all!
Andrea Critchley,
W2W Director
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