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Meet Our Church Team

Ministry Team

Ministry Team
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Rev. Dr. Cheryl Wood-Thomas

Minister of Word, Sacrament and Pastoral Care

rev.cheryl.wood@gmail.com

905-687-2664

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Rev. Bill Thomas

Minister of Outreach, Social Justice and Community Engagement

rev.bill.thomas@gmail.com

289-213-3153

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Music Team

Music Team
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Ian Green

Ian Green was born and raised in Niagara Falls, Ontario and resides in Hamilton, Ontario.
Playing piano since he was 5 years old, Ian enjoys playing all styles of music including: jazz, classical, pop, ragtime, blues, and freely improvised music.
A graduate of Queen’s University (BMus, 2006) and the Royal Conservatory of Music at Toronto (A.R.C.T., 2006), Ian maintains a thriving music studio teaching piano lessons, music rudiments, history, and theory at all levels of the curriculum for the Royal Conservatory of Music, Conservatory Canada, and the Canadian National Conservatory of Music (CNCM).
Other areas of musical activity include: working as a collaborative pianist for ensembles and soloists; worked as a piano accompanist for examinations and music festivals.
He has published books of piano music with Debra Wanless Music (Ontario) and SuperScore (an app for iPads created by TimeWarp Technologies out of the United States).
Mr. Green enjoys visiting various locations as a music festival adjudicator and as an examiner with the Royal Conservatory of Music, having traveled across Canada. He is also an active examiner offering online examinations through the Royal Conservatory, having worked with students in North America, Hawaii, and China.
Mr. Green is also actively releasing original, ambient piano music under the artist profiles “Music Dreams” and “Ian J. Green”, and is supported by WKM Music Group (Toronto) and Aspire Distro (music publishing) for these projects.
Mr. Green is a member of many professional associations including: the College of Examiners with the Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM); the Ontario Registered Music Teachers’ Association (ORMTA); the Canadian Federation of Music Teacher Associations (CFMTA); SOCAN; the Royal Canadian College of Organists (RCCO); and the Canadian Music Festival
Adjudicators Association (CMFAA).
Mr. Green is an active volunteer and supporter of great music in the local community and is a loyal patron to the arts. By offering scholarships to young students, Ian believes in the strong spiritual and social values that are offered through all performance art. 
He is excited to be working as the Music Director at St. John’s Stevensville United Church to nurture current music traditions, inspire new music collaborations, and to build community through faithful, joyful, praise and worship.

Support Team

Suppot Team

John Bedell

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Technology Supervisor

niagaraonlineworship@gmail.com

John keeps our little church all up to date with the latest in streaming, presenting and recording technology. He is always excited about new ways of sharing the gospel far and wide using new gadgets and ideas. 

He is the founder of Niagara Online Worship, which is currently housed at St. John's Stevensville United Church. To learn more about that, please click here.

 

John is also instrumental in the Truth and Reconciliation projects with First Nations as he partners with Habitat For Humanity and helps facilitate programming to better learn and understand what reconciliation truly means.

Victoria MacDonald

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Communications Coordinator

sjsprograms@gmail.com

Victoria runs our website, and media platforms, while also coordinating the vast number of programs that St. John's Stevensville offers. She is always looking to reach new people and groups by facilitating new programs and offering the space to be used in new and innovative ways.

Victoria also designs the Sunday School program as well as runs the Youth Group and Young Adult Discussion groups, which are altogether called the MICE (Meeting In Christian Education). 

To learn more about the Sunday school or the youth programs, please click here.

Carolyn Campbell

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Leader of Prayerful Practices.

creativespiritministry@gmail.com

Carolyn leads the prayer practices of the church, which are ways of praising God that can be surprising and unusual. She is a strong believer that any expression of yourself can be considered an act of prayer and bringing yourself closer to God. 

She is the founder of the Creative Spirit Program, and runs it out of the Embrace Centre once a week. She also provides leadership for the ukulele club and Prayer Walk Group.

To learn more about creative spirit, click here. 

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Scott Holmes

Church Caretaker

Scott takes care of the church and the Embrace Centre by keeping them presentable and welcoming. 

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