Boards of the Church
One third of the elected members of each board are elected annually at the May Business Meeting for a term of office of three years. The following only highlights each Board’s responsibilities. For detailed information please refer to the Constitution.
2023-2024 Church Officers
Board of Deacons
Chair: Marion Evans
Daniel Berhane Araya, Robert Balcom, Monnette John-Buck, Philip Crawford, John Phillips, Veronica Berg, John Schram, Joan Ferguson, Hudson Taylor, Mary Edward, Dina Gilbert, David Dorapalli, Ruth Farrow, Bruce Mullock
Life Deacons
Mary Stevens, Robert Peck, Norman Hubley
Board of Finance and Administration
Chair: Alana Walker Carpenter
Scott Delaney, Mark Fell, Debbie Ivison, Paul Evans, Michelle Houser, Betty Gibbs, Carol Voaden
Board of Mission
Chair: Allan Mason
Mary Han, Jackeline Riedstra, Esther Philips, Nina Spencer, Richard Doust, Kate Irish, Janet Doust
Board of Music
Chair: Ruth Ann Onley
Arvo Alfred, Keith Profit , Demaris Brackstone, Sandy Boone, Richard Kvistbo, Ross Stretton, Winston Davis, Sirrka Suvilaakso
Board of Christian Education
Chair: Ann Jefferies
Katherine Laundy, Shannon Wareham-Browne, Trevor Sinker, Ange Rocca, Nikhil Celly, Dawn Emmerson, Andrew Allan
Women’s Ministry Executive
Co-Chairs Ellen Branscombe and Rhoda Hill
Kim Aikenhead, Pat Bull, Marion Evans, Jonanne Fenton, Susan Hampton, Heather Hetherington, Marilyn Kershaw, Judy MacDonald, Marlene MacLuckie, Catherine O’May
Board of Trustees
Chair: Gordon Mackay
Stuart Campbell, Debbie Ivison, Ernest Cappellacci, Tim Aikenhead, John Speller (Treasurer)
Church Clerk
Paul Evans
Church Council
Chair: Randall Speller (Chair of the Congregation) Vice-Chair: Albert Livy (Vice-Chair of the Congregation)
Chair and Vice-Chair of the Board of Deacons, Chair of the Board of Trustees, Chair of the Board of Finance and Administration, Chair of the Board of Christian Education, Chair of the Board of Music, Co-Chairs of the Yorkminster Park Women’s Ministries, Church Clerk (Non-voting) Recording Secretary, Church Treasurer (Non-voting)