MTS, Spiritual FormationSpiritual DirectorTransformation CoachI truly care for people. I will walk with you as you discern what is next and how to accomplish it. Being a spiritual director is like being a midwife, someone who assists others in giving birth to a deeper relationship with God.As I journey with you during this season of life, my prayer is that you will be able to hear God through all the noise, learn how He speaks to you, discern what He wants for your “right now” and trust Him for your “not yet”.Contact:andrea@anchorandserenity.com

Ann is a graduate of the Emmaus Spiritual Direction program. She brings with her a wealth of experience from 22 years as an Executive Director with Youth for Christ, and the rich mentoring relationships she has fostered with many young women. She now practices Spiritual Direction from her home in Tottenham, ON and is the Administrative Assistant at Emmaus. Ann is also the author of the Bible Study “Holy Calling: Becoming a Godly Wife”. Ann has been married to Keith McCallum for 40 years, has 3 adult children and 10 grandchildren. Ann loves leading guided Spiritual Retreats for individuals and groups, and Meditative Hikes.

Auke Algera is a graduate of Emmaus Formation Centre. He serves as a pastor in the Evangelical-Protestant tradition and brings with him nearly twenty years of pastoral experience. He believes that every person is in a process of spiritual formation. As a spiritual director he wants to help you make sense of your faith journey and grow in your relationship with Christ. He offers time and space to help you discern how God is present with you and how the Spirit is working in your life. Auke offers spiritual direction in the Fraser Valley in British Columbia. Contact: a.a.spiritualdirection@gmail.com

Aukje believes God is present and active in every moment of life and sees immense spiritual benefits from pausing and reflecting. As a trained spiritual director, she delights to listen to your journey and be
curious about it, desiring that your relationship with God grows deeper.

An acute awareness of the bountiful grace she herself needs, enables her to offer a safe space to share and explore God’s work in your life. She would be honoured to be a spiritual companion on your journey, either online or in person in the Georgetown, ON area. Contact: aukje.dykstra@gmail.com

Christie Latta is a graduate of Sustainable Faith School of Spiritual Direction. She believes that God is present in everything - the good, the hard, and the ordinary. It is her greatest joy to accompany others in discovering where God is at work in those places.
Christie would be honoured to journey with you, looking for God “In the here, now, because the place where we are in our lives is the place where we find God. This is where God lives.” (Alice
Fryling)

Contact:
christielatta@gmail.com

As a Spiritual Director my role is to encourage people to seek Eden, that place where we were created to be in relationship with the Creator and experience peace with the Godhead.

As a Spiritual Director, I imagine myself as a Lighthouse Keeper, the one who helps to keep the light burning brightly and the windows clear for others to see the Light for themselves and allow Holy Spirit to do his work of transformation. 

“For you are God’s masterpiece. He has created you anew in Christ Jesus, so you can do the good things He planned for you long ago.” (Ephesians 2:10)

Carlee (MDiv, DipMin, and BA) is a graduate of the Spiritual Direction program at Emmaus Formation Centre. 

Carlee provides spiritual direction, specializing in youth and young adults (ages 15-30), and those who have experienced church trauma. Her passion is to create safe spaces for people to encounter God
in ways that bring life and clarity to our faith journeys. 

As a spiritual director, Carlee assists directees by providing a safe and confidential space, either in-person in Kelowna, or virtually to explore where God’s Holy Spirit is moving in a person’s life.

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In the midst of a driven, seductive, disorienting and distracting culture, Denisa is an author and spiritual director who helps Christians cultivate the skill of orienting themselves toward God and others. Her deep longing is to see others move toward wholeness and is keenly interested in how engaging the spiritual practices shape our spiritual formation. Denisa also develops guided contemplation exercises and leads spiritual direction retreats in Spain, Canada and Romania. Denisa Nica is a trained spiritual director with Emmaus and a graduate of Regent College. Her book Kairos, When the Holy Meets the Daily is a devotional pilgrimage through the Psalms. Website: https://www.lighthauscoaching.com

Eldon is a professional vocal accompanist who is currently practicing his accompanying skills within the ministry of spiritual direction. Having prepared for this ministry through the discipleship program at Journey Canada and the spiritual direction program at the Emmaus Formation Centre, he now accompanies followers of Jesus as they seek to hear the voice of God and discern how He is at work in their lives. His primary interests are focused on those who are impacted by LGBTQ issues. If you would like to initiate a conversation with Eldon, he can be reached at: eldonmcbride@gmail.com

Elizabeth Millar (BA, MTS, DPT student) is confident that God is present in ordinary life and that God desires interaction with us. With a sense of joyful curiosity and prayerful attentiveness, she is interested in being a spiritual companion for those who want to know and experience God more. She has a particular heart for students as they navigate academic life and theological studies. Elizabeth has experienced living in various settings (rural prairie, inner city, suburbia) and is now enjoying small town life on Prince Edward Island. She is married to a minister and backyard farmer, and is mother to 5 beautiful people. Contact: elizabethmillar330@gmail.com

Ellen believes that all stories are sacred. The core of her ministry is attentive listening with an open heart and where all are welcome. She knows the reality of physical health challenges. Her conservative upbringing has led her to deep soul searching for the reality of being beloved of God. If you are longing for a deeper relationship with Jesus, you will be blessed in the space Ellen will hold for you. Ellen is a former educator in the public sector and a graduate of Emmaus Spiritual Formation Centre. Contact: ellenmcclelland200@gmail.com

Recognizing the great honour it is to be invited by a Directee to witness their very personal and private moments with God, Erin welcomes any opportunity to create safe spaces for those experiences to be explored. Understanding these beautiful encounters can sometimes be very powerful or get completely lost in translation, Erin follows the leading of Holy Spirit as she walks alongside Directees gently allowing for wondering, wrestling and growing to occur all the while offering support and encouragement. Erin is honoured to offer 1:1 sessions, group (including families) experiences, and retreats.

Floyd (BTh, MDiv, DMin) has found joy in serving as a spiritual director for men since 2006. He has ministered as a pastor and chaplain in Canada and as a cross-cultural worker/teacher in Indonesia, the Philippines and Toronto.

Floyd sees spiritual direction as an experience in Christian companionship guided by the Holy Spirit. It provides a safe, caring place for men who desire a spiritual friend to be with them on their soul journey with Jesus.

Floyd enjoys walking with his wife Joyce, reading, singing with his guitar in senior homes and to church senior groups, and sharing God’s love. He has 3 married sons and 13 grandchildren.

Contact:
403.826.4015
souljourney.ca
floyd@grunau.ca

It is an honour and privilege to companion others, being a witness to individuals growing and learning about the goodness and presence of God in their faith journey and daily lives. Certification through Emmaus Formation Center has provided the transition from being a Christian therapist (30 years), adjunct professor, business owner and artist. Family, friends, nature, and the arts, all provide ways that I encounter and experience delight in God. My greatest joy is sharing in the transformative work of God through the Holy Spirit in the lives of others and myself. I am a member of the Order of the Mustard Seed.

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BRE, MTS Jan is an ordained Pastor and a Spiritual Director. She has degrees from Tyndale (OBC) and Heritage Seminary as well as a Certificate in Spiritual Direction from Emmaus. In addition to this, her work background includes a career in manufacturing. Jan views Spiritual Direction as part of her calling as a pastor. She will offer spiritual guidance, companionship, encouragement and help particularly in difficult transitions and valleys. Jan has a special interest in walking beside women who are developing leaders. Currently Jan resides in Hamilton, Ontario with her husband. She has three grown children and six grandchildren.

Are you recognizing parts of your life where you feel stuck in old patterns, overwhelmed, depleted, or are you just straight up yearning for deeper growth and breakthrough? I offer a safe listening space to help you cultivate a deepening awareness of where God is present and active in your life and story, and how you respond. Drawing on years of experience and training in overseas Mission, Chaplaincy, Spiritual Direction, and Coaching, I help people just like you, deepen their journey to be still, be awakened, and be love(d). *Experienced in accompanying Pastors, Leaders, those in roles serving others (here/abroad).

Jocelyn (BA, BTh) is a graduate of the Sustainable Faith Spiritual Direction program. She has 15 years’ experience in missions working broad in Lithuania and Madagascar and has been an active member in a variety of churches including Evangelical Mennonite, Anglican, Charismatic, and Non-Denominational. She has experience with spiritual abuse and deconstruction and has deep compassion for those whose sacred stories involve similar circumstances. Jocelyn is an artist and entrepreneur in addition to practicing Spiritual Direction from her home in Winnipeg, MB where she lives with her husband and 3 teen boys.

Read more about Jocelyn on her website:
FerventFolk.com

John is a certified spiritual director through Tyndale Seminary with over 25 years of technical leadership experience and enjoys a variety of outdoor activities and handyman projects. John’s ministry supports men from a variety of Christian traditions and vocational backgrounds as they experience
life change. Using time-tested spiritual practices, he supports directee’s as they explore what is most apparent in their life with our Triune God. If emotional or spiritual wounds are uncovered, he offers a safe place where they can share their burdens, then receive God’s forgiveness and healing grace. For
more information about John go to: seasonsofchange.ca

Joyce is a trained spiritual director through Shalem Institute, and offering spiritual direction for over 43 years. Joyce’s practice includes women and men, pastors and non clergy. She is an ordained Baptist minister. She continues to teach prayer practices, and guides retreats in churches and academic settings.

For a Jesus follower, or a seeker, the safe space fostered within spiritual direction is sacred, gentle and revelatory. Joyce experiences enormous joy in being present to others in these moments, whether in person or online.

Joyce is married to Ed, and they have 3 children with 6 grandchildren. They make their home in Kamloops, BC.

Joyce can be reached at:
joycempeasgood@gmail.com

As a spiritual director, I desire to create a space for you to slow down, be still, and pay attention to your inner and outer world in hopes of discovering how God may be meeting you. I am passionate about accompanying those who are in a time of discernment, distress or desire to deepen their relationship with God.

My name is Josiah Piett I would be honoured to journey with you through providing Spiritual Direction. I received my training as a Spiritual Director through Tyndale Seminary Master’s of Divinity in Spiritual Formation program. For more information or to book a session please visit seedtotreeministry.com

Julia is passionate about getting to know people on a deeper level. She has a degree in psychology, and decades of experience serving in various ministries. These have played a significant role in cultivating her desire to come alongside people, wherever they are in their faith journey, and offer them a hospitable space to be both seen and heard and to hear from God. She would consider it an honor to be a part of your journey. Julia currently lives in Milton, Ontario with her husband, their 3 kids, and their energetic pup. She can be reached at: julia@godlight.ca godlight.ca

As a spiritual director, Karen provides a hospitable and welcoming place to discover, discern, renew, and question one’s relationship with God. Having navigated many storms throughout her life, she understands the value of having a spiritual friend to walk alongside, to provide confidentiality, hope, a deepening walk of faith, and how to live out one’s calling in everyday life.

Karen has been on staff at Youth For Christ, Canada, for approximately twenty years. She understands the challenges and blessings that come from a life of vocational ministry and is uniquely positioned to walk alongside those in parachurch ministries.

Karen is a graduate of the 3-year Spiritual Direction Certificate program at Emmaus. She believes that it is essential for Jesus-followers to tend to their spiritual, emotional and physical lives. As we do this, it has ripple effects in our families, neighbourhoods and world. Karen’s passion for social justice and for coming alongside others on their spiritual journey has led to a spirit-filled, non-judgemental approach to spiritual direction. If you are in a season of doubt, struggle, transition, ministry exhaustion or feeling like there must be more to life with God, Karen will provide a safe space for you.

I had the nudge to begin training in Christian Spiritual Formation and Direction many years ago. I discussed with two friends this yearning for the journey. Through God’s direction I found Emmaus Formation Centre, and I have been studying with Emmaus for the last two years. I am entering my third year in September 2021. I love God and I love to see people grow deeper in their relationship with God, and would be humbled to journey with those who seek him deeply. Kathryn lives in Ottawa with her husband Lawrence, 4 children, and 2 grandchildren.

Kathy lives in Burlington, Ontario with her husband and 4 children. She loves to come alongside people in spiritual direction and provide a welcoming space for them to explore and express their relationship with God. The intention of her spiritual direction practice is for people to grow in self awareness and God awareness so they can experience more freedom, faith, hope, and love. Kathy values family, friendship, authenticity, creativity, and learning. She likes to experiment with different creative expressions and loves all forms of skiing.

Website:
kathygust.com

I resonate with the image of spiritual direction as me accompanying you on your life's journey - my eyes and ears adding to yours in the 'noticing' of God at work. It is my delight to offer hospitality through listening and contemplative practices in our sessions. I recently received my Certificate in Spiritual Direction through Emmaus. Prior to raising children — who are now adulting at university — I was involved in parachurch ministry in high schools and at camp. Please reach out! kathy.pedersen.SD@gmail.com

Ken and his wife Vera live in Calgary, AB, Canada. He brings his love for Jesus and skills in listening deeply to the role of spiritual director. His heart is to come alongside others as a companion in discerning the work of God. In his work as a spiritual director, he trusts in the Holy Spirit, who is the true spiritual director in our lives.
Ken has 28 years of pastoral ministry experience, as well as experience as a Regional Director for Alpha Ministries Canada.

Contact:
theotherkendryden@gmail.com
thirdpersonspiritualdirection.com

Kristen is a compassionate spiritual director who delights in hearing from the Holy Spirit while helping others seek greater depth and authenticity within their own spiritual journeys with Jesus. With her empathetic approach and her interest in the relationship between emotional health and spiritual health, Kristen loves to see others discover the goodness and the presence of God in daily life. Living in Guelph, she delights in meeting others locally, or for those more distant, virtually. She can be found at https://www.threestrandsministries.org/ or can be reached at: kristen@threestrandsministries.org.

I companion men and women seeking to know God better, to hear and experience his presence, and to grow in faith. My practice includes prayerful attention to God, spiritual disciplines, Ignatian spiritual practices, scripture, and deep listening. I bring a range of experiences to spiritual direction. I was a pastor’s wife as well as a corporate executive; I am also a mother and understand the stresses of being a military mom. It would be my joy to journey with you in your unique circumstances and faith experience.

Contact:
taylor-laura@comcast.net

Or visit:
laurataylor.net

Leanne is a graduate of the 3-year Spiritual Direction Certificate program at Emmaus. She is passionate about coming alongside others, inviting them to slow down and create space to connect with their soul and Creator so they can intentionally respond to the gifts, stirrings and calling He has placed within them. Her authenticity and gentle approach creates the kind of atmosphere that makes delving into this subject safe and comfortable. Leanne is the creator of Bringing Faith Home speaking series and the author of A Parent’s Best Gift. She lives just outside Toronto with her husband James and their four kids. Contact: leannecabral.com

Linda Langman (BEd, MA in Christian Ministries) is a graduate of the Emmaus Spiritual Direction program. She views Spiritual Direction as a ministry of spiritual companionship — as one who meets to walk withanother sojourner for a while. Her desire is to listen with ears attuned to the person she's with as well as to the true Director, the Holy Spirit, with the goal of paying attention together to God’s presence and communication in the midst of everyday life. Linda and her husband currently live in Cochrane, Alberta. They have three daughters and two sons-in-law. To contact Linda, visit: lindalangman.ca

Linda is a graduate of Emmaus Formation Centre’s Spiritual Direction Certificate program and lives in Durham Region. She has over thirty years of leadership experience in corporate and healing ministry settings and loves the Word and prayer in its many forms. Her great passion is to come alongside others as they discern where God is present and at work in their everyday lives. She provides a safe place to explore your story and encounter God’s healing and redemption. Whether you are pursuing greater intimacy with God, navigating a difficult season, or seeking discernment, she would love to accompany you.

Lisa is both a pastor and spiritual director who loves helping people grow in their capacity to discern and experience God’s love, direction and empowerment and in their freedom to respond with greater faithfulness. She especially enjoys working with pastors and ministry leaders across denominations and ministry contexts. As a self-proclaimed “Bapti-Costal”, she brings to spiritual direction a strong grounding in God’s word and insight into the Holy Spirit’s movements. Lisa has a Master of Divinity (Pastoral Studies) from Tyndale Seminary and a certificate in Spiritual Direction from Emmaus Formation Centre.

My greatest desire is to help those who come to me for spiritual direction learn to listen to the Spirit of God and to help them discern His presence and leading in their lives so that they can walk in the fullness of who He created them to be. Through listening to the Spirit and through spiritual disciplines we pay attention to how and where God is working in their lives to help them deepen their intimacy with the Lord. My training in spiritual direction, in healing prayer and in loss and grief through my work in palliative care assist me in journeying with others. Contact: l.junkeran@gmail.com

Marc Gauvreau is one of our course instructors and has been with Emmaus since 2014. As a spiritual director who trained under Dr. Sandy Broadus, Marc brings a Spirit knitted blend of disarming companionship, attentiveness, and prayerful discernment to his practice. Ordained with the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada for over the 30 years, he has pastored in several congregations specializing in discipleship-based spiritual formation and small groups. He is married to Karen, his truest friend and together they have 4 boys, the youngest being 9, who in Marc’s own words, “keeps me well-grounded and always ready for an adventure.” Contact: mjgauv@bell.net

Mee (B.S.W., Dip.CS, M.Div., CSD, RSW) has experience working with all age groups in various settings, such as government, institution, community and church settings. Currently, she offers spiritual direction and counselling through her private practice and also serves as the education director and young adult pastor of a local church. Her passion, shaped by our Trinitarian God, is to walk alongside people and to see them deepening their relationship with God in their ordinary, everyday lives. By attending to God’s loving presence, her desire is to offer a space where people can enter more deeply into the person of Christ and into their own uniqueness.

Michelle is a graduate of the Center for Spiritual Formation Spiritual Direction Program, Drew University’s Spiritual Formation Certificate Program, and Fordham University’s Supervision of Spiritual Directors Advanced Certificate Program, in addition to a Mdiv and Dmin. She has served for over a decade as a pastor in the United Methodist Church and spiritual director. She now creates sacred spaces of holy listening through Abide in the Spirit, www.abideinthespirit.com, in addition to her vocation as a pastor. Contact: michelle@abideinthespirit.com

Mike has been a Spiritual Director, after graduating from Emmaus in 2018. He graduated with a Master of Divinity in 2007, specializing in Youth & Family Ministry from Tyndale. He worked for more than a decade as the Executive Director for the anti-sex trafficking charity Fight4Freedom. Mike is passionate about bringing together spirituality and social justice and journeying with others to discover their uniqueness, giftedness, and strengths. He loves to journey with others in real-life situations and listen together to what God is saying. His wife and he have two little boys and a golden doodle together. Contact: onthejourney.life@gmail.com

Nadine Gascho; MA in Spiritual Formation, certified spiritual director through Soul Stream, Canada. As a spiritual companion, I count it a privilege to support you in your relationship with God. I offer you a safe space to share your story and explore the journey of your heart. With the focus on listening for how God is present, I look to the leading of the Holy Spirit (as the true Spiritual Director). Whether meeting in-person or through video conferencing, the session with you is an unhurried, contemplative space. As a missionary, myself, I am particularly drawn to and have much to offer cross-cultural workers and women in ministry (but am open to all). Contact: listenlife7@gmail.com

BA, MCM Nicole has an unwavering passion for soul care, personal growth, and spiritual formation. She offers deep listening, encouragement, wisdom, and discernment for personal and spiritual growth during various life seasons for life-changing encounters with Jesus and His invitation to live in His non-anxious presence of Unforced Rhythms. Nicole is married to Charles and has two adult children. She lives in Red Deer, Alberta. She loves to read, enjoy the mountains, create, and sip a good cup of tea with another! Sessions: in person, Zoom, What’s APP. Contact: nicolen@unforcedrhythmsministry.com

I am trained as a Spiritual Director through Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation and have a part-time spiritual direction practice (www.formationinsights.org). I have studied analytic psychology and dreamwork and have a doctorate in Christian education from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. I am retired as a professor of Christian Formation and Leadership at Tyndale Seminary, Toronto. I teach in the Emmaus Formation Centre’s Spiritual Direction program (www.emmausformation.ca). I am ordained in Evangelical Covenant Church.

Peter Giokas (MTS, MDiv.) trained and worked as a Child and Youth worker. He then worked at an inner city mission serving in a variety of leadership roles. Ordained with the Canadian Baptists of Ontario and Quebec, Peter later pastored a church in Hamilton. More recently he was on staff with the Greater Ontario House of Prayer (GOHOP) with which he is still actively involved as a Companion. Now working primarily as a spiritual director, he finds delight in seeing people recognize and respond to the Spirit as He draws them into deeper faith, greater freedom and experience of God’s love. Peter has three grown sons and one grandson, and loves being married to Sandy. He is a student of old and new monasticism, the Christian mystics and is a member of the Order of the Mustard Seed.

Bachelor of Religious Education (Emmanuel Bible College); Bachelor of Theology (Emmanuel Bible College); Bachelor of Arts – Sociology (Waterloo University); Master of Arts – Counselling (Providence Seminary); Certified Spiritual Director with CCPC global. As a former Baptist pastor, and as a trained Christian counsellor with the spiritual gift of teaching, Phil has a strong foundational knowledge of Scripture. In 2013 when God directed him to the practices of spiritual formation, it opened a new gateway into his heart that allowed his training to harmonize with the spiritual awareness of God’s presence. As a result, the Spirit of God has been allowed new freedoms to lead and transform him into a man who is daily discovering a richer joy and purpose in the Christian journey. For more information about Phil and his contact information please go to: solidrootsministries.com

(Hosea 6:3- He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain watering the earth) My name is Rhonda McLeod, Spiritual Director and graduate of Emmaus Formation Centre, and a licensed Chaplain. My joy is experiencing the beauty of the moment(s) that God’s children recognize Him as the One who is journeying with them. Finding sacred space for confidential conversations or exploring spiritual life is valuable to spiritual formation. Where two or three come together in His name, God has promised to be there. He is the Rain Maker and Rain Giver. For Spiritual Direction sessions email: rregismcleod@gmail.com

While serving as a pastor, Rick trained as a spiritual director at Tyndale Seminary and has companioned a wide variety of people in their spiritual journey over the past 12 years. Now in retirement, he especially feels called to be with pastors, supporting their soul care, healing, and spiritual formation. Rick partners with the Holy Spirit to help people recognize, experience, and engage with God in the rhythm of their everyday life. Husband, father, and grandfather, he encounters God and finds awe and delight in his family, and in people, the arts, natural environments, and gardening. Rick will be happy to meet online or in person: rtwukasch@gmail.com

Robynn’s greatest joy is to come alongside and bear witness to how God might be bringing redemption, healing and hope. As a Spiritual Director she feels like she has a front row seat to the glory of God at work in people’s stories! Robynn received her Spiritual Director training through the Souljourner program (hosted by Benedictine College) in Atchison, Kansas. Robynn and her husband, Lowell, moved to Port Colborne, ON in 2018. They have three fabulous adult children. Robynn loves hot beverages and deep conversation. She cries easily and laughs loudly! You can find her online at: robynnjoybliss.com

During my own faith journey, I was introduced to Contemplative Prayer and Spiritual Direction which became transformative for me. The privilege of working with a Spiritual Director continues to be a life giving and life shaping gift.

I was Ordained in The Salvation Army and served in Pastoral Ministry with my husband for 26 years. We have two married daughters, 5 grandchildren and live in Guelph, Ontario. I am also a graduate of the Emmaus program.

I look forward to creating a safe, hospitable place where people can share their journey and experience the joy and mystery of being God’s Beloved.

Contact:
sandrahong@newlake.ca

As a Spiritual Director, trained through Emmaus, my desire is to help you pay attention and respond to God’s invitations and activity in your life. My approach is to pay attention to you and the Holy Spirit
without agenda, to listen and linger with what resonates, to observe and offer questions and spiritual exercises as appropriate, to create space to hear from God directly, and to be a prayerful presence as you discern God’s transforming love, grace, truth, and leading in your life. I live in a suburb of Vancouver, BC with my husband and 2 children and love to read, walk and kayak.

Website: www.deeplyrootedspiritualdirection.com

Sharon is a compassionate, empathic listener who delights in helping people connect more fully to God. She loves to accompany others on their spiritual journey and to help them understand God’s immense love and goodness in their lives. She creates a gentle, nonjudgemental space for people to share safely and openly. Sharon delights in coming alongside anyone honestly seeking to connect with God and, in particular, women in all stages of life – single, married, in school, raising children, grieving, in transitional stages, moms of LGBTQ+ children, or those within the LGBTQ+ community.

Contact: bydesign.sharon@gmail.com

Tammy, a graduate of Emmaus Formation Centre’s Spiritual Direction Certificate program, desires for her directees to personally connect with the Lord, discover God’s present activity and invitation. Spiritual direction is about being a companion through times of blessing, challenge, all the while searching for and noticing God. Tammy became a Christian at Teen Ranch, and enjoyed working at camps for many years in various capacities. She lives in Port Credit with her two children: Taylor and Wesley. She enjoys her job as the office manager at Clarkson Community Church, engaging with people of varied backgrounds, on a daily basis. Contact: tammypierce14@gmail.com

Tom Bell worked for Toronto Hydro for 31 years before joining the staff of The Meeting House as an associate pastor where he focused on pastoral counselling and spiritual direction, as well as providing support in other areas. He has a BASc (Electrical Engineering)(U of T, 1970), an MBA (U of T, 1979), and an MTS (Tyndale, 2007). He trained in spiritual direction and supervision at Tyndale Seminary and is currently in the Emmaus Supervision Program. Tom provided spiritual direction in the church as well as in private practice and has provided individual as well as group supervision.

Wendy sees her role as spiritual director to be like that of a compass. As you participate in the adventure called life it is helpful to have a faith companion to help orientate your life around God’s presence so you can explore and self-discover where God is active and guiding you. This will encompass us holding safe space, being deeply present to what we hear and becoming more aware of the experience of the presence of God. Wendy is a retired elementary school teacher. She loves quilting, reading, walking the dog and spending time with her husband and grown children. Wendy can be reached at: wendymachry16@gmail.com