Who Serves the General Council

The Nominations Committee extends best wishes and appreciation to all those who have been appointed or elected to share in the guidance and leadership of our church through General Council committees, task groups, and representative roles.

Term-end dates of these appointments are noted after the committee. Each individual’s lay/ordained status and Conference are listed after the name. A key to abbreviations is noted at the bottom of the page.

Spring 2010 Appointments

General Council Planning Committee (GC41, August 2012)

• Linda Ervin (DM ANW)
• Leanne Douglas (Lay MNWO)
• Susan Beaver (Lay ANC)

Judicial Committee, as named by the Conferences

• Paul Reed (OM), Bay of Quinte Conference (August 2018)
• Gary Magarrell (OM), Bay of Quinte Conference (August 2018)
• Bob Little (Lay), Bay of Quinte Conference (August 2018)
• Paul Macklin (Lay), Bay of Quinte Conference (August 2018)
• Marilee Iverson (Lay), Saskatchewan Conference (August 2012)
• Charlene Orr (Lay), Saskatchewan Conference (August 2012)
• Nancy Steeves (OM), Alberta and Northwest Conference (August 2018)

Judicial Committee Executive, as named by the Conferences, or previously appointed

• Margaret Bain (OM), Hamilton Conference, Chairperson
• J. Derek Green (Lay), Newfoundland and Labrador Conference
• Steven Longmoore (OM), Maritime Conference
• Helen Barkley (Lay), Montreal and Ottawa
• Paul Macklin (Lay), Bay of Quinte Conference
• Penny Keel (Lay), Toronto Conference
• Kathleen McCallum (OM), Manitou Conference
• Charles Huband (Lay), Conference of Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario
• James Hillson (OM), Alberta and Northwest Conference

Executive of the General Council (GC41, August 2012), as named by the Aboriginal Ministries Council

• Bernice Saulteaux (OM ANC)
• Martha Pedoniquotte (Lay Ham)
• Lorna Pawis (Lay ANC)

Aboriginal Ministries Council (June 2012)

• Lark Kim, Intercultural Ministries
• Grafton Antone, Francis Sandy Theological Centre

Justice, Global and Ecumenical Relations Unit-Wide Committee  (June 2013)

• Vicki Obedkoff (OM Tor), reappointment
• Bill Phipps (OM ANW), reappointment
• Tiina Cote (OM Ham), reappointment
• Jesse Root (Lay M&O)
• Blake McDonald (Lay Mar)
• Emily Duggan (Lay Mtu)

Canadian Forces Chaplaincy Committee (June 2012)

• Lee Heard (Lay Tor), reappointment

Pension Board (June 2013)

• Charles Black (Lay Ham), reappointment
• Glen Elliott (Lay Ham), reappointment
• William Tynkaluk (Lay Tor), reappointment
• Paul Robert Batho (Lay), reappointment
• Gordon Hall (Lay), reappointment
• Nancy Key (Lay Mar), reappointment

Investment Committee (June 2013)

• Andy Moysiuk (Lay), reappointment

Working Group of the Executive on Middle East Policy (GC41, August 2012)

• Barbara White (OM Tor)
• David Giuliano (OM MNWO)
• Thom Davies (OM Ham)

Task Group on the Basis of Union and the United Church Crest (GC41, August 2012)

• Brian Goodings (OM Tor)
• Gerald Hobbs (OM BC)
• Louise Loucareas (Lay Tor)
• Ray Jones (Lay BC), as named by the Aboriginal Ministries Council
• Stan McKay (OM ANC), as named by the Aboriginal Ministries Council
• Jim Angus (Lay BC), as named by the Aboriginal Ministries Council

Partnership Review Task Group (April 2012)

• Roger Hutchinson (Lay Tor)
• Jane Griffiths (OM M&O)
• Kerri Hagerman (OM Tor)
• Jeff Smith (Lay BC), Chairperson, as named by PC-Programs for Mission and Ministry

Task Group on United Church–Hindu Relations Today (April 2012)

• Paul Younger (Lay Tor)
• Sita Dookeran (Lay MNWO)
• Diane Dwarka (Lay MNWO)
• Aruna Alexander (OM BQ), as named by the Theology and Inter-Church Inter-Faith Committee

Steering Group on Recruitment (GC41, August 2012)

• Erin Burns (Lay BQ)
• Ross Lockhart (OM BC)
• Shannon McCarthy (OM MNWO)
• Richard Chung (OM BC)
• Gordon Staples (Lay Ham), as named by PC-Ministry Employment Policies and Services

Steering Group on the Candidacy Pathway (GC41, August 2012)

• Stuart Robbins (Lay ANW)
• Susan Sullivan (Lay BC)
• Cindy Bourgeois (Lay Tor)
• Annika Sangster (DM Mar)
• Bob K. Fillier (OM BQ)
• Lynda Gow (DM ANW), as named by PC-Ministry Employment Policies and Services
• Linsell Hurd (OM Sask), as named by PC-Ministry Employment Policies and Services
• Bob Lockhart (OM Mar), as named by PC-Programs for Mission and Ministry

Task Group on Disability Policies and Procedures (June 2011)

• John Keddy (Lay M&O)
• Donald Linkletter (OM Lon)
• Jack Spencer (OM Mar), as named by PC-Ministry Employment Policies and Services

Representative of The United Church of Canada to the Church Council on Justice and Corrections (June 2013)

• Nancy Steeves (OM ANW)

Representative of The United Church of Canada to the Canadian Centre for Ecumenism (June 2012)

• Eric Hebert-Daly (Lay M&O), reappointment

Representatives of The United Church of Canada to the Roman Catholic–United Church of Canada Dialogue (June 2013)

• Allan Buckingham (Lay ANW), reappointment
• David Lee (Lay M&O), reappointment

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