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Greetings from Doug Craig
Our new minister, Douglas Craig, starts July 1 at Wesley but will be on vacation until August 1, 2010
The
following is some brief information about our new minister. This
page will be updated in August when he arrives at Wesley.
Reverend
Douglas (Doug) William Craig was ordained in June 1986 at St.
Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Saskatoon, Sk. His
undergraduate degree is in Education and he received his Masters of
Divinity from Montreal Theological College and McGill University. In
the Presbyterian Church he served in Flin Flon, Manitoba, Portage la
Prairie, Mb., North Battleford, Sk.
In November of 1994,
Doug and his life partner Milo Spooner Craig took an appointment in the
United Church to a 6 point pastoral charge in southern Manitoba;
Waskada, Goodlands, Lyleton, Coulter, Countervale and Pierson known as
the Cornerstone Pastoral Charge.
Doug was received into the United Church in June 2000.
Doug
leaves his present ministry at St. Andrew’s United Church,
Yorkton, Sk, where he has been sharing ministry with his life partner
Rev. Milo Spooner Craig to join us at Wesley.
Doug is
father to two adult sons, Jordan and Eden and Papa to Hanna and Logan
and will be celebrating 35 years of marriage to Milo this July 26th!
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Greetings from Kim Antosh
I
began my ministry work here at Wesley in January of 2004 after serving as a
volunteer and a lay minister in different congregations for years. I completed
the Lay Pastoral Ministry in Training program in June 2006 and was recognized
as a Lay Pastoral Minister by Saskatchewan Conference in June 2007.
I
understand ministry to be about bringing a faith perspective to our daily
lives, about encouraging others to work with me to explore their faith, seek
justice for the world and themselves, to offer our gifts and skills to the
church and to be open to experiencing God in our everyday lives. Together we
will work to bring about the kind of world that God created for us.
I
believe I bring to ministry a friendly outgoing approach to people, a passion
for exploring biblical texts in light of new learnings and a passion Christian
development of all age. I also bring a love for preaching and pastoral care, a
high degree of enthusiasm and energy, a keen sense of humour, ideas for worship
and growth in the congregation and a desire to see the church reach out into
the community.
In recent years my theology has been shaped by the work
of John Spong, Marcus Borg, Dom Crossan, Gretta Vosper other theologians on the
cutting edge. I am engaged in the search for new images of a non theistic God
and new language to communicate that. My Common Life Program enriches my life
and challenges me to continue to grow in faith and action. I have learned that
it is in the community of the church, both in the congregation and in the wider
courts, where our experience of God comes most alive. I experience Wesley as a
community where many do experience God in our worship and work as a community
of faith.
Beyond the congregation of Wesley I serve the wider
church in a variety of ways. I am past chair of Wascana Presbytery and Vice
Convenor of the Sask. Conference Division of Finance and Administration. I am
currently part of the leadership team for the two year program at Calling Lakes
Centre that prepares people to be licensed as Lay
Worship Leaders.
It
is an honour and a privilege to be in ministry with the faithful people of Wesley United
Church.
Kim
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