Staff Directory

Canada West Mission Centre

Shannon McAdam
Mission Centre Co-President
[email protected]
877-411-2632 ext. 2

Convenes and facilitates meetings.
Supervises staff.
Encourages and supports new expressions of community and ministry such as Nurturing Spirit retreats.
Shannon has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Graceland University and a Master of Divinity degree from Vancouver School of Theology.
Shannon and her husband Matthew love playing board games in their spare time.

Kat Goheen
Mission Centre Co-President
[email protected]
877-411-2632 ext. 3

Pastor to the pastors.
A trained Spiritual Director.
Kat has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Graceland University and two masters degrees in biblical studies from Vancouver School of Theology.
Kat teaches music and is a companion to spiritual directors who are in training. She shares her love of music and laughter with her husband Jon and her two daughters.
Kat is a High Priest in Community of Christ.

Becky Middleton
Mission Centre Co-President
[email protected]

Elder in Community of Christ.
Pastor and financial officer for Senlac congregation.
Offers support and is an advisor while learning from other team members.
Retired farmer and federal retail business owner.
Becky lives on farm in Saskatchewan with her husband Doug.
Enjoys spending time with friends and family members, including 5 grandchildren.
Loves to travel in general, as well as volunteering in Honduras with World Accord..

Janine McCully
Mission Centre Recorder

Registers life events, such as births, deaths, marriages, blessings, ordinations, baptisms, divorces, address changes, and transfers into or out of congregations. These life events are then accessible for local, mission, and World church use.
Performs orders or cancellations of subscriptions for the Herald In Every Home program.

Steve Thompson
Mission Centre Historian
[email protected]

Compiles history (CWM) annual reports/Christ’s Mission
Compiles World Church related issues
Congregations (active historian) receiving annual reports for CWM records/process for World Church (Archivist) upon request
Congregations (non-active historian’s) recording basic/extensive records
Pastor contact for initializing historian/assisting appointed historian historical resume of history (request)/World Church referral (request)

Debra Donohue
Creating Connection Director
[email protected]
877-411-2632 ext. 4

Creates welcoming and meaningful activities by offering events that interest both church members and our communities.
Oversees projects in the Creating Connection division such as Coffee and Conversation, Nurturing Spirit Retreats and other events advertised on Meetup and Facebook.
To see upcoming events go to the Connections page or go to the Creating Connection Meetup group.

Heather Huffman
Accounting and Administrative Specialist
[email protected]
888-411-7537 ext. 23
519-822-4150 ext. 23

Accounting, including disbursements – World Church Canada, CEM, Projects
MCFO / Bishop of Canada support, including oblation – World Church, CEM
Contribution receipting and Pre-Authorized Transfer (PAT) – World Church, CEM, CWM
CFO support, including Shelby, CRA, and T3010 – CEM, CWM
Invoicing for payroll, risk (insurance), HIEH – CEM, CWM
Mission Centre Recorder and Congregational Recorder support – CEM

Jeanny Jakobsen
Operations Specialist
[email protected]