Mission Centre Leadership Team

Community of Christ in Canada is led by a team of five directors, each responsible for a key area of mission and ministry, including congregation and leadership development, camping and campgrounds sustainability, outreach and innovative mission, communications, and shared services. Together, they form the Mission Centre President Team. To learn more about the work of the directors and to find their contact information, please click the button below.

CANADIAN LEADERSHIP TEAM

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Mission Centre Staff

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

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

Melissa Freer
Camping & Event Coordinator
[email protected]
888-411-7537 ext. 24
519-822-4150 ext. 24​

• Camping Director support
  
• Participate in recruitment of seasonal roles for camps
  
• Verify PAL certification and training
  
• Maintain and update camping ministry records: registration, liability waivers, attendance logs, consent forms, staff lists 
  
• Mentor camp business managers / lifeguards and counsellors
  Financial administration of camping  reports

Troy Roach (he/him/his)
IT Coordinator
[email protected]
519-404-3357

• Supports technology systems of Community of Christ in Canada.
  
• Coordinates digital tools and manages access to email, files, and online systems.
  
• Oversees the technical infrastructure for websites and online platforms.
  
• Works with external technology partners to maintain reliable and secure services.
  
• Plans and supports technology needs for mission centre meetings and events.
  
• Supports IT strategy.

Debra Donohue
Creating Connection Program 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 Community Gatherings | Creating Connection Canada.

Hamanpreet Kaur
Administrative and Bookkeeping Support
[email protected]
888-411-7537 ext. 29
519-822-4150 ext. 29

• Investment Statements, HIEH and Membership Lists
  
• CFO Support, including Shelby and World Church Reconciliations
  
• Mail Management
  
• Invoicing for risk (insurance), website, HIEH and assessment quota
  
• Contribution receipting and Pre-Authorized Transfer (PAT)
  

Jeanny Jakobsen
Operations Specialist
Communications Team
[email protected]

• Collects and organizes information regarding news, updates, events, conferences, congregations, and campgrounds.  
• Manages event calendars
• Coordinates the Canadian directory of congregations and camps, processing updates upon request.
• Assists with newsletters' distribution and website updates
• Provides technical support for key online events

Quinlan Stevenson
Communications Coordinator
Communications Team
[email protected]

• Manages websites
• Manages mailing lists and newsletters
• Manages social media publications and content scheduling
• Develops audience segmentation systems 
  
• Tracks audience engagement on social media
• Assists with live event scheduling and support​

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. 
• Performs orders or cancellations of subscriptions for the Herald In Every Home program.

Steve Thompson
Mission Centre Historian
[email protected]

• Compiles history annual reports/Christ’s Mission
• Compiles World Church related issues
• Congregations (active historian) receiving annual reports for church 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)

CANADIAN LEADERSHIP TEAM