Who's Involved

Keynote Speaker Rev. Michael Pountney, Ed.D., D.D., Michael is a priest and preacher, teacher and author, and Honorary Associate at St. Matthias Anglican Church, Victoria. Formerly Principal of Wycliffe College, Toronto, Parish Priest in Montreal, and staffworker for IVCF Canada, Michael recently completed four years with IFES Eurasia developing leadership for university ministry in the countries of the former Soviet Union. A lover of liturgy, Michael has a passion for uncovering truth contained in a wide variety of artistic expressions, with particularly strong interest in Film and Literature. Panel Presenters: Julia Stobbe is a Masters student at Carey Theological Seminary and Child / Youth Ministries Coordinator for West shore Alliance Church. Julia is a gifted photographer and grass-roots writer. Her thought provoking blog has been quoted in the works of several well known women in the Emerging Church genre. Jenny Hainsworth is the choir director and resident iconographer at All Saints of Alaska Orthodox church in Victoria, where her husband is parish priest. Her formal education includes a diploma in Classical Studies and a BA (hons) in the History and Structure of the English language (UBC)and ‘one sixth of a PhD’ in the same. Jenny is the mother of two energetic young daughters…and she really likes pie! James Kingsley is a graduate of the University of Victoria Fine Arts Department. As a fan of modern communication James maintins several blog sites with regard to the Arts, local church, and various theological ponderings. James is currently living/working as an intern for The Place at Lambrick Park Church. Doug Farr is a multi-instrumentalist, ‘deepthinking’ music instructor with a knack for making the harmonica sound classic, and the flute like an electric guitar... Other Contributors Matthew Christopher Davidson Contemporary Contemplative Service and Conference Development Randy Hein Panel Moderator As pastor of the Place and last year's keynote speaker (download the transcript here), we're happy to have Randy return this year and lead us through a time of presentation and q&a with a number of local artists. Daniel & Nancy Mari guitar and cello Christine Neufeld Conference Coordinator, workshop facilitator Christine has been pulling so many strings for this thing that we're just gonna start calling her our resident pupeteer (sp?) Jason Nobel Artist, workshop facilitator