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Westminster-St.Paul's
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Rev.
Karla Wubbenhorst, B.A., MDiv
 Karla
has felt called to the ordained ministry since
she was 13. After completing a Classics degree at the
University of King’s College and Dalhousie
University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and her
Divinity studies at Regent College in Vancouver
and Presbyterian College in Montreal, she
sojourned in Scotland for 6 years, doing
graduate study in Theology and teaching
Christian Doctrine and Ethics at the University
of Aberdeen.
For the 2004-5 academic year she taught
at Presbyterian College and McGill University in
Montreal.
Karla was ordained on Pentecost Sunday
(May 15th) 2005 and was inducted as
minister at Westminster-St. Paul’s on September
11th.
After various student ministry positions
in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia; St. Lambert, Quebec;
Papa Westray; Orkney Islands (Scotland) and
Aberdeen (Scotland). Karla is now enjoying building
a relationship with this first congregation of
her own.
Karla is happiest when reading about God,
talking with someone about God, or travelling
someplace.
She is inspired by the writing of John
Calvin, C. S. Lewis and Eugene Peterson.
She hopes to add a cat, Luther and a
greyhound, Calvin to her household quite soon.
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Brian Garner,
BA, MTA
 Brian
was raised on a large dairy farm at Embro,
Ontario, seventh of thirteen children in a
very musical family. At age seventeen he was
hired as Organist/Choirmaster at Knox
Presbyterian Church, across the park from
his home Church, Knox United Church. Since
that time he has served in a similar
capacity in various Congregations throughout
Southern Ontario and Texas. Brian returned
to university and graduated from the Honours
Bachelor of Music Therapy programme at the
University of Windsor. During his studies,
Brian was Organist/Choir leader at Riverside
Presbyterian Church and joined that
Congregation. Following Music Therapy
Internship in New York, Brian returned to
Canada. In May, 1999 he moved to Richmond,
TX to take a Music Therapist position at
Richmond State School, promoted to
Coordinator of Music Therapy after seventeen
months. Brian also managed the Cultural Arts
Program Series and was Chair of the
Education/Training Safety Committee at RSS.
For the last three years in Texas, Brian was
Organist at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church,
Rosenberg. In January, 2006, Brian returned
home to Canada and is presently living in
Cambridge, providing Music Therapy for a
number of area residential seniors’
facilities as well as private sessions in
the KW area for individuals with
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| Margaret Burnett, B.A. (Hons)
 Margaret
has been at Westminster-St. Paul’s as the church administrator since
2001. In addition to administrative and secretarial duties, she acts as
the envelope secretary, recording donations and issuing official
receipts. Margaret is very much a “people person” and enjoys contact
with church members. She also manages a summer program with teens from
Europe who come to Canada to learn English. In this role, she certainly
gets her quota of people contact! Margaret enjoys challenge and has
given many hours of volunteer time to the Canadian Mental Health
Association, the Learning Disabilities Association and United Way.
Margaret’s children are young adults and are in the process of leaving
the nest. However, she and her husband are not lonely as they share
their home with a small menagerie of pets. |
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