Our bold and audacious vision is for The Presbyterian Church in Canada and its congregations to be restored to Biblical orthodoxy and be revived by The Holy Spirit.

2024
The Annual Reports for the year ending December 31, 2024, considered at the Annual General Meeting on May 3, 2025, and the Minutes of the previous Annual General Meeting on April 20, 2024, may be downloaded in PDF format. Also posted is the Renewal Fellowship’s revised Constitution, as approved at the annual general meeting on Saturday, May 3, 2025, and available for download in printable PDF format.

2023
The Annual Reports for the year ending December 31, 2023, considered at the Annual General Meeting on April 20, 2024, and the Minutes of the previous Annual General Meeting on March 25, 2023, may be downloaded in PDF format.

2022
The Annual Reports for the year ending December 31, 2022, considered at the Annual General Meeting on March 25, 2023, and the Minutes of the previous Annual General Meeting on April 30, 2022, may be downloaded in PDF format.

2021
The Annual Reports for the year ending December 31, 2021, considered at the Annual General Meeting on April 30, 2022, and the Minutes of the previous Annual General Meeting on April 17, 2021, may be downloaded in PDF format.

2020
The Annual Reports for the year ending December 31, 2020, considered at the Annual General Meeting on April 17, 2021, and the Minutes of the previous Annual General Meeting on April 25, 2020, may be downloaded in PDF format.

2019
The Annual Reports and Balance Sheet and Reviewer’s Report for the year ending December 31, 2019, considered at the Annual General Meeting on April 25, 2020, and the Minutes of the previous Annual General Meeting on April 6, 2019, may be downloaded in PDF format.

2018
The Annual Reports and Financial Statements for the year ending December 2018 considered at the Annual General Meeting on April 6, 2019, and the Minutes of the previous Annual General Meeting on March 3, 2018: Click here for the PDF version.

2017
The Annual Reports for the year ending December 2017 considered at the Annual General Meeting on March 3, 2018, and the Minutes of the previous Annual General Meeting on April 22, 2017: Click here for the PDF version.
Financial Statements for the year ending December 2017: Click here for the PDF version.

2016
Annual Reports for the year ending December 2016 considered at the Annual General Meeting on April 22, 2017, and the Minutes of the previous Annual General Meeting on March 5, 2016: Click here for the PDF version.

For many years, congregations have formally indicated their partnership in our ministry with a minimum annual gift of $100.00. From September 2022 to the end of August 2023, Renewal Fellowship received a total of $18,514 from 14 congregations. Amounts ranged from $100 to $3,499 in lump sums or installments. Here is a listing of supporting congregations for 2022-23.

Become a Supporting Congregation!

St. Mark’s Presbyterian Church, 7 Tamarac Ave., Charlottetown PE
stmarksprespei.org 902-892-5255 – Ministers – Thomas and Paula Hamilton

St. James Presbyterian Church, 275 Newcastle Blvd., Miramichi NB
506-622-1648

Parkwood Presbyterian Church, 10 Chesterton Dr., Ottawa ON
parkwoodchurch.ca 613-225-6648 – Minister – James T. Hurd

Bridlewood Presbyterian Church, 2501 Warden Ave., Scarborough ON
bridlewoodpc.org 416-497-5959 – Minister – Joseph Choi

Grace West Hill Presbyterian Church, 447 Port Union Rd., Scarborough ON
gracewesthill.ca 416-284-8424 – Minister – Alvin Kim

Vaughan Community Church, 200 Racco Parkway, Thornhill ON
vccem.com 905-881-2999 – Minister – Young Min Koh

St. Andrew’s Islington, 3819 Bloor St. W., Etobicoke ON
standrewsislington.org 416-233-9800 – Minister – Sean Howard

Cheyne Presbyterian Church, 7 King St. W., Stoney Creek ON
cheynechurch.com 905-664-6043 – Minister – Matt Vazzari

St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 29 Bald St., Welland ON
standrewswelland.org/ 905-734-4831 – Minister – Ben Cousineau

St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 1 High St., Huntsville ON
standrewshuntsville.ca 705-789-7122 – Minister – Timothy Ferrier

St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 58 Seguin St., Parry Sound ON
standrewsps.ca 705-746-9612

Norman Kennedy Presbyterian Church, 5303 Sherwood Dr., Regina SK
nkpchurchregina.ca 306-543-9080 – Minister – Ronda Bosch

Knox Presbyterian Church, 2100 – 3rd St. S., Cranbrook BC
knoxcranbrook.ca 250-426-7165 – Minister – Jan-Hendrik du Plessis

First Presbyterian Church, 1139 Pine Ave., Trail BC
firstpctrail.ca 250-368-6066 – Ministers – Meridyth and Gavin Robertson

St. Columba Presbyterian Church, 2196 East 44th Ave., Vancouver BC
stcolumba-vancouver.ca 604-321-1030

A Supporting Congregation receives:

1. The satisfaction of knowing that it is helping to lead each other and The Presbyterian Church in Canada to authentic Biblical thinking, powerful Spirit-led prayer, and effective Gospel witness;
2. A listing among the Renewal Fellowship’s Supporting Congregations, with a link to the church’s website;
3. Priority consideration from the Executive Director to requests for consultation regarding concerns in the congregation and The Presbyterian Church in Canada;
4. Free use of the Renewal Fellowship’s Flaming Bush Logo on church signs and literature;
5. As many copies of the Renewal News and Prayer Calendar as requested;
6. God willing, a sense of energizing collegiality as a partner in a network of Presbyterians openly committed to the vitality and vigour of our denomination in the work of the gospel;
7. The prayers of our entire membership for the health of the congregation’s ministry in our Prayer Calendar;
8. The interest of individuals desiring to locate congregations that are supportive of renewal within The Presbyterian Church in Canada.

List of Supporting Congregations

In order to list your congregation on our website, send the following information to the Renewal Office at <renewalfellowshippcc@gmail.com>: Congregation’s name, address, presbytery, telephone, website, and the names(s) of the minister(s). It is wise to have Session approval for this.

Mail a cheque for a minimum $100 gift to the Renewal Fellowship Office, 3819 Bloor St. W., Etobicoke ON M9B 1K7. Alternatively, the gift can be made securely through Canada Helps using Visa or MasterCard, entering “Supporting Congregation” and the name of your congregation in the “Include a message for this charity” box.

To ensure that our information about supporting congregations continues to be accurate, an annual renewal reminder will be sent to the person who submitted the information.

Any questions? Call us at 226-229-1695 or 416-233-6581 or use the Renewal Fellowship Office e-mail.

Renewal Fellowship’s mission is “to lead each other and The Presbyterian Church in Canada to authentic Biblical thinking, powerful Spirit-led prayer, and effective Gospel witness.”

PCC Pastors Retreat. With a surplus from last year’s gathering and continued financial support from Vaughan Community Church, we are proceeding with a second retreat Nov. 6-8, 2023 at Queen of Apostles Renewal Centre in Mississauga. Details and registration info coming soon.

Renewal Café are small-group gatherings held via Zoom which are typically centred on a specific question or theme. (See Page 6.)

Listening Ear Here is a pool of mature believers who meet online (or in person if logistics allow) with individuals who need a listening ear. It’s not therapy, counseling or mentorship but an effort to facilitate a community and encourage believers. It’s a ministry for the listener as well as the speaker. If you need to talk about where you’re at in your walk of faith, if you have questions or if you just need to “unpack” we can pair you with a listener. This ministry is for adults of all ages and stages of life.

Daily prayer calendar under the leadership of Linda Shaw continues to find its way into the hands of believers who need encouragement and support.

Pray for GA is a dedicated campaign in the four weeks leading up to General Assembly which includes online prayer rooms praying prior to and during each sederunt. We started this in 2021. We will do the same this year.

GA Prayer Room: General Assembly Office is generously providing us with a dedicated Prayer Room during this year’s GA in Halifax. It will be open to all GA attendees prior to, during and after each sederunt. It will be a place for a morning devotion, sharing, debriefing and prayer during proceedings. It will be staffed by Executive Director Andy Cornell and faithful volunteers. (This initiative will be the focus of Andy’s travel budget in 2023.)

Renewal Day and AGM: For the first time since 2019, our annual gathering was held in person on Saturday, March 25. The event was also livestreamed, which allowed active participation whether in person or online. It was graciously hosted by St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Welland, Ontario. Our speaker was Cory McKenna, founder of The Cross Current, whose mission is to normalize sharing of the Gospel. Watch for the full story in the summer edition of The Renewal News.

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Sandy Copland Dufour

Sandy Copland Dufour – Sandy started life with missionary parents in Angola. She attended a missionary boarding school before returning to Canada. Her Mom was a faithful Sunday School teacher who taught her own kids and the local children the good news of Jesus. Her own kids got Sunday School in the local language as well as in English, and as a result, Sandy received the gift of new life with Jesus at a young age. The boarding school got all their students started on daily Bile reading and prayer, a habit that has continued throughout her life. Sandy was involved with the Interschool Christian Fellowship in high school and InterVarsity during university years. Following graduation, she travelled Ontario with the InterVarsity student team visiting rural area high school fellowships and as InterVarsity staff in the Toronto area. She spent several years teaching and then was able to work with humanitarian aid agencies in various places as a volunteer and then on a contract basis in east Africa. Meanwhile, Sandy was studying part time at the Toronto School of Theology. She was eventually ordained and has been working in churches in the Niagara Peninsula and more recently in Hamilton, Ontario. She is currently the Associate Minister at Cheyne Church in Stoney Creek, Ontario. She is delighted to support the Renewal Fellowship and to continue praying for God’s work throughout Canada.

Ronda Bosch

Ronda Bosch – By the grace of God, Ronda has had many and varied opportunities to serve her Saviour and Christian communities, almost from coast to coast. Her life and faith began in Sunny Corner, New Brunswick, where in home and church she was instructed, influenced, and molded to know Jesus, to love Him and to want to serve Him. Other significant influences on her faith journey were camps and retreats, and most significantly InterVarsity Christian Fellowship during her university years. The IVCF influence directed her to Regent College in 1979, the same year that Dr. J.I. Packer arrived there to teach theology. She thoroughly enjoyed her Regent and West Coast experiences – both in academics and in opportunities to serve in ministry positions, at one time being a youth leader in three Presbyterian and one United Church congregation all at the same time! She eventually settled into one ministry position at a time – serving on staff with IVCF; youth leader at Grace, West Hill, Ontario; ministry and educational leader for youth and adults at St. Andrew’s Guelph, Ontario; then 10 years of student development work within the Christian universities of Kings (Edmonton, Alberta) and Crandall (then ABU) in Moncton, New Brunswick. The hand of God guided and strengthened her through all the opportunities which brought her back to congregational ministry when she accepted a position in ministry partnership at Westwood in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and then was called in 2007 to serve as a Lay Missionary for the congregation of Norman Kennedy Presbyterian in Regina, Saskatchewan. The most exciting and enriching component to the ministry she has been privileged to lead has been the integration of other cultures in forming a loving, caring, and Spirit-filled worshipping community. Ronda longs to see The Presbyterian Church in Canada as a whole to be more intentional in valuing the Christian life, study, and passion of Christian sisters and brothers from other countries. Her prayer is for revival and renewal of the church, locally and nationally. She is married to and supported by her husband of 34 years Arend, and they have two adult sons.

Jinsil Park

Jinsil Park was born and raised in the Presbyterian Church in South Korea. Thanks to his father, Rev. Jangkyu
Park, Jinsil had many opportunities to learn about God and His Word. However, he always tried to run away from the love of God when he lived in South Korea. Before starting graduate school, Jinsil planned to go to Canada for about eight months. When he came to Canada in 2008, he only had three things in mind: travelling, learning about Canadian culture (including language) and making new friends. About a month later, his plan fell through due to the first car accident in his life. It was not a major injury, but he still needed some medical care. During the time, ironically, he was offered a ride to one of the Korean Presbyterian Churches in Toronto every Sunday, thanks to volunteers. At the church, Jinsil found peace and he could learn Kingdom culture and His Word. Later, Jinsil accepted Jesus Christ as his Saviour. He once was an enemy of God, but he became a friend of God. After his heart and eyes were open, he could see dramatic changes in his life. He decided to devote his life to studying God’s Word, to witness the life-changing power of the Gospel of Jesus Christ in Canada. In 2021, God brought Jinsil to Winnipeg to continue to fulfill his vow at Westwood Presbyterian Church, where he is minister of word and sacrament. Jinsil joined the board of directors in May, 2022.

Meridyth Robertson

Meridyth Robertson – Meridyth was born and raised in the Presbyterian Church. At 12 years of age while attending summer camp Meridyth gave her life to Jesus. In grade nine, she felt God calling her into ministry. Before heading to seminary, she attended Ewart College to obtain her diploma in Christian Education. Meridyth is in team ministry with her husband Gavin and they have recently celebrated 25 years at First Presbyterian in Trail, British Columbia, where they began their ministry. She has a passion for singing, especially contemporary Christian music. She feels blessed to be able to lead the congregation each Sunday as they lift their voices together in singing praise to God. Meridyth’s prayer for her congregation and for The Presbyterian Church in Canada is that we open ourselves to the moving of the Holy Spirit; it is her firm conviction that God has great things planned for both if we seek His leading in our lives. Meridyth has made two trips to the Holy Land, which have been life-changing for her. Having made these trips makes reading the Scriptures truly come alive for her. Meridyth plays several roles in her community: padre to the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 11, a volunteer hospital chaplain, and also often called upon to pray at various community events (Council inaugurations, senior teas, and the high school graduation). She very much enjoys game nights with her family. She is not ashamed to say she is hooked on Wordle! She is the mother of two adult children and a black lab Toby.

• Ronda Bosch (Secretary), Regina, Saskatchewan (2025)
• Allan Brouwer, Ingersoll, Ontario (2026)
• Sandra Copland Dufour (Chair), Hamilton, Ontario (2025)
• Rev. Jinsil Park, Winnipeg, Manitoba (2025)
• Rev. Meridyth Robertson, Trail British Columbia (2024)

• Rev. Andy Cornell <amcpastor1@gmail.com> (Executive Director and Renewal News Editor), Dresden, Ontario.
• Kyoungsoo Hwang <renewalfellowshipassistant@gmail.com> (Administrative Assistant), Simcoe, Ontario
• Linda Shaw <rfprayer@gmail.com> (Prayer Calendar Editor), Simcoe, Ontario
• Rev. Robin Ross <rross@telus.net> (Webmaster), Mission, British Columbia

For more information contact the Renewal Fellowship Office:
3819 Bloor Street West, Etobicoke, Ontario M9B 1K7
Telephone: 416-233-6581
E-mail: <renewalfellowshippcc@gmail.com>

Become a member or renew your membership:

1. Interac e-transfers are now being accepted as our preferred method for new membership and renewals, as they are quick and there are no deductions, as with Canada Helps or PAR. Through your financial institution, send to renewalfellowshippcc@gmail.com. Renewal Fellowship is registered for auto-deposit, so no password should be required. Donate $10 (or more) per household, entering “Membership” or “Membership Renewal”, the names of the members, and their email and postal addresses in the “Message” section so that tax receipts can be provided.

 

2. Use a credit card through Canada Helps – Fill out the form, entering a donation of $10 (or more) per household in the “Amount” box, and entering “Membership” or “Membership Renewal”, the names of the members, and their email and postal addresses in the “Send a message to this charity” section so that tax receipts can be provided.