Our Team

Elders

Robbie Symons

Robbie Symons

Lead Pastor of Preaching and Vision Read Robbie’s bio.

(905) 827-4888 ex 240 cschuurman@hopeoakville.ca

Greg McFarlane

Greg McFarlane

Executive Pastor and Missions

(905) 827-4888 ex 251 jmaxwell@hopeoakville.ca

Bahy Mehany

Bahy Mehany

Elder

Chris Dias

Chris Dias

Elder

Tom Warren

Tom Warren

Elder

Lucien Mubumbyi

Lucien Mubumbyi

Elder

Care & Shepherding

Chris Orford

Chris Orford

Pastor of Care & Shepherding

(905) 827-4888 ex 203 corford@hopeoakville.ca

Nancy Scott

Nancy Scott

Administrative Assistant

(905) 827-4888 ex 229 nscott@hopeoakville.ca

Communications

Cliff Cline

Cliff Cline

Pastor of Worship & Communications

(905) 827-4888 ex 245 ccline@hopeoakville.ca

Jonathan Carmichael

Jonathan Carmichael

Director of Creative and Communications

(905) 827-4888 jonathanc@hopeoakville.ca

Mark Chang

Mark Chang

Graphic Designer
mchang@hopeoakville.ca

Nagham Abdelmesih

Nagham Abdelmesih

Communications Assistant nabdelmesih@hopeoakville.ca

Sean Jones

Sean Jones

Communications Assistant seanj@hopeoakville.ca

Discipleship Ministries

Earl Marshall

Earl Marshall

Pastor of Training & Discipleship

(905) 827-4888 ex 236 emarshall@hopeoakville.ca

Veronica Alger

Veronica Alger

Executive Assistant to Hope Institute

(905) 827-4888 ex 239 valger@hopeoakville.ca

Events & Conferences

Natasha Penny

Natasha Penny

Director of Events and Connections

(905) 827-4888 ex 210 natashap@hopeoakville.ca

Jocelyn Carmichael

Jocelyn Carmichael

Administrative Assistant Events & Connections

(905) 827-4888 ex 237 jcarmichael@hopeoakville.ca

Sarina Tabet

Sarina Tabet

Events and Special Projects Coop Student stabet@hopeoakville.ca

Executive Assistants

Cathy Schuurman

Cathy Schuurman

Executive Assistant to Robbie Symons

(905) 827-4888 ex 240 cschuurman@hopeoakville.ca

Judy Maxwell

Judy Maxwell

Executive Assistant to Greg McFarlane

(905) 827-4888 ex 251 jmaxwell@hopeoakville.ca

Facilities

Fraser Maxwell

Fraser Maxwell

Facility Manager

(905) 827-4888 ex 220 fmaxwell@hopeoakville.ca

Sean Hewer

Sean Hewer

Family Ministries

Karl Whittingstall

Karl Whittingstall

Chelisa McKee

Chelisa McKee

Hope Kids Accessibility and Jr Worker Coordinator

(905) 827-4888ex 315 cmckee@hopeoakville.ca

Deb Bartels

Deb Bartels

Youth Administrative Assistant

(905) 827-4888 ex 224 dbartels@hopeoakville.ca

Gourville Bezuidenhout

Gourville Bezuidenhout

Family Ministries Coordinator

(905) 827-4888 ex 254 gbezuidenhout@hopeoakville.ca

Maddie Burella

Maddie Burella

Hope Kids Classroom and Volunteer Coordinator

(905) 827-4888 ex 315 mburella@hopeoakville.ca

Owen Kurvits

Owen Kurvits

Hope Kids Coordinator

(905) 827-4888 ex 233 okurvits@hopeoakville.ca

Paola Fuentes

Paola Fuentes

Hope Kids Administrative Assistant

(905) 827-4888 ex 222 pfuentes@hopeoakville.ca

Shannon Rowse

Shannon Rowse

Hope Kids Classroom Coordinator

(905) 827-4888 ex 315 srowse@hopeoakville.ca

Finance

Michael Joshua

Michael Joshua

Director of Finance

(905) 827-4888 ex 208 mjoshua@hopeoakville.ca

Carol Ann Wittek

Carol Ann Wittek

Staff Accountant, Revenues

(905) 827-4888 ex 207 cwittek@hopeoakville.ca

Ivanka Bridgland

Ivanka Bridgland

Staff Accountant, Payables

(905) 827-4888 ex 330 ibridgland@hopeoakville.ca

Judith Guzman

Judith Guzman

Senior Accountant

(905) 827-4888 ex 248 jguzman@hopeoakville.ca

Julia Silvestre

Julia Silvestre

Bookstore Manager

(905) 827-4888 ex 226 jsilvestre@hopeoakville.ca

Rebecca EcKert

Rebecca EcKert

Administrative Assistant 

(905) 827-4888 ex 209 reckert@hopeoakville.ca

Groups

Greg Vanderleeuw

Greg Vanderleeuw

Pastor of Group Life Ministries

(905) 827-4888 ex 258 cvargas@hopeoakville.ca

Claudia Vargas

Claudia Vargas

Group Life Administrative Assistant

(905) 827-4888 ex 258 cvargas@hopeoakville.ca

George Schuurman

George Schuurman

Pastor of Recovery & Discipleship, Men’s Ministry

(905) 827-4888 ex 202 gschuurman@hopeoakville.ca

Sarah Dobrenski

Sarah Dobrenski

Director of Women’s Groups

(905) 827-4888 ex 256 sdobrenski@hopeoakville.ca

Hospitality

Michael Sintichakis

Michael Sintichakis

Hospitality Manager

(905) 827-4888 ex 238 msintichakis@hopeoakville.ca

Madison Penny-Betts

Madison Penny-Betts

Hospitality Administrative Assistant / Barista mbetts@hopeoakville.ca  

Missions & Compassion

Judith Alexander

Judith Alexander

Compassion Coordinator

(905) 827-4888 ex 243 jalexander@hopeoakville.ca

Brittany Greier

Brittany Greier

Compassion Administrative Assistant

(905) 827-4888 ex 249 bgreier@hopeoakville.ca

Michelle Agnew

Michelle Agnew

Compassion Ministry Support

(905) 827-4888 ex 247 magnew@hopeoakville.ca

Production

Brandon Beckman

Brandon Beckman

Director of Worship & Production

(905) 827-4888 ex 215 bbeckman@hopeoakville.ca

Marc Dalzell

Marc Dalzell

Weekend Producer/Audio Engineer mdalzell@hopeoakville.ca

Michael Murad

Michael Murad

Music & Production Coordinator mmurad@hopeoakville.ca

Rachel Talabis

Rachel Talabis

Video Production Coordinator rtalabis@hopeoakville.ca

Reception

Karen Higginson

Karen Higginson

Leona Marchese

Leona Marchese

Nancy Scott

Nancy Scott

Administrative Assistant

(905) 827-4888 ex 229 nscott@hopeoakville.ca

Tina Buys

Tina Buys

Recovery & Discipleship

George Schuurman

George Schuurman

Pastor of Recovery & Discipleship

(905) 827-4888 ex 202 gschuurman@hopeoakville.ca

Senior's Ministry

Stu Jones

Stu Jones

Pastor of Seniors’ Care

(905) 827-4888 ex 212 sjones@hopeoakville.ca

Nancy Scott

Nancy Scott

Administrative Assistant

(905) 827-4888 ex 229 nscott@hopeoakville.ca

Soul Care

Nathan Penny

Nathan Penny

Pastor of Soul Care Ministries

(905) 827-4888 soulcare@hopeoakville.ca

Grant Hutchison

Grant Hutchison

Pastor of Congregational Care

(905) 827-4888 soulcare@hopeoakville.ca

Andrea Chiang

Andrea Chiang

Soul Care Biblical Counsellor

(905) 827-4888 soulcare@hopeoakville.ca

Betty Ventresca

Betty Ventresca

Care Coordinator for Soul Care

(905) 827-4888 ex 227 bventresca@hopeoakville.ca

Kristen Akinsulie

Kristen Akinsulie

Development and Resource Coordinator for Soul Care

(905) 827-4888 kakinsulie@hopeoakville.ca

Ken Hisey

Ken Hisey

Director of Classes for Soul Care

(905) 827-4888 soulcare@hopeoakville.ca

Tami Swartz

Tami Swartz

Soul Care Biblical Counsellor

(905) 827-4888 soulcare@hopeoakville.ca

Worship

Cliff Cline

Cliff Cline

Pastor of Worship & Communications

(905) 827-4888 ex 245 ccline@hopeoakville.ca

Brandon Beckman

Brandon Beckman

Director of Worship & Production

(905) 827-4888 ex 215 bbeckman@hopeoakville.ca

Luis Vargas

Luis Vargas

Music Director

(905) 827-4888 ex 216 lvargas@hopeoakville.ca

Jonathan Talabis

Jonathan Talabis

Worship and Production Coordinator jtalabis@hopeoakville.ca

Residents

Brandon VandenDool

Brandon VandenDool

Pastoral Resident bvandendool@hopeoakville.ca

Noah Huisman

Noah Huisman

Missions Resident nhuisman@hopeoakville.ca