Letter to the Congregation

Dear People of St. Mark’s Church,

This note comes to you from The Rev. Kirk Summers (minister at Trinity York Mills), The Rev. Nick Renaud (minister at Knox Spadina) and Dr. Elizabeth Speers (member at St. John’s).

At its meeting of Tuesday, September 11th, 2023, The Presbytery of East Toronto formerly appointed the three of us as the Interim Moderator Team for your congregation. Together we replace The Rev. Ian Ross-McDonald who served as interim moderator, and The Rev. Maryka Potgieter who served as interim minster. They are no longer contact people for you.

In the absence of a Clerk of Session, our key points of contact are Bill O’Farrell, Representative Elder to the Presbytery, and Giftie Kwarko, Chair of the Board of Managers, Treasurer, and Chair of the Human Resources Committee. At their direction, we have also been corresponding with people who hold positions within St Mark’s. We are becoming increasingly aware of the realities of the last few years at St. Mark’s in an effort to support you well as you prepare for calling a minister and future seasons of ministry.”

Nick and Kirk are set to meet with the Session on Wednesday, September 27th at 7:00 p.m.

Pulpit supply and pastoral care are matters to which we attend. Further to urgent pastoral care, please feel free to contact Nick or Kirk.

We acknowledge that these are changing and challenging times for you as a congregation. We look forward to helping as best we can, in Christ, with Christ and for Christ.

Sincerely,

Kirk, Nick and Elizabeth

Kirk Summers minister@mytrinity.ca. 416.795.3542
Nick Renaud  nick@knoxtoronto.org  416. 921.-8993 x.3231
Elizabeth Speers elizabeth.speers59@gmail.com 416.737.0161