Our Mandate

The Healthy Church Task Force meets monthly to fulfill its mandate, which is: 
​     to foster congregational health within the churches of Classis Alberta North by means of the following:
  1. ​Cultivating pastor-church relationships
  2. Dispatching appropriate resources for congregations, councils and pastors
  3. Strengthening, supporting and challenging pastors, their spouses and families
  4. ​Encouraging the active participation of congregations, councils and pastors in restorative justice efforts within their communities
  5. Creating a roster of local skilled and trained and qualified mediators, restorative practice facilitators, church consultants, professional counselors and specialized transitional ministers.
  6. Exercise intentional cooperation and appropriate reporting of its work to the Classical Interim Committee (CIC) and Pastor-Church Resources (PCR).​
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Task Force Members (as of Dec 2019):
Joanne Munro, restorative justice mediator, (term ends 2019)
Anita Veldhuisen Slomp, restorative justice mediator, (2019)
Peter VanderBeek, STM, regional pastor, (2019)
Melle Pool, church visitor co-ordination, (2019)
Janet Vlieg-Paquette, secretary, (2019) 
Gary Bomhof, church counsellor, regional pastor (2020)
Henry Kranenburg, regional pastor (term ends 2022)
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Other activities by which we fulfill our Mandate above:
  • Annual Retreat
  • Education
  • Facilitation of themed circle conversations
  • Mediation
  • Linking people to appropriate counselling if needed
  • Church Visiting coordination and training
  • Re-imagining Church Visiting
  • Regional Pastors
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Image from Pastor-Spouse retreat 2016 - reflective walk
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Image from Pastor-Spouse retreat 2016 - reflective walk
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Image from Pastor-Spouse retreat 2016 - closing worship
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Group photo from Ministry Renewal Retreat 2018