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PARISH
LIFE
History of our
Church
Junior Church
Groups and Committees
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The Rector
and Staff
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The Rev. Kelly
Baetz
Kelly and her husband Paul moved to Bracebridge from Toronto
in 2006. Northern Ontario is her first home, having grown up
near
Thunder Bay her first home,
and then in Sault Ste. Marie.
Kelly received her Master
of Divinity degree from Wycliffe
College, and
prior to that a Bachelor of Journalism from Carleton
University. She has done extensive youth ministry work in the
Diocese of Algoma, and continues to be passionate about
reaching the next generation with the love of Christ
and the
challenge of Christian living. An
Anglican since the age of 8,
Kelly is familiar
with a broad range of Anglican worship styles and
is
happy to offer a variety of services reflecting these
styles at
St. Thomas'. Kelly and Paul have 2 children, Gregory
and Claire.
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The Rev.
Barbara Graham -
Deacon Associate
Barbara was born in England where she
trained as a State and
Sick
Children Registered Nurse. She came to Canada to nurse
in
1955 and met a theology student in Saskatoon who
became a
missionary priest in the Diocese of the
Arctic, where they married
and had 3 children. Due to
her husband's health problems, they
came south to
Ontario in 1975 where he was rector of the Milford
Bay,
Port Carling, Mortimer's Point and Beaumaris churches, and
later Archdeacon of Muskoka. He retired to Bracebridge
in 1988
and died in August 1991. Barbara was a
Parochial and Diocesan
Layreader. After completing
an A.Th. and B.Th from Thornloe
University, she was
invited by the Bishop to become a Vocational
Deacon and
ordained in 2004. Barbara continues to serve her Lord
at St. Thomas', the local hospital, Fenbrook
Federal Institution
(especially with Inuit offenders),
and as Muskoka Deanery Warden
of Layreaders.
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Francie Rimmington
Office Administrator
Bob and Nancy Hyslop
Caretakers
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James Wells - Organist and Choir
Director
James is a
versatile musician whose professional activities
encompass conducting, piano teaching, choral singing,
accompanying, and vocal coaching. He holds an
undergraduate degree in Music Education from the
University of Toronto, a Master's degree in Choral
Conducting (with distinction) from Westminster Choir
College in Princeton, New Jersey, and has completed the
coursework for the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. During his
residency at the U of I, James worked as a répétiteur
and assistant conductor for Illinois Opera Theatre in
the School of Music and as Musical Director for the
Department of Theatre. Subsequently he was appointed
Assistant Professor of Theatre at Oakland University in
Rochester, Michigan. Soon after returning to his native
Toronto in 2003, James was Director of Music at the
Anglican Church of St. Wilfrid in Etobicoke, Founder and
Artistic Director of voxworks, and sang with the Toronto
Oratory Vespers Choir. Along with a wide range of other
musical expertise, including the musical direction of
over thirty operas and musicals, James has brought over
twenty-five years of experience in church music to St.
Thomas’ Anglican in Bracebridge. James and his wife,
mezzo-contralto Nancy Reynolds, live happily in Barrie
with their three cats, Finzi, Jerome, and Thomas. They
maintain a private studio where they teach piano,
singing, and theory. As well as playing his concert
grand Bechstein, James enjoys books, theatre, gardening,
baseball, golf, and model trains. |
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Caroline Sokoloski
People's Warden
Phil Gunyon
Rector's Warden
Peter
May
Deputy
Warden |
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Caroline Sokoloski
Human Resources and Volunteer
Screening |
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