Chris serves with the congregations of Knox, Thedford and St. Andrew’s, Watford and is beginning her 23rd year of ministry there. Chris loves her family (the amazingly patient husband Jesse and the amazingly surprising daughter Clare, and amazing miracle brother Terry in Switzerland – plus the dogs!) and their home amid the Carolinian forest near Lake Huron, in the community of Port Franks. Chris is an avid gardener and enjoys sports: she plays two pitch softball, and ball hockey in the summer and steps onto the ice for hockey with the Crosscheckers. Chris enjoys reading and all kinds of music, from Gregorian chant and Bach to Bruce Springsteen and Jann Arden to Andrew Peterson, Steven Curtis Chapman and Sara Groves. Chris is looking forward to the home renovations being done, and having more time with her guitar. Chris’ passion for vital worship and rural ministry is rooted in her love of God, the outdoors and the wonderful people who have enriched her life and ministry in rural congregations and communities across Canada and around the world. Chris has a Doctor of Ministry degree from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Texas, has been a three time grant recipient (with Peter Bush) from the Calvin Institute for Christian Worship in Grand Rapids, MI, and led worship workshops across Canada.