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Nancy has been the lead minister at Mount Seymour since 2004. Ordained in 1995, she has a natural, unpretentious way of leading worship, a spontaneous sense of humour and a passion for helping people connect with their faith in ways that shape and form their living. She is curious about new and creative ways of being church while staying rooted in the Christian tradition and is always up for a good theological conversation. A practitioner of Ignatian Spirituality, she values exploring the many ways people connect with the sacred both inside and outside of the church.
Nancy lives in North Vancouver with her partner Brenda, their two children Nathan and Joel, and their new little dog Georgia.
Nancy can be reached at nancytalbot@shaw.ca or by calling her confidential work phone: 604.929.4114
Carla is our Associate Minister of Community Outreach and Pastoral Care. She began at Mount Seymour with us in November 2017. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from UBC and graduated from the Vancouver School of Theology with her Masters of Theological Studies in 1998. She has spent time working in the church in Hanover and Durham, Ontario, and in a variety of volunteer positions at South Burnaby (now Jubilee) United Church.
She has a warm and welcoming personality and is approachable and easy to talk to. She is passionate about hearing and seeing how people live out what it means to be Christian in our current context.
Carla lives in Burnaby with her two teenage daughters, Angela and Heather. She is a life-long member and active volunteer with Girl Guides, and is currently a Pathfinder leader.
Carla can be reached at wilkscarla@gmail.com
Ross Shearer began last week as our Children’s Ministry Coordinator. He comes from Port Coquitlam and grew up attending Trinity United Church and participating in Children’s Ministry gatherings of the Pacific Mountain Region. Ross has worked since 2018 in various roles for Camp Spirit, the summer day camp for the United Church that is hosted by the Region, working as a director for Camp Spirit this past year.
Ross is trained in storytelling using the Godly Play method, which is familiar to us here at Mount Seymour. Ross is currently a student at Douglas College, where he is studying Social Sciences. He enjoys comedy, and a favourite TV show of his is Doctor Who.
Jenn is our Office Administrator and Communications Coordinator.
She is a born and raised North Van Mom with three fantastic young boys living a stones throw away from the church. Her background has been primarily in hospitality and customer service but in 2014, went back to school and studied new media design and web development at BCIT. Since graduating she has focused on digital marketing and social media.
The administration office is open Tuesday - Friday from 9:30am to 2pm
Call or drop by the office for rental inquires, event details and assistance.
Jenn can be reached at mtsuc@shaw.ca | 604.929.1336
Alexis Doss is our Thrift Shop Manager.
Alexis is a wife and mother of two children and one fur baby. She loves yoga, hiking and nature. She has worked in retail for over 20 years and has tons of experience with customer service.
Alexis loves the her role in the thrift shop and the impact the shop has in the community. She also loves the community that is built between the volunteers and staff as well.
For all Thrift Shop inquiries, Alexis can be reached at msthriftshop.alexis@gmail.com | 604.339.4399
Julian found his passion for music at an early age. His piano style combines elements of pop, jazz, Latin, blues, gospel and folk; his secondary instruments include voice, guitar, percussion and organ. For over twenty years, Julian has served as a music leader to United Church congregations and regional/national events. Several of his compositions have been included in the Seasons of the Spirit curriculum as well as the More Voices hymnbook.
Julian holds a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies from Capilano University, a Grade 10 Piano Diploma from the Royal Conservatory of Music, and a Master's in Business Administration from Royal Roads University. When not leading music at Mount Seymour, Julian can be found accompanying the Higher Ground Women's Ensemble, emulating Oscar Peterson and Billy Joel at local cocktail receptions and weddings, and accompanying choirs in his community. He is a manager with the Greater Vancouver YMCA and continues to be a popular choice for on-call music opportunities within BC and beyond.
Dominique Hogan has worked across Canada and the US as Artistic/Musical Director, Coach, Voice Teacher, Accompanist, Concert Producer, and Arranger. She is best known in Vancouver as the Founder and Artistic Director of Burstin’ with Broadway, a 175 member non-auditioned performance group/chorus in North Vancouver. Dominique was also the founding Director of the PALS Chorus a seniors choir in Vancouver, and has produced numerous fundraiser concerts in the lower mainland in the last decade.
Her biggest passion is teaching voice to adults and demystifying the myth of “tone-deafness”. She holds a MMus in Musical Direction for Lyric Opera and Musical Theatre (Arizona State University) under full scholarship, a BMus in Music Theory (McGill) and a DCS (Marianopolis College) in Music under full scholarship.
Check out dominiquehogan.com.
Marcus, originally from small-town Texas, has sung all over North America, Europe, Asia, Africa and the South Pacific, thanks to 10 years of missionary service. Since moving to Vancouver in 1986, he's performed in Ain't Misbehavin', Black and Gold Revue, and Show Boat; and earned a Jessie Richardson nomination for his starring role in his musical gospel creation, It's Time To Sing.
Six years ago Marcus formed The Sojourners, a roots gospel trio now with two acclaimed CDs to their name. The Sojourners conduct workshops, perform in festivals, and make media appearances across Canada and Europe. Last September, Marcus launched The Marcus Mosely Chorale, a 60-voice community gospel choir.
Marcus believes Gospel music is a major vehicle for emotional and spiritual release and expression. It is about joy and celebration. It opens up one’s heart and mind to unseen possibilities. His goal in directing the Gospel choir is to bring together a company of individuals who come from different backgrounds… different spiritual paths… different cultural experiences and to journey with them in an exploration of those “unseen possibilities”. If this interests you… all he asks is that you come with an open mind ready to sing.
Marcus can be reached at marcusmosely@shaw.ca