
Leaders
Pastor
Dr. Wilson Nelson
Senior Pastor
Bio:
Wilson has pastored for over two decades, before which he had a career as an athletic coach.
Originally from the Southern United States, Wilson and his wife, Mary
Winn, moved to Calgary and began serving with Trinity in February 2009.
Director of Student Ministry
Jamie Daughtry
Bio: Jamie is originally from Georgia and
joined the staff at Trinity in the fall of '09, after ministering in BC
and Calgary over the past couple of years.
Elders
Robin Kemna
Bio:
Robin has been a part of Trinity since the late 1990s, and became part of the Elders Team in 2009.
He is married with five children.
Mark
Vanderham
Bio:
Mark has ministered in both
eastern and western Canada. He has been a part of the Trinity family
since 2004 and has served on the Elders Team since 2006. He is married
with four youth and adult children.
Sam
Wang
Bio: Sam has been a part of the Trinity
family for over ten years. He is married with three children.
Patou
Zeleke
Bio:
Patou has been a part of the Trinity family since the
early-1990s, served as youth pastor for many years, and now
works in the engineering field while serving as Elder. He was
born in Ethiopia, raised in Eastern Canada, and moved to
Calgary during his university years. He is married with two children.
Deacons
Deacons are responsible for practical acts of service, supplying material needs, and literally "table service." They minister within the church family through active help with respect to the basic necessities of life. The essential question asked by a deacon is, "What can we do to encourage/ help you?" Deacons are charged with the ministry of service within the church. Contact any deacon through trinity@trinitybaptist.ca.
Peter
Barten
Bio: Peter has been a member of Trinity for
four years and is married with two children.
Terry Nelson
Bio:
Terry has been a part of the
Trinity family since 1998 and has served as deacon since January 2004.
He is married with two children and two grandchildren.
Graham Hardy
Bio: Graham has been part of the Trinity Baptist church family since 2004. He is married and has three children.
Administration
Dawn Wipf
Position:Treasurer
Bio:
Dawn was born in a town just
south of Calgary, and has lived in Alberta and Yukon Territory. She has
been a part of this church family since the 1970s and has led Trinity
in financial trust and accountability, as treasurer, for nearly two
decades. Dawn has two children and four grandchildren.
Diane Kilbride
Position:
Church Clerk/Envelope
Secretary/Trustee
Bio:
Diane has been a part of the Trinity family since the late 1970s. She is involved in many areas of
ministry within Trinity, and has served as Church Clerk since the early
1990s. Diane was a school teacher in the Calgary Public School system.
She has three children, and three grandchildren.