Sharon Leung

Sharon Leung is a pastor at Richmond Hill Christian Community Church and a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) in Ontario. She holds a Master of Divinity in Clinical Counselling from Tyndale University and a Master of Philosophy from the University of Hong Kong. Sharon is deeply committed to supporting individuals through grief and loss and has a strong passion for senior care, serving both within the church and the broader community.

Tom McCormick

Tom McCormick enjoys the interrelationships among several disciplines. He has a BA in philosophy and mathematics, an MA in Bible (Westminster Seminary, Philadelphia), a PhD in Humanities (Linguistics & Philosophy, University of Texas, Arlington), and a PhD in Philosophy (Institute for Christian Studies, Toronto). Tom also integrates praxis with thought, serving as a chaplain at Long Term & Residential Care Homes, teaching ESL, helping coordinate services for immigrants, assisting minority language groups overseas with literacy, development, and Bible translation, while helping to train consultants and literacy workers. He has taught mathematics, linguistics, reading theory, orthography design, philosophy, theology, education, qualitative research methods, and language acquisition. His books include Meditation: a Practical Guide to a Spiritual Discipline; 2 books on Nursing Home Ministry; Theories of Reading in Dialogue; Science, Imagination and God; Towards a Christian Philosophy; The Field and the Spirit; Meditation: a Biblical Study. Tom has been working with those in Long Term Care Nursing Homes for more than 50 years and has taught at both graduate and undergraduate institutions, including conducting workshops both in North America and overseas.

Rev. Ocean Ng

Assistant Pastor of Scarborough Chinese Alliance Church with ministry mainly on Community Outreach and Family Fellowship; had been a Mandarin pastor of Wismer Baptist Church in Markham and Whitby-Oshawa Chinese Baptist Church pastor.

吳恩海牧師 現任大多市仕嘉堡華人宣道會助理牧師，主要負責社區外展及家庭團契；曾任活證華人浸信會國語牧師及惠愛華人浸信會牧師。

Pastor Jesse Leung

Pastor of Markham Chinese Baptist Church, mainly ministering to families, older  seniors and new immigrants by focusing on Discipleship, Member care and Community life.

梁威遠傳道 現任大多市麥城華人浸信會牧師；負責牧養家庭團契、長者事工及支援新移民需要；注重關懷、門訓栽培及建立群體生活。

Rev. Dr. George Yip 

For the last 22 years (2024), trainer of majority world missionaries from Asia and Africa. Former adjunct professor of mission, Canadian Chinese School of Theology at Tyndale Seminary. Former missionary in Japan with OMF Canada. Former senior pastor of Grace Chinese Gospel Church of North York

葉大銘牧師 在過去22年 (2024) 訓練從非洲及亞洲来的主要世界宣教士；曾参加 2024 洛桑會議的普世人口老化討論 (Global Aging) 前加拿大華人神學院 (Tyndale) 宣教學客座教授

Rev. Felix Wong

Since 2017, Pastor Wong served in the Chinese Rhenish Church (Hong Kong) before returning to Canada in 2024.  Prior to that he was a senior pastor of the Toronto Simpson Chinese Alliance Church for 17 years. Presently, Pastor Wong focuses on helping interested churches develop the Pastoral Ministry for Families while his wife Pastor Tracy Chan is serving at North York Chinese Baptist Church in Toronto.

王明德牧師 2017 年與師母回流香港中華基督教禮賢會九龍堂服事, 發展了一套在教會牧養家庭的「模式」， 名為「家庭牧養事工」。之前曾於多倫多宣信華人宣道會牧會17年。 於2024年回流多倫多，師母陳翠嬋傳道在多倫多的北约華人浸信會任職婦女事工，王牧師則專注幫助個別教會發展「家庭牧養事工」。

Andy Leung

Andy Leung has served seniors for more than fifteen years. Before retirement, he was the Director of Community Support Service of one of the largest geriatric care organizations in North America. As a lay leader of his church, he serves seniors in life lease building and long-term care home, sharing the message of God. He has a Master of Social Work from the University of Windsor and is an Ontario Registered Social Worker.  He is studying for his Master of Theological Studies at Tyndale University. Andy is one of the speakers in workshop A2/B1.

Jennifer Tong

Jennifer Tong serves the elderly by regularly bringing music to them in LTC and Retirement Homes, as well as Seniors’ Centres. She plays worship music, classical pieces, and also ‘golden oldies’ with singers. Jennifer recorded music for seniors especially during Covid, held a half-day online conference on music and art for elderly ministries, and now hosts a Music Under Discussion group monthly to discuss music with others. Jennifer is one of the speakers in workshop A2/B1.

Joannie Yu

Older Adults Services Director. Joannie has over 10 years of social service experience at Yee Hong Centre for Geriatric Care (頤康中心) in addition to ministry work at parachurch organizations, including Christian Communications Canada (加拿大福音證主協會). She holds a Master of Theological Studies from Tyndale University and a Master of Arts in Spiritual Studies from Lutheran Theological Seminary.  She has a passion for journeying with older adults through their next life chapter by developing enriching opportunities at 105 Gibson Centre. Joanie is one of the speakers in workshop A1/B2.

Glen Zeidler

Glen Zeidler has a diverse background in both the corporate and ministry worlds. He began his career in South Africa, managing IT support for mainframe systems and mortgage processing at a major bank across three countries. After moving to Canada, Glen studied at Toronto Baptist Seminary, where he also led Bible studies at a Christian retirement home.

Glen has served in pastoral ministry for over three decades, including work with youth and young adults since 1989. He currently serves as a chaplain at a long-term care facility in Toronto and supports the pastoral team at New Life Church following a merger with his former congregation in 2019. Glen is the National Stream Leader for the Seniors and Long-Term Care ministry of Connecting Streams, a division of Power to Change. His work focuses on equipping and mobilizing churches to care for seniors in long-term care facilities and those aging in their communities. Glen will moderate some of the sessions and will speak in workshop A2/B1.