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Misty River Ministries Update

About Us

Under the leadership of Bart and Korrin Metcalf, Misty River Ministries works with individuals of aboriginal descent in the Northwest Region of B.C. Their vision is to reach young people for Christ, disciple them as believers, and trust God to raise up leaders from among them to reach their own generation.

The last year has been challenging but Bart and Korrin have a lot to be grateful for:

  • Bart was recently designated as an essential worker in one village due to the mental health needs of those he works with. This has made it possible for him to help many distressed young people who he would have otherwise not been able to meet with during the pandemic.
  • A young man, with whom Bart has worked with since 2006 recently related a story to him. He asked if Bart remembered a young man who had been at his place during their visits; the three of them had visited and talked about the things of God a few times. Bart’s friend, DG, had asked him for a Bible to give to TS 9 years ago. He told Bart, one of the main things that influenced his friend was one day when they went mushroom picking. The story goes that as they began to pick, DG prayed out loud, “Lord I need to feed my family, so please give me a good day and lots of mushroom to sell.” DG said, “I have never before or since had such a good day picking mushrooms.” TS was impressed that God had answered DG’s prayer. Recently TS accepted the Lord. DG encouraged Bart to continue talking with TS as his Facebook page is full of Bible verses and references to the goodness and greatness of God. Hallelujah! Bart is connecting with him, but his deep desire is that he would be able to coach DG in working with and discipling TS. They are trusting God for disciples that make other disciples. It’s already happening, and they are trusting God will bring about much more.
  • Another young man, GG, went to a 30-day detox program in Chilliwack in 2019. When he returned, he held strong for two weeks, however, this was not easy. The very first night he arrived home, a friend was waiting for him with a case of beer. After two weeks, being challenged on every side with drink, he gave in. Over 2020, when we were not in lockdown, Bart met with him regularly and talked about God and how He reveals Himself in scripture. GG spoke often of receiving the Lord at a young age. Leaving his home on the opposite coast, he came to live with his dad who introduced him to the drug life and all its trappings. He fully embraced a life of drugs and drinking. As Bart read scripture, he read 1 John 1:6 “So we are lying if we say we have fellowship with God but go on living in spiritual darkness. We are not living in the truth.” After reading this, he thought of GG and thought about the possibility of sharing this with him. Bart visited and he suddenly asked a question, “What do you think God would say about my life now?” Bart felt God was leading him to go ahead and share the verse with him. He shared with him how God longed to bring him closer to Himself and that God wanted to lead him into a new understanding of the relationship he desired GG to have with Him when he committed himself to the Lord all those years long ago. Today GG is back in the treatment centre. He has gone through the 30-day detox program and has decided to stay for the one-year program. Praise God!
  • A group from Maple Park Alliance Church visited Hazelton last year, met with some of the folks they minister to, and attended Grace Gathering. In October Bart went and spoke at the church to share about the ministry in Hazelton and to give a message followed by a Q & A session with the congregation. On January 22, the board approved a partnering relationship. They will support Misty River financially and they will send teams to do soccer camps and other events in the community. The Metcalf’s will visit them and report on ministry, share with them about First Nation’s culture, and seek to help them find ways to reach out to the Red Bluff Reserve near their community.

Carmen Kinniburgh

District Children’s Ministry Partner

Children’s ministry involves developing leaders, discipling children and families, exercising creativity, with an emphasis on fun and building relationships that help others to experience God’s love as they are loved by people who know God’s love. Carmen has served in children’s ministries as a volunteer, coordinator, curriculum writer, camp speaker, and pastor. Her desire in ministry and life is to help others (whether they be children, youth, or adults) to hear God’s voice and to experience the freedom and fullness of love found in knowing Jesus and living kingdom lives. Whether your children’s ministry is led by volunteers or a pastoral leader, Carmen would love to connect, build networks, support, resource, pray with, and provide care in whatever areas are needed.

Carmen lives in Vernon with her husband, Jeremy, and their two teenage kids. She loves playing soccer, hiking, camping, and theatre. She and Jeremy have founded two new ministries called Threshold Initiatives and Contributing Pastor.

Terry Ann Opperman

Official Worker

David has served at Lakewood Alliance Church since the fall of 2002, first as an associate, then as Lead Pastor starting in November 2005. David has been on various committees including DEXCOM, District Nominating Committee, a few General Assembly Committees, and the Rules Committee for District Conference. David has an interest in church governance and seeing healthy leaders serving on healthy boards in order to better equip and serve the church.

David and Tara are in the process of launching their three young adult sons and enjoy seeing the trajectories their lives are taking. David enjoys woodwork and getting out cross-country skiing in the winter.

Steve Schneider

Lay Person

Steve is a layperson and a member of Peace Portal Alliance Church in Surrey. He has been married to his wife Brenda since 1984. They have two adult daughters. He is an engineer by background and holds an MBA from Heriot-Watt University. He works in the paper industry and is also the President of SGS Consulting Ltd. He has recently become a licensed worker in the CPD.

Steve has served in varied ways over the years but has more recently been focussed on church board work. He served on his first church board 36 years ago. Since that time, he has served on four different church boards and the District Executive Committee of the CPD. Over the last 12 years Steve has actively been teaching and consulting with church and not-for-profit boards within and outside of The Alliance Canada to help them develop healthy governance practices.

Keith Cheung

English Lead Pastor at Burnaby Alliance Church

Keith was also an active member at Westside Calgary Chinese Alliance Church before moving to Vancouver to begin full-time pastoral ministry. After a brief stint pastoring in a church from another denomination, Keith began serving as the English Lead Pastor at Burnaby Alliance Church in 2017 where he continues to serve today.

Keith is married to Cecelia (20 years this year!) and they are raising 2 beautiful daughters (11 and 6) who they adopted from Taiwan and Korea respectively. He loves, in no particular order, cooking and eating and conversations, the Saskatchewan Roughriders, road cycling, family reunions, and good movies and music.

Carol Goh

District Chaplains Committee Chair

carol@mycac.ca

Carol Goh has chaired the District Chaplains Committee and served on the Association for Alliance Chaplains (AAC) National Committee since 2018. She completed her Masters degree in Chaplaincy in Spiritual Care from Trinity Western Seminary and is the Neighborhood Chaplain and Pastor for Seniors at Chilliwack Alliance. As a chaplain, Carol invests in the neighborhood (parish) around the church through connecting with those who live, work, and go to school there. She intentionally supports the local public elementary school and other local organizations so that together they can weave together the fabric of care for the inhabitants. The Goh household includes her husband Andrew, their three teenage sons, Andrew’s mother, and their golden doodle.

David Driedger

Board Leadership Training Partner

dave@lakewoodalliance.com

David has served at Lakewood Alliance Church since the fall of 2002, first as an associate, then as Lead Pastor starting in November 2005. David has been on various committees including DEXCOM, District Nominating Committee, a few General Assembly Committees, and the Rules Committee for District Conference. David has an interest in church governance and seeing healthy leaders serving on healthy boards in order to better equip and serve the church.

David and Tara are in the process of launching their three young adult sons and enjoy seeing the trajectories their lives are taking. David enjoys woodwork and getting out cross-country skiing in the winter.

Daren Wride

Transitional Pastors Network Coordinator

dwride@shaw.ca

Daren Wride has been serving in transitional roles since 2011. He has been on the ground as Transitional Pastor in multiple churches around the province and has engaged as a Transitional Coach with several other churches. Prior to his transitional work, Daren pastored three churches in Alberta and BC for a total of nearly 20 years. Daren has also spent time in the professional speaking and internet marketing worlds and usually has a related project on the go.

Geoff Stewart

District Youth Ministry Partner

geoffs@peaceportalalliance.com

Youth ministry is among the most demanding ministries in the church from a relational standpoint, serving young people who are defining the ever changing culture we live in. Leading in youth ministry is best not done alone, and Geoff desires to help our youth pastors serve and encourage one another through the sharing of resources, wisdom, experience, and perspective. In the ever-changing world of today’s high school student, it is vital for us as youth pastors to be changing with them to understand the world they are navigating and share with them the life changing truth of the Gospel.

Geoff has been a youth pastor for 6 years at Peace Portal Alliance Church and volunteered for 10 years before that in the same church. He is passionate about seeing young people transformed by Jesus and becoming leaders in their school and community. He and his wife Lavonne live in South Surrey with their cats Norman and Puff Daddy.

Andy Lambkin

Team Lead - Property Development & Nest Housing Society

andy.lambkin@gmail.com

Andy wears two hats in the Canadian Pacific District. He serves as our New Venture implementer, helping new communities of faith emerge across our province, and he also leads the Nest housing Society, a non-profit affordable housing society working with local churches to utilize their land for social good while fulfilling critical ministry priorities. If you have questions about either of these areas, please reach out.

Personally, Andy is married to Jolie and they have four kids. Residing in North Vancouver, they call simplechurches, a network of house churches, their church home.

Carmen Kinniburgh

District Children’s Ministry Partner

jckinnib@telus.net

Children’s ministry involves developing leaders, discipling children and families, exercising creativity, with an emphasis on fun and building relationships that help others to experience God’s love as they are loved by people who know God’s love. Carmen has served in children’s ministries as a volunteer, coordinator, curriculum writer, camp speaker, and pastor. Her desire in ministry and life is to help others (whether they be children, youth, or adults) to hear God’s voice and to experience the freedom and fullness of love found in knowing Jesus and living kingdom lives. Whether your children’s ministry is led by volunteers or a pastoral leader, Carmen would love to connect, build networks, support, resource, pray with, and provide care in whatever areas are needed.

Carmen lives in Vernon with her husband, Jeremy, and their two teenage kids. She loves playing soccer, hiking, camping, and theatre. She and Jeremy have founded two new ministries called Threshold Initiatives and Contributing Pastor.