The Ministerial Team

Minister of Word, Sacrament and Pastoral Care

Mark Rutledge

Miniter@trilliumchurch.ca

Mark started adult life desiring to be a rock musician. Influenced by the bands Led Zepplin and Yes he garnered an eclectic musical education culminating in a degree in music from the University of Toronto. During those years he played in several bands and started leading music in a Lutheran Church. By the early 90s he felt a deeper call to serve God and in 1995 he began studying for ministry in the United Church of Canada. Part of his training sent him to internships in rural Alberta and Ontario. In 2000 Mark was ordained and posted to Teeswater United Church (just outside of Walkerton) where he served two rural congregations. In 2003 Mark moved to the Ebenezer Pastoral Charge where he served three semi-rural congregations (Ebenezer, Arkell and Eden Mills) at the edge of Guelph, Ontario. In the fall of 2006, Mark accepted a call to Trillium United Church in Cambridge, Ontario. Alongside his work Mark has one daughter and two step-daughters to love and care for and a yearning to be a positive force in his community.

Director of Music

Teresa Venhuizen

Music@trilliumchurch.ca

Teresa Venhuizen is a trained singer and pianist with a Bachelor of Music from Wilfird Laurier and a Bachelor of Education from Western. Teresa has worked in technical writing and systems careers within the insurance industry as well as taught grades six to eight in elementary school. She also has many years of church lay experience in leading and planning congregational music as well as choral & dramatic ensembles. Besides cheerfully directing the musical activities here at Trillium she is currently engaged in teaching voice and piano and singing professionally in local communities. Teresa is married to Ron Sigurdson, a network geek and outdoorsy kind of guy, so Teresa can be often found hiking or boating with Ron in her spare time, or pruning and painting in their Waterloo home.

Senoir Youth Ministry Director

Esenje Bonga-Hall

Youth.Director@trilliumchurch.ca

Having grown up in St. Paul's congregation, Esenje Bonga-Hall is the Prodigal Daughter returned home from her travels, most recently from Victoria BC. Her recent experience with Youth along with her work at Silver Lake Camp have groomed her for her role with the Senior Youth Group. Esenje, her husband David and their daughter Nachama are dedicated to nurturing the growth and development of Trillium's Community.