Transcript
The Gospel Coalition Canada hosts a monthly podcast by Canadian pastors to resource the Canadian church.
In this episode episode, Paul Carter, Paul Martin, Johnny Markin, RD Glenn, and Jeff Eastwood discuss liturgy. Topics covered include: The impact of COVID on how we do offering, communion, etc.; Online communion? Why or why not?; Wine for communion? Why or why not?; If/when children should be dismissed from the service; The role of the Lead Pastor as Worship Leader; Hymns and songs – how many?
Paul Martin is the senior pastor of Grace Fellowship Church in Toronto, Ontario. You can find Paul on Twitter (@PastorPWMartin), his blog, or via the website of Grace Fellowship Church, Toronto (gfcto.com).
Johnny is currently Worship Director of Cloverdale Baptist Church in Surrey, BC, Canada, and Director of the recently founded Worship Leader Institute. He earned his Doctorate in Worship Studies degree from the renowned Robert Webber Institute for Worship Studies. He has been involved in Christian Music Ministry for more than 30 years, including 12 years of touring ministry based in the UK and Europe. He spent 20 years as Pastor of Worship at Northview Community Church, Abbotsford, BC, Canada; 3 years as an Adjunct Instructor of Worship Arts at Trinity Western University.
The Rev’d R. D. Glenn is Rector (Senior Pastor) of St. George’s, a congregation he has served for over 10 years. R.D. loves to see people grow into confident, joyful disciples of Jesus Christ. Gospel preaching and vibrant liturgical worship form the backbone of R.D.’s ministry at St. George’s. Apart from his central work at St. George’s, he also is a council member of The Gospel Coalition Canada, and gives leadership to the Anglican Network in Canada’s Bold Witnesses ministry priority. He has an ongoing love affair with the internal combustion engine, races motorcycles, skis big mountains, and skydives. If you are new to the church, He’d love to get to know you over a cup of good coffee.
Jeff Eastwood is a graduate of Northland International University (B.A.). He has been in pastoral ministry since 2003, serving in both Independent and Fellowship Baptist churches in Waterloo, Ontario and Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He presently serves as the Lead Pastor of Grace Baptist Church, Charlottetown, a multi-staff, multi-ministry church with a passion for biblical preaching and local and regional mission. Jeff is the blessed husband of Melanie and the proud daddy of 4 beautiful children, Esther, Titus, Elias, and Lydia. Jeff is a council member for TGC Atlantic Canada as well as TGC Canada. You can contact him at jeff(at)gracepei.com.