From the Pastor

I would like to introduce you to myself as well as my family. I am Rev. Doug Vandeburgt, pastor of the Trinity Canadian Reformed Church in Glanbrook. Both my wife Karen and I were raised in the Fraser Valley of beautiful British Columbia. In 1994 Karen graduated from the University of British Columbia with a B.A. in History while I graduated from Trinity Western University with a B.A. in Biblical Studies. From there it was on to Hamilton, Ontario where Karen did a further one year program for her teacher’s training while I entered seminary. At the end of that first school year we returned to British Columbia for the summer and we were married on August 5, 1995.

Upon our return we took up residence in Burlington, ON. I resumed seminary studies while Karen went into teaching full time. In July of 1996 the Lord blessed us with our first child, Leah. In May of 1998 during the final exams of my last year at seminary we received another child from the Lord whom we named Joel.

Upon completion of my studies at the Theological College of the Canadian Reformed Churches I received a Master of Divinity degree. Then the Lord opened for us a way into the ministry and in January of 1999 I was ordained in the Emmanuel American Reformed Church in Denver, CO. In Denver our third child was born whom we named Seth. He proudly holds the distinction of our only family member with dual citizenship. A little after three years in Denver we moved to Binbrook, ON having accepted the call extended to us by the Trinity Canadian Reformed Church.

Under the Lord’s blessing we have been working here since April of 2002. In August 2003 the Lord granted to us a son whom we named Levi. On June 21, 2007, our family was enriched again with the birth of another daughter, Eden.  While what I write above is a way of introducing my family and myself by way of facts, what cannot be adequately expressed is how through it all the Lord has been with our family and provided us with all that we need. It is a joy and privilege to work in his service as we serve his people in the Trinity Canadian Reformed Church.