Worship Leadership Staff
Meet the Church
Office Staff The
Rev. John Crowdis, B.A., M.Div.
Minister of Word and Sacrament
Email:
Personal Blog: http://clarksonpc.blogspot.com
 John
is the most recent addition to the staff at Clarkson Road,
having arrived in April 2005. A graduate of Vancouver
School of Theology in 1996, John previously served as
Associate Minister of St. John's Presbyterian Church in
Cornwall, Ontario from 1997 to 2000, and then as Presbyterian
Chaplain to the University of Western Ontario from 2000
to 2004. John has worked at all levels of the Presbyterian
Church in Canada, and is thrilled to be a part of the
life and community of Clarkson Road Presbyterian Church.
On a personal note, John met his wife-to-be The Rev.
Sarah Fanning (now of Parkwoods United Church, Don Mills)
while they were both serving in or near London, Ontario.
They married in February 2003, and both came to serve
new pastoral charges in the Greater Toronto Area in
2005. In December 2005, they welcomed their first child,
Megan Elizabeth Fanning-Crowdis, who is now teaching
John the humbling lessons of parenthood. Some of these
include recognizing drool-stains on suits, how to change
diapers while still in clerical robes, and being thrilled
with something as simple as a smile.
Roger Brown
Organist and Choir Director
 A
key part of our worship life, Roger has led the choir
since the fall of 1997. He brings considerable gifts
not only in the performance of music, but especially
in his ability to teach both the choir and congregation.
Roger is known to many in the community as the Department
Head of Music at nearby Lorne Park Secondary School,
and as such this experience brings a broad range of
music style and talent to the choir. On several occasions,
Roger has brought some of his talented students at the
school to help lead us in worship, and as a way of teaching
them about the practical uses of music in a societal
setting.
While a “cradle” Presbyterian, Roger is
very ecumenically minded, working with St. Ignatius
of Loyola Roman Catholic Church along with his wife
Pat, and has organized ecumenical celebrations of music
that the choir of Clarkson Road has often participated
in.
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