Meet the Team<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>![](\"http:\/\/gracefieldcamp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Mark-Hamilton.png\" "\\"Mark-Hamilton\\"")
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>Managing Director <\/h2><\/div><\/div>\nMark Hamilton<\/b><\/p>\n
Mark was born and raised in Shawville Quebec. His earliest memories of Sunday school and church are of being a young child at Bristol Memorial Presbyterian church. He comes to Gracefield after thirteen years in the GTA \u2013 ten years of which was spent as Warehouse Manager for Canadian Stone Industries where he oversaw his shipping team, facility maintenance, purchasing and helped with customer service. Previous to this he had been employed in golf course maintenance and very involved in pastoral ministry.<\/p>\n
He has experience as a volunteer coach and worked with students at multiple high schools and at sports camps, and while living in the Vancouver area he served as the chaplain for the Vancouver Canadians baseball team. He has also served in congregational ministry in the roles of youth and young adult ministries, musical worship, and as a small group leader at churches in Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario. He has recently been serving in many areas including as an elder and on the communications team for the church he has been attending in Brampton, Ontario<\/p>\n
Mark completed his BA in Strategic ministry at Millar College of the Bible in Pambrun Saskatchewan. He has a long background in camp ministry and has served at numerous camps as a cabin counselor, director, and as a camp speaker\/bible teacher.<\/p>\n
In Mark\u2019s words \u201cGCCRC is an answer to my prayers, and I am excited to get started with the chapter that God is bringing me into. Looking forward to getting to know everyone and coming alongside the board to steward this wonderful camp and retreat centre.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\nCurrent Staff<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n
Our staff are very important members of the Gracefield community and keep the camp running year-round for everyone to enjoy.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Board of Directors<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>The Board of Directors of Gracefield Christian Camp and Retreat Centre oversees the affairs of the camp. The Board reports twice annually to the Presbytery of Ottawa who has oversight of the camp and its activities. \u00a0Should you wish to contact the Board of Directors, please do so via\u00a0email<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and we would be happy to respond.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>Ruth Draffin \u2013 Chair of the Board
\nMarc-Philippe Laurin \u2013 Vice Chair \/ Personnel
\nBrian Laughton \u2013 Treasurer
\nJohneen Everson \u2013 Secretary
\nGeorge Herbert \u2013 Property Committee Chair
\nJoan Coulter \u2013 Program & Guest Services Committee Chair
\nPaul Wu \u2013 Finance Committee Chair
\nAlex Heath \u2013 Member at Large
\nJenny DeMelo \u2013 Member at Large
\nJanet Gellately \u2013 Member at Large
\nBen Goldsmith \u2013 Member at Large
\nDebi Brown \u2013 Member at Large
\nJohn Simpson \u2013 Member at Large
\nJoe Barnhardt \u2013 Member at Large<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-251","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gracefieldcamp.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gracefieldcamp.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gracefieldcamp.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gracefieldcamp.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gracefieldcamp.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251"}],"version-history":[{"count":52,"href":"https:\/\/gracefieldcamp.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1271,"href":"https:\/\/gracefieldcamp.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/251\/revisions\/1271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gracefieldcamp.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>Managing Director <\/h2><\/div><\/div>\nMark Hamilton<\/b><\/p>\n
Mark was born and raised in Shawville Quebec. His earliest memories of Sunday school and church are of being a young child at Bristol Memorial Presbyterian church. He comes to Gracefield after thirteen years in the GTA \u2013 ten years of which was spent as Warehouse Manager for Canadian Stone Industries where he oversaw his shipping team, facility maintenance, purchasing and helped with customer service. Previous to this he had been employed in golf course maintenance and very involved in pastoral ministry.<\/p>\n
He has experience as a volunteer coach and worked with students at multiple high schools and at sports camps, and while living in the Vancouver area he served as the chaplain for the Vancouver Canadians baseball team. He has also served in congregational ministry in the roles of youth and young adult ministries, musical worship, and as a small group leader at churches in Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario. He has recently been serving in many areas including as an elder and on the communications team for the church he has been attending in Brampton, Ontario<\/p>\n
Mark completed his BA in Strategic ministry at Millar College of the Bible in Pambrun Saskatchewan. He has a long background in camp ministry and has served at numerous camps as a cabin counselor, director, and as a camp speaker\/bible teacher.<\/p>\n
In Mark\u2019s words \u201cGCCRC is an answer to my prayers, and I am excited to get started with the chapter that God is bringing me into. Looking forward to getting to know everyone and coming alongside the board to steward this wonderful camp and retreat centre.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\nCurrent Staff<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n
Our staff are very important members of the Gracefield community and keep the camp running year-round for everyone to enjoy.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Board of Directors<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>The Board of Directors of Gracefield Christian Camp and Retreat Centre oversees the affairs of the camp. The Board reports twice annually to the Presbytery of Ottawa who has oversight of the camp and its activities. \u00a0Should you wish to contact the Board of Directors, please do so via\u00a0email<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and we would be happy to respond.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>Ruth Draffin \u2013 Chair of the Board
\nMarc-Philippe Laurin \u2013 Vice Chair \/ Personnel
\nBrian Laughton \u2013 Treasurer
\nJohneen Everson \u2013 Secretary
\nGeorge Herbert \u2013 Property Committee Chair
\nJoan Coulter \u2013 Program & Guest Services Committee Chair
\nPaul Wu \u2013 Finance Committee Chair
\nAlex Heath \u2013 Member at Large
\nJenny DeMelo \u2013 Member at Large
\nJanet Gellately \u2013 Member at Large
\nBen Goldsmith \u2013 Member at Large
\nDebi Brown \u2013 Member at Large
\nJohn Simpson \u2013 Member at Large
\nJoe Barnhardt \u2013 Member at Large<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-251","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gracefieldcamp.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gracefieldcamp.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gracefieldcamp.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gracefieldcamp.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gracefieldcamp.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251"}],"version-history":[{"count":52,"href":"https:\/\/gracefieldcamp.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1271,"href":"https:\/\/gracefieldcamp.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/251\/revisions\/1271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gracefieldcamp.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Mark Hamilton<\/b><\/p>\n
Mark was born and raised in Shawville Quebec. His earliest memories of Sunday school and church are of being a young child at Bristol Memorial Presbyterian church. He comes to Gracefield after thirteen years in the GTA \u2013 ten years of which was spent as Warehouse Manager for Canadian Stone Industries where he oversaw his shipping team, facility maintenance, purchasing and helped with customer service. Previous to this he had been employed in golf course maintenance and very involved in pastoral ministry.<\/p>\n
He has experience as a volunteer coach and worked with students at multiple high schools and at sports camps, and while living in the Vancouver area he served as the chaplain for the Vancouver Canadians baseball team. He has also served in congregational ministry in the roles of youth and young adult ministries, musical worship, and as a small group leader at churches in Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario. He has recently been serving in many areas including as an elder and on the communications team for the church he has been attending in Brampton, Ontario<\/p>\n
Mark completed his BA in Strategic ministry at Millar College of the Bible in Pambrun Saskatchewan. He has a long background in camp ministry and has served at numerous camps as a cabin counselor, director, and as a camp speaker\/bible teacher.<\/p>\n
In Mark\u2019s words \u201cGCCRC is an answer to my prayers, and I am excited to get started with the chapter that God is bringing me into. Looking forward to getting to know everyone and coming alongside the board to steward this wonderful camp and retreat centre.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
Current Staff<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n
Our staff are very important members of the Gracefield community and keep the camp running year-round for everyone to enjoy.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Board of Directors<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>The Board of Directors of Gracefield Christian Camp and Retreat Centre oversees the affairs of the camp. The Board reports twice annually to the Presbytery of Ottawa who has oversight of the camp and its activities. \u00a0Should you wish to contact the Board of Directors, please do so via\u00a0email<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and we would be happy to respond.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>Ruth Draffin \u2013 Chair of the Board
\nMarc-Philippe Laurin \u2013 Vice Chair \/ Personnel
\nBrian Laughton \u2013 Treasurer
\nJohneen Everson \u2013 Secretary
\nGeorge Herbert \u2013 Property Committee Chair
\nJoan Coulter \u2013 Program & Guest Services Committee Chair
\nPaul Wu \u2013 Finance Committee Chair
\nAlex Heath \u2013 Member at Large
\nJenny DeMelo \u2013 Member at Large
\nJanet Gellately \u2013 Member at Large
\nBen Goldsmith \u2013 Member at Large
\nDebi Brown \u2013 Member at Large
\nJohn Simpson \u2013 Member at Large
\nJoe Barnhardt \u2013 Member at Large<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-251","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gracefieldcamp.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gracefieldcamp.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gracefieldcamp.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gracefieldcamp.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gracefieldcamp.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251"}],"version-history":[{"count":52,"href":"https:\/\/gracefieldcamp.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1271,"href":"https:\/\/gracefieldcamp.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/251\/revisions\/1271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gracefieldcamp.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
The Board of Directors of Gracefield Christian Camp and Retreat Centre oversees the affairs of the camp. The Board reports twice annually to the Presbytery of Ottawa who has oversight of the camp and its activities. \u00a0Should you wish to contact the Board of Directors, please do so via\u00a0email<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and we would be happy to respond.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> Ruth Draffin \u2013 Chair of the Board
\nMarc-Philippe Laurin \u2013 Vice Chair \/ Personnel
\nBrian Laughton \u2013 Treasurer
\nJohneen Everson \u2013 Secretary
\nGeorge Herbert \u2013 Property Committee Chair
\nJoan Coulter \u2013 Program & Guest Services Committee Chair
\nPaul Wu \u2013 Finance Committee Chair
\nAlex Heath \u2013 Member at Large
\nJenny DeMelo \u2013 Member at Large
\nJanet Gellately \u2013 Member at Large
\nBen Goldsmith \u2013 Member at Large
\nDebi Brown \u2013 Member at Large
\nJohn Simpson \u2013 Member at Large
\nJoe Barnhardt \u2013 Member at Large<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-251","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gracefieldcamp.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gracefieldcamp.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gracefieldcamp.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gracefieldcamp.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gracefieldcamp.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251"}],"version-history":[{"count":52,"href":"https:\/\/gracefieldcamp.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1271,"href":"https:\/\/gracefieldcamp.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/251\/revisions\/1271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gracefieldcamp.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}