Nick Renaud Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Provided overall church leadership from Jan 2021 - Jun 2023 during a senior minister vacancy• Supported the elders in providing pastoral care to a congregation throughout the realities of the COVID-19 pandemic and guiding the church to new and renewed rhythms of life together as restrictions eased.• Oversaw and equipped the work of a diverse pastoral staff team and regularly collaborated with key administrative staff, fostering healthy team dynamics on a team of 20+ staff during a season of transitions• Designed & planned sermon series, developed gifts for preaching among the pastoral staff, scheduled guest preachers, and regularly offered thoughtful and engaging sermons for the good of the congregation and the ongoing mission of the church• Consistently led and hosted a small group for discipleship and bible study, modelling by example the ways the community was invited to participate in discipleship within the church

• Provided pastoral care to an intercultural and intergenerational congregation, establishing deep relationships of trust• Regularly gave challenging and relevant sermons that connected the lives of the community to the realities of our church and the needs of our cultural context• Led a renewal effort for Sunday evening worship, with a new vision and commitment from a team of parishioners which saw its attendance grow steadily• Supported the Senior Minister & elders in navigating complex organizational change in staffing and ministry structure, as well as turbulent theological questions, and the specific needs of a large urban congregation• Supervised four pastoral staff in key ministry areas of worship, connections, discipleship and young adult ministries• Provided overall church leadership while the Senior Minister was on intermission in early 2020.

Toronto, Ontario

Toronto, Ontario

Edmonton, Alberta

• Served urban, rural, and suburban church contexts over the course of a 14-week period• Led seminars on post-Christendom church ministry, the missional church, and parish engagement for the sake of neighbourhood and church renewal• Assisted in the execution and leadership of a number of “Vacation Bible School” programs• Chaplain at Camp Kannawin, engaging summer staff and children in biblical learning connected to their daily camp theme

Master'S Degree, Divinity/Ministry

Missions/Missionary Studies And Missiology

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Drama And Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General