Marriage Course Advisors

- Note that Advisors are listed by province and then city -

AB - Calgary

Mr. Barry & Mrs. Jennifer Pendergast (403) 281-4876 barrypendergast@shaw.ca Jennifer & Barry have been running The Marriage Course since September 2002, either in their home, church or both places! They are excited about the Marriage course and are grateful for the support of a wonderful team.

AB - Red Deer County

Gloria Derksen & Abe Derksen (403) 341-3641 angd@albertahighspeed.net The Derksens have been running The Marriage Course since 2003 at their church. They attribute its success to much prayer, great support and advertising in other churches, local TV advertising and in the local newspaper.

BC - Burnaby

Ruth & Walter Behnke (604) 521-8449 rbehnke@telus.net

MB - Flin Flon

Mr. Menno & Mrs. Debbie Giesbrecht (204) 687-6001   Debbie & Menno have been running The Marriage Course at their church in Flin Flon since 2004. They thoroughly enjoy being Marriage Course hosts and Menno says his wife is gifted as a great organizer and great cook!

NB - Whites Cove

Laureen Gunter & John Gunter (506) 488-3003 info@sdhs.ca Laureen & John have been running The Marriage Course in their home since 2006. They have a passion for families and have even reconstructed their family room to cater to the Marriage Course activities now thats commitment!

NL - St. John's

Mrs. Leigh Ann & Mr. Paul Newhook (709) 777-4537 leigh.newhook@easternhealth.ca Paul and Leigh Ann have been running the Marriage Course at St. Thomas' since 2001. They appreciate working with an excellent support team and were glad to have attended the St. John's Marriage Conference in October 2004 when Nicky & Sila Lee were with them!

NL - St. John's

Rev. Peter Young (709) 753-3527 pyoung@st-thomaschurch.com Elaine and Peter Young have been running The Marriage Course very successfully twice a year at St. Thomas' Anglican Church where Peter is an Associate clergyman. Elaine is the Regional Director for Alpha Ministries Canada in the Atlantic and the North as well as the Canadian Director for The Marriage Course. They are very excited by the newcomers coming to The Marriage Course and look forward to using The Marriage Preparation Course in the near future.

NS - Stellarton

Rev. Peter & Nancy Armstrong (902) 752-7213 peter.armstrong@ns.sympatico.ca Peter and Nancy have been involved with Alpha since 1996 in their former church, St. Matthias in Halifax, and have now relocated to the Anglican Churches of Pictou County.

ON - London

Mrs. Jody & Mr. Jeff Harrison (519) 432-6975 jjharrison@rogers.com Jeff & Jody have been running The Marriage Course from their home since 2004. They have a passion for others to know Gods truth about marriage and love that TMC offers practical tools that couples can use to enrich their marriage.

ON - Ottawa

Mr. David & Barbara Potter (613) 823-5838 barda1@sympatico.ca Since 2006, Barb & Dave have been running The Marriage Course in their church in Ottawa. They have a heart to see strong and vibrant marriages across Canada!

ON - Richmond Hill

Mrs. Barbara Murley & Mr. Keith Murley (905) 737-2699 keith@murley.ca Keith and Barbara have been coordinating the Alpha Course at Bayview Glen Church in Toronto for the last two years. Previously, as missionaries to Russia, they ran six concurrent Alpha coursesfive in Russian and one in English - meanwhile promoting the course to the local churches in Russia. Barbara and Keith have been running The Marriage Course since 2003 and are excited that recent graduates of their last course will now be starting The Marriage Course at their own church

ON - Shanty Bay

Mr. Scott & Mrs. Tracy Blackburn (705) 487-0408 sttcj@rogers.com Tracy & Scott have been running The Marriage Course since 2007. They are also involved running the Alpha Course and have a burden to see solid marriages in their community.

ON - Virgil

Mr. Alf Guenther & Kathy Guenther (905) 468-2294 akguenth@niagara.com Alf and Kathy have been running The Marriage Course in four different churches in the Niagara area. They are grateful to work with wonderful leaders and teams from the other churches.

ON - Walkerton

Mrs. Alison Rowe & Mr. Philip Holmes (519) 881-2336 arowe@wightman.ca Alison and Philip have been running The Marriage Course since 2004 at their church. We appreciate their many gifts and talents which include fluency in Spanish, some French, Alison teaches cooking part-time and Phil is an excellent musician.

ON - Waterloo

Mrs. Cynthia Makino & Mr. Jeff Peters (519) 886-2605   Jeff and Cynthia have been running The Marriage Course at their church since the Fall of 2008. They believe that making the guests "feel special" is a key ingredient to a successful course and a successful marriage.