Rev. Ryan Sawchuk
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Rev. Ryan grew up in Dundurn, SK. He began his University career in education, then pursued a major in Dramatic arts but eventually landed at St. Andrew’s College where he believes God was calling him to. He earned his Bachelor of Theology minoring in Drama and just recently received his Master of Divinity and became Ordained.
Jean-Anne Booker
Office Administrator
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Ernie Roth
Custodian
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Helen Pridmore
Helen was born in England and grew up in Saskatoon. Since finishing her undergrad degree in music here, she went east, and has lived in Montréal; Toronto; Rochester, NY; Lincoln, Nebraska; Sackville, New Brunswick; and Regina, before returning to Saskatoon. She taught music for many years at the university level, and also has a career she loves as a freelance performer (mostly voice). Helen took early retirement from teaching and is now focused full-time on her own music, singing, playing, and composing. She directs the Mayfair Choir, and the Bridge City Chorus, Saskatoon's LGBTQ choir which has its home at Mayfair. Visit her website at www.helenpridmore.ca to learn more!
Warren Hay
Mayfair United Church is lucky to have Warren Hay as our worship pianist. Warren has been with Mayfair Church for since 1999 and when he is not teaching elementary school he can be found playing Double Bass in the Saskatoon Symphony or in various jazz or rock combos around Saskatoon. Warren's piano playing brings warmth, joy and beauty into our worship service.
Rev. Kathleen James-Cavan (she/her)
V.A.M.
Ordained in the United Church of Canada in 2015, Kathleen was the director of the Designated Lay Ministry program at St. Andrew’s College in Saskatoon (2020-2023), served at Knox UC in Langham, SK (2016-2020) and St. Andrew’s UC in Imperial, SK (2015), and enjoyed a 30-year career as a professor of English literature at the University of Saskatchewan. She is the mother of three adult children, identifies as white, disabled, heterosexual, and cis-gender; an uninvited guest, she is grateful to live on Treaty 6 Territory and the homeland of the Métis, also known as Saskatoon, SK.
Rev. Cathy Coates
V.A.M.
Cathy is a Western Canadian having been born in Vancouver, raised in Kamloops, and lived and worked in Brandon, Winnipeg, Victoria, Prince George, Quill Lake, Lethbridge, and Saskatoon.
She married, had three children, became unmarried, and found her way to St. Andrew’s where she graduated with an M.Div. in 1999. While at St A’s, she was hired as the first non-Roman Catholic Spiritual Care worker at St Paul’s Hospital and discovered a love of hospital chaplaincy. Cathy’s ministry has included rural and city congregations as well as being the UCC hospital chaplain in Saskatoon.
She retired in 2020 (right at the start of the pandemic). Volunteer work includes READ Saskatoon, being part of a Circle of Support and Accountability through Micah Mission, and her local NDP riding. She is a reader, a gardener, and loves to walk, bake, and sing. That along with being a grandma fills her heart and offers balance and laughter.
