Karen is a graduate of the 3-year Spiritual Direction Certificate program at Emmaus. She believes that it is essential for Jesus-followers to tend to their spiritual, emotional and physical lives. As we do this, it has ripple effects in our families, neighbourhoods and world. Karen’s passion for social justice and for coming alongside others on their spiritual journey has led to a spirit-filled, non-judgemental approach to spiritual direction. If you are in a season of doubt, struggle, transition, ministry exhaustion or feeling like there must be more to life with God, Karen will provide a safe space for you.

Email: elena@holyinvitation.com

The whole of you matters. With deep listening and whole-person attentiveness honed through 20 years of spiritual direction—alongside clinical counselling, ministry leadership, and coaching—I provide a discerning space to be seen, heard, and to notice the presence of God in your life.

Committed to Christ-centred, redemptive principles of whole-person health and relational vibrancy, together we notice the holiness of everyday life, and receive God’s restorative presence and attunement. My approach is relational and grounded, shaped by a Christ-centred vision of each person as deeply known, loved, and called to participate with intention in our own lives and in the lives of others.

Email: mjgauv@bell.net

Marc Gauvreau is one of our course instructors and has been with Emmaus since 2014. As a spiritual director who trained under Dr. Sandy Broadus, Marc brings a Spirit knitted blend of disarming companionship, attentiveness, and prayerful discernment to his practice.
Ordained with the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada for over the 30 years, he has pastored in several congregations specializing in discipleship-based spiritual formation and small groups.

He is married to Karen, his truest friend and together they have 4 boys, the youngest being 9, who in Marc’s own words, “keeps me well-grounded and always ready for an adventure.”

Location: Ottawa

I had the nudge to begin training in Christian Spiritual Formation and Direction many years ago. I discussed with two friends this yearning for the journey. Through God’s direction I found Emmaus Formation Centre, and I have been studying with Emmaus for the last two years. I am entering my third year in September 2021.

I love God and I love to see people grow deeper in their relationship with God, and would be humbled to journey with those who seek him deeply.

Kathryn lives in Ottawa with her husband Lawrence, 4 children, and 2 grandchildren.

Email: l.junkeran@gmail.com

Because Lorna believes that God is active and present in daily life, her desire and joy is to walk alongside others, together paying attention to His presence, His love and His activity in their everyday lives. It is her great joy to be a witness to God’s transforming work in their lives, growing in intimacy with Him and into the fullness of who He created them to be. Her training in spiritual direction, in healing prayer, in loss and grief through her work in palliative care, and in emotionally focused therapy assist her in journeying with others.

Email: malangmaid@gmail.com

Mary Anne Langmaid is a pastor with 25 years of ministry experience, now also serving as a Spiritual Director. She finds joy in journeying with people as they listen to God, embracing the truth that everyone can hear Him in their own unique way.

A passionate advocate for inclusion, Mary Anne believes all are welcome in God’s love. She is deeply inspired by the beauty of the outdoors, cherishes animals, and is dedicated to serving people of all ages. Her heart’s desire is for everyone to know Christ and discover their true identity in His unconditional love.

Email: 4lmlangman@gmail.com

Location: Cochrane, Alberta

Linda Langman (BEd, MA in Christian Ministries) is a graduate of the Emmaus Spiritual Direction program. She views Spiritual Direction as a ministry of spiritual companionship — as one who meets to walk withanother sojourner for a while. Her desire is to listen with ears attuned to the person she's with as well as to the true Director, the Holy Spirit, with the goal of paying attention together to God’s presence and communication in the midst of everyday life. Linda and her husband currently live in Cochrane, Alberta. They have three daughters and two sons-in-law.

Email: deeplyrootedspiritualdirection@gmail.com

Location: Vancouver, BC

As a Spiritual Director, trained through Emmaus, my desire is to help you pay attention and respond to God’s invitations and activity in your life. My approach is to pay attention to you and the Holy Spirit without agenda, to listen and linger with what resonates, to observe and offer questions and spiritual exercises as appropriate, to create space to hear from God directly, and to be a prayerful presence as you discern God’s transforming love, grace, truth, and leading in your life. I live in a suburb of Vancouver, BC with my husband and 2 children and love to read, walk and kayak.

Website:
www.deeplyrootedspiritualdirection.com

Email: wendymachry16@gmail.com

Wendy sees her role as spiritual director to be like that of a compass. As you participate in the adventure called life it is helpful to have a faith companion to help orientate your life around God’s presence so you can explore and self-discover where God is active and guiding you. This will encompass us holding safe space, being deeply present to what we hear and becoming more aware of the experience of the presence of God.
Wendy is a retired elementary school teacher.

She loves quilting, reading, walking the dog and spending time with her husband and grown children.

Email: elizabethmillar330@gmail.com

Location: Prince Edward Island

Elizabeth Millar (BA, MTS, DPT student) is confident that God is present in ordinary life and that God desires interaction with us. With a sense of joyful curiosity and prayerful attentiveness, she is interested in being a spiritual companion for those who want to know and experience God more. She has a particular heart for students as they navigate academic life and theological studies. Elizabeth has experienced living in various settings (rural prairie, inner city, suburbia) and is now enjoying small town life on Prince Edward Island. She is married to a minister and backyard farmer, and is mother to 5 beautiful people.

As a Spiritual Director my role is to encourage people to seek Eden, that place where we were created to be in relationship with the Creator and experience peace with the Godhead.

As a Spiritual Director, I imagine myself as a Lighthouse Keeper, the one who helps to keep the light burning brightly and the windows clear for others to see the Light for themselves and allow Holy Spirit to do his work of transformation.

“For you are God’s masterpiece. He has created you anew in Christ Jesus, so you can do the good things He planned for you long ago.” (Ephesians 2:10)

Email: stirlingcrossbooks@gmail.com

Elizabeth is a graduate of the Emmaus Spiritual Direction program. She is active in her Catholic parish leading faith studies and fellowship groups. Her career was spent in international engineering management and, later, as a professor and associate dean. She has a Masters in Theological Studies and began her own faith journey with a Spiritual Director. She knows how important it is to walk with someone on that path. Elizabeth is thankful for the blessing to witness another's deepening of their faith and trust in God through the graces and inspiration of the Holy Spirit. She is married and has published a number of books on the Bible.

Email: seed2treeministry@gmail.com

As a spiritual director, I desire to create a space for you to slow down, be still, and pay attention to your inner and outer world in hopes of discovering how God may be meeting you. I am passionate about accompanying those who are in a time of discernment, distress or desire to deepen their relationship with God.

My name is Josiah Piett I would be honoured to journey with you through providing Spiritual Direction. I received my training as a Spiritual Director through Tyndale Seminary Master’s of Divinity in Spiritual Formation program.

Email: john.sherren@nexicom.net

John is a certified spiritual director through Tyndale Seminary with over 25 years of technical leadership experience and enjoys a variety of outdoor activities and handyman projects. John’s ministry supports men from a variety of Christian traditions and vocational backgrounds as they experience life change. Using time-tested spiritual practices, he supports directee’s as they explore what is most apparent in their life with our Triune God. If emotional or spiritual wounds are uncovered, he offers a safe place where they can share their burdens, then receive God’s forgiveness and healing grace.

Email: taylor-laura@comcast.net

I companion men and women seeking to know God better, to hear and experience his presence, and to grow in faith. My practice includes prayerful attention to God, spiritual disciplines, Ignatian spiritual practices, scripture, and deep listening. I bring a range of experiences to spiritual direction. I was a pastor’s wife as well as a corporate executive; I am also a mother and understand the stresses of being a military mom. It would be my joy to journey with you in your unique circumstances and faith experience.

Or visit:
laurataylor.net

Email: jmtofilon@gmail.com

Julie (DMin., PCC, CSD) graduated from the Emmaus Spiritual Director Program, and holds a Doctorate in Leadership and Spiritual Formation from Columbia Biblical Seminary. As a 40-year missionary, she brings multicultural understanding and experience of God into daily life. As a Jewish background follower of Jesus, she brings a wholistic view of the Trinity. As a pastor’s wife, she “gets it” about ministry/church life.

As a trained biblical counselor, life coach, and now spiritual director, she brings a breadth of soul care, coming alongside those seeking deeper, abiding, relationship with Him and experience wholeness, healing, direction, and vision for their lives.

Email: helenawatsonsd@gmail.com

It is an honour and privilege to companion others, being a witness to individuals growing and learning about the goodness and presence of God in their faith journey and daily lives. Certification through Emmaus Formation Center has provided the transition from being a Christian therapist (30 years), adjunct professor, business owner and artist. Family, friends, nature, and the arts, all provide ways that I encounter and experience delight in God. My greatest joy is sharing in the transformative work of God through the Holy Spirit in the lives of others and myself. I am a member of the Order of the Mustard Seed.