Our 55+ Retreat will be on May 29-31,2020.

Guest Speaker: Bruce Martin – Calvary Temple

Bruce Martin is the Lead Pastor of Calvary Temple Church in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Bruce and his wife of 47 years, Miriam, have been in pastoral ministry since graduation from Horizon College and Seminary, Saskatoon in 1975. They have three adult daughters; Cherolyn (Jim Paulson), Janalyn (John Oige), Wenda Lee (Jeff Cameron) and a son, Drew (Demelza). They also have eight grandchildren; Hurley, Roxy, Eternity, Zane, Aubrey, Liam, Cooper and Chasen. Since June of 1997, following 22 years of pastoral ministry in Western Ontario, Bruce and Miriam have been giving leadership to Calvary Temple in Winnipeg, with the associated Radio and Television outreach. Bruce is known as a person with a pastor’s heart, having a love for people involved in the struggles of living everyday life, with a strong emphasis on practical, biblical preaching.

In the past, Bruce has served on the board of Focus on the Family Canada for eleven years. Bruce is also very involved presently in the Pastor’s Prayer Network in Winnipeg. Together Bruce and Miriam have traveled to many of our PAOC mission fields, including being the guest speaker at Global Worker retreats in Thailand and Kenya. Bruce has served as the MC of Missionfest Manitoba for many years. Their primary calling is to give leadership to a church where there is an ongoing privilege to balance the traditions of the past, yet maintain a vision for the future. The Community of believers known as Calvary Temple Church continues to embrace a vision that includes a strong emphasis on being multi generational and multi-ethnic emanating from the heart of Winnipeg.