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Monday, November 17th, 2025
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Dorothy Greatrex
Dorothy Greatrex, celebrating her 84th year of life, would say that grace and mercy are her choice words since finding Jesus at the age of 59. Now in her golden years, she is enjoying a journey of watching unbelievable transformation in women and children who have been rescued from abuse. Her own journey looked so shattered and broken but God turned it around so she can confidently say, “Come, let us help you.”
In 2011, at the age of 70, Dorothy filled out the application to the Mexican government to open MNC. Her dream was to provide a safe home for women who have been victims of sexual abuse and domestic violence. Dorothy saw the horrors of young girls being jailed for prostitution, when the reality was, they were being sex trafficked against their will. She saw young moms in the community beaten and battered with no other option for starting a new life than leaving her children with the abuser or at an orphanage while trying to heal and find employment and housing. Now over a decade later, MNC has a beautiful 10,000 square foot building housing a dozen women and their children including four transition homes. There is a restaurant, cafe, hair salon all onsite intended to teach these women viable skills they can use to support themselves in the future. In 2018 MNC received an award from the Mexican government for “Making a Difference in Mexico”.
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Tuesday, November 18th, 2025
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Nicole O. Salmon
Nicole O. Salmon is an author, speaker, and minister—affectionately known as The Purpose Alignment Coach. Before launching her coaching firm, Nicole worked with organizations serving communities experiencing marginalization for over twenty years. Nicole is a certified life-skills and marriage coach with a bachelor’s degree in Christian ministry and certifications in adult learning and cognitive behavioral therapy. She is a contributor on the YouVersion Bible app, author of of the book Courage and Confidence, and the founder and host of The ActivateHer Summit, a global movement and event for Christian Women. Together with her husband, Evon, and their five children, she lives a full and purpose-filled life in Brampton, Ontario.
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Wednesday, November 19th, 2025
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Gina Haggett
The Salvation Army’s Christmas Kettle Campaign is one of Canada’s largest and most recognizable annual charitable events. In fact, there are more than 2,000 kettle locations across Canada that support a wide range of Salvation Army programs.
For over 135 years, The Salvation Army has provided hope and dignity to people in need through the generosity of our volunteers and donors.
The Salvation Army’s annual Christmas Kettle Campaign – our largest fundraising drive of the year – seeks donations from the public to help assist millions of people living in poverty. The Kettle Campaign donations transform the lives of Canadians and help people find a way out of poverty permanently.
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Myles Washington-Purser
The Salvation Army’s Christmas Kettle Campaign is one of Canada’s largest and most recognizable annual charitable events. In fact, there are more than 2,000 kettle locations across Canada that support a wide range of Salvation Army programs.
For over 135 years, The Salvation Army has provided hope and dignity to people in need through the generosity of our volunteers and donors.
The Salvation Army’s annual Christmas Kettle Campaign – our largest fundraising drive of the year – seeks donations from the public to help assist millions of people living in poverty. The Kettle Campaign donations transform the lives of Canadians and help people find a way out of poverty permanently.
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Thursday, November 20th, 2025
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Sandee Macgregor
Sandee Macgregor’s newest book Can I Take It to Heaven? provides a delightful resource to discuss the topic of heaven with a child. As you turn the pages, you will read the thoughtful and kind conversation between Lucy and her grandmother that provides an opportunity for much-needed discussion with our children about heaven.
So many of us had, and still have, questions about heaven. Even when we talk about heaven, with truth, as a real place, it is still very difficult to understand; yet, it is also a comfort beyond any earthly comfort. The joy and anticipation of being in the presence of Christ in heaven is a hope that surpasses all earthly joys. When we get there, we will finally be in the presence of Christ! Can I Take it to Heaven? will ignite discussions about the reality of heaven with your children or grandchildren, and bring to mind that God wants nothing else but your heart.
Sandee is a follower of Christ, a wife to Duncan for 28 years and a mom to five children.
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Kenzie Cline
Kenzie Cline an itinerant worship leader, vocal teacher, and singer songwriter. Through her business, Kenzie Cline Music, she serves at a number of churches throughout the GTA leading music and bands on Sundays as well as leading at various conferences. She also teaches vocal workshops for church music teams.
Kenzie runs a virtual voice studio teaching voice lessons to students in the GTA and beyond! She is also an adjunct faculty at her alma mater Heritage College and seminary teaching voice and their chapel bands program.
As a songwriter she has one single released on streaming and is currently in the studio getting ready to release her second single.
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Cliff Cline
Cliff has been involved with music heavily since he was a teenager. Primarily he has been involved in Christian music having opportunities to minister at large churches in Ontario and in BC until he finished his University education and began traveling with the singing group he co-founded, Heart Mind and Soul.
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Deina Warren
Deina completed her Hon. B.A. in Political Science at Western and worked for UWO before earning her Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Ottawa, where she graduated in the top 10 per cent of her class.
During law school she was actively engaged with the student Christian Legal Fellowship chapter, and interned at the Senate Law Clerk’s Office, the Department of Justice Parliamentary Affairs Unit, and the Criminal Convictions Review Group.
Deina articled as a Judicial Law Clerk in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Central-South Region. Called to the Ontario Bar in 2009, Deina then pursued her LL.M. at Osgoode Hall, which she successfully completed in 2012.
Prior to joining CCCC, Deina’s practice focused largely on constitutional and human rights law, and she served as co-counsel in a variety of courts and tribunals including interventions in cases such as Wall at the Supreme Court of Canada, Trinity Western in Nova Scotia and at the Supreme Court of Canada, and CMDS v CPSO at the Ontario Divisional and Appeal Courts.
Deina enjoys legal research and writing, regularly contributing to the Christian Legal Journal. She has also written for the Gospel Coalition Canada, and recently co-authored an article for the Supreme Court Law Review. One of her favourite things to do is translate legalese into relevant (and hopefully interesting!) terms for church leadership and the Christian community more broadly, and she often speaks on this topic at a variety of conferences and meetings.
Active in her local church, Deina also serves on a variety of charitable boards, is part of Christian Legal Fellowship, the Halton County Law Association, and the Canadian Bar Association. Terrible at keeping houseplants alive, she nonetheless still attempts to garden, enjoys cooking, reading fiction, running, and along with her husband and three daughters, is eagerly awaiting the chance to adopt a rescue dog (or two). In this role, Deina will support the Director, Legal Affairs with research, legal analysis and content development. This role is primarily internally facing and provides legal support to senior leadership and team members on a broad range of charity, tax and trust law issues.
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Friday, November 21st, 2025
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Mark and Charmaine Balmer
Mark and Charmaine met at university, married in 1991, and assumed their plans would fall into place just the way they’d always dreamed. However, they quickly found themselves walking through a journey with infertility which was never something they planned or discussed. Today, they are parents to eight amazing children – 6 of whom are adopted! Their journey was, and continues to be, one of many prayers and the daily decision to trust their family’s story to the One Who continues to write it. Their story is evidence that God is a beautiful author and has purpose in all He does.
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