You can expect to have a great Bible teaching experience at Fair Havens!

Chapel Services

Sunday — 10:30am at Irwin Chapel

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday — 9:30am – 10:30am at Irwin Chapel

Note: If you have small children (ages 18 months to completed grade 6) be sure to take them to their program location 15 minutes prior to the service beginning.

Ed Fontaine

Week 1: July 4-11

Ed Fontaine is an experienced ministry leader of 35+ years. He has his BA, Masters of Theology (ThM) and a Doctorate (DMin). His greatest joys are preaching God’s Word, reaching people with the gospel, and helping people grow in their faith and obedience to Christ. Ed’s preaching style is current, relevant, and frequently peppered with challenges for his listeners to keep pressing toward the higher goal of knowing Christ. He insists that people not take his word on a matter but to dig deeper into the Word of God to discover God’s truth for themselves. Ed and his wife Crystal have been blessed to raise 3 great young men, Dallas, Denver and Brett and have two wonderful daughters in law, Rachael and Kendal. They are so pleased to get to spend as much time as possible with their 6 out of province grandchildren. When not doing ministry or visiting grandkids, Ed and Crystal enjoy work outs, pickleball, and reading.

Louis Scheepers

Week 2: July 11-18

Louis Scheepers is a South African pastor now serving in Canada. He holds a Master of Divinity from the University of Pretoria and has invested the past 19 years in ministry as a Youth Pastor, Worship Pastor, Church Planter, and Lead Pastor. Driven by a passion to reach people far from Jesus, Louis brings a practical and relevant approach to preaching and leadership. In 2021, he and his family moved from Cape Town to Newmarket, Ontario, where he serves as Lead Pastor of Grace Church. Louis and his wife, Yolandi, have two daughters, Abigail and Annabelle, and an energetic Italian Greyhound.

Scott Stein

Week 3: July 18-25

Scott Stein is a former pastor and the Founder of Prepared to Answer. For the past 13 years he has been serving local churches, campus groups, and parachurch ministries through training in the areas of theology, apologetics and worldview formation. Prepared to Answer’s mission is to help the church equip future generations of Christians to have a Spirit-empowered, biblically formed mind. In short, to teach a new generation to think like Jesus. Scott is married to Charlene, and lives in Exeter, Ontario.

Ian Elliott

Week 4: July 25 – August 1

Ian Elliott grew up in a pastor’s home, began his career in the business world and entered vocational ministry as a youth pastor. He has pastored at Cedar Creek Community Church since its beginning in the Fall of 1994 and although recently retired from that role, continues to be engaged in various areas of ministry. Ian has also served as an adjunct faculty member at Heritage College and Seminary throughout that time. Ian and Denise have three adult children and seven active growing grandchildren. When not involved in ministry and with family, Ian and Denise love to travel.

Paul Sadler

Week 5: August 1-8

Paul Sadler was an engineering student at Queen’s University when he first came to know Christ through his wife, Jennifer, and the ministry of P2C. He went on to complete a Master of Theology (MTS) and a Master of Divinity (Mdiv) at Heritage Seminary. In between those degrees, he spent 15 years planting a church among the researchers of Tsukuba “Science City” in Japan and now serves as the lead pastor of Grace Baptist Church in Richmond Hill. He’s the author of The Unstuck Life and a weekly blogger at Out of Neutral. He has a daughter and two sons and enjoys soccer, sushi, and ballroom dancing with his wife.

Aden Friedman

Week 6: August 8-15

Aden Friedman was born in Johannesburg, South Africa to an orthodox Jewish family, where they were very involved in the Chabad community. In 1998, Aden was accepted to study at a Yeshiva in Hadera, Israel. In 2010, Aden met Cara, a believer in Yeshua (Jesus) and through her family he realized that Yeshua was the Messiah of both the Jewish people and the whole world. After giving his life to Yeshua, Aden felt called to share his faith with his Jewish people. In 2014, he and Cara were married, and Aden joined Jews for Jesus in South Africa later that year. In 2017, Aden was commissioned as a missionary, and he authored My Yiddishe Mama, a Jewish heritage cookbook for both secular and orthodox Jewish families in Johannesburg. In 2021, Aden and Cara had their first child, Levi Ezra, born in Jerusalem. Aden continues to serve with Jews for Jesus in Toronto as Director of the Canada branch.

David Elliott

Week 7: August 9-16

David Elliott and his wife, Lisa, have been blessed with four children (three on earth and one in heaven) and six grandchildren. Together they joyfully served the Lord and His church in pastoral ministry for 41 years. As “seasoned sojourners” they bring a wealth of ministry experience and biblical insight to equip and encourage believers. Now in retirement they love spending time with family, teaching at various churches/conferences and supporting a young pastoral couple (in their home church). They consider themselves to be “wounded healers” and facilitate several grieving parents’ retreats each year. As “God’s spoiled brats” they appreciate having time to enjoy God’s creation, be refreshed by the beautiful blue waters of Lake Huron and be “available” to do whatever the Lord asks them to do.

Rick Baker

Week 8: August 22-29

Dr. Rick Baker has been a pastor for over 35 years, 22 as Senior Pastor of the mission-focused Calvary Baptist Church, Oshawa, ON. Rick recently oversaw a succession of senior leadership at Calvary and is continuing with the church as a Mission Associate, serving the greater global church as a Pastor Coach, Itinerate Preacher, and as a Director of ABWE Canada (EVERYETHNE), Aviation Interfaith Ministries, Pearson Airport, and on the FEBCC National Council. He is a frequent conference speaker and has taught Christian pastors/leaders and leadership in nine different countries, including Egypt, India, China, Cyprus, and Turkey. Rick’s passion is to continue influencing the next generation of global leaders who will awaken people to the glories of Christ through the careful proclamation and application of God’s word, and discipling of the nations. He is a graduate of Western University (BSc 1978), London Baptist Seminary (MDiv 1990), London ON, and Liberty University (DMin 2015), Lynchburg, VA. Rick has been married to Lyn since 1980 and they have 3 children, 2 serving in fulltime vocational ministry as well as 6 grandchildren. Rick spends his spare time on his boat fishing, playing hockey, golfing, exploring and photographing God’s animal kingdom, or leading Holy Land Tours.

Nate Wright

Week 9: August 29 – September 5

Rev. Nathanael Wright (B.A, M Div.) is the Canadian Director of the Ezra Institute. He is a Christian leader, theologian and cultural apologist, and has worked in Christian ministry and church leadership in Canada for over fifteen years.

He is the Senior Pastor of Crossroads Bible Church in Ingersoll, Ontario, where he has served for 14 years.

He hosts the popular Rebel Podcast on the Fight Laugh Feast Network, co-hosts the Podcast for Cultural Reformation, and is a co-host of a new project, Reforming Nerdom.

Nathanael and his wife Colleen live in London, Ontario. They have four children.