FORMAL EDUCATION (Most Recent First)
 

College, University Theological School	Dates Attended	Graduate Yes/No	Specialization (If any)	Degree or Diploma
Knox College U of T	09/88 to 04/89	Yes		Master of Divinity
McMaster University Divinity College	09/86 to 04/88	no		Master of Divinity
Brock University	09/84 to 04/86	Yes		M. A. Hebrew Theology
Brock University	09/81 to 04/84	yes		B. A. [Hons] History

CONTINUING EDUCATION (Most Recent First - List Most Significant To You)
 

College, University Theological School	Dates Attended	Title of the course or Event
Knox College	Mar. 1999	Tower Scholar Program
York University, England UK	Aug. 10-15 1997	International Hymn Society Conference
Knox College	May 12-13 1997	Tom Long Preaching Course
Knox College	May 16-17 1996	Money Matters -- Stewardship
Knox College	May 17-18 1995	Lorne Mead's Participation in Hope

OTHER PROFESSIONAL OR TECHNICAL TRAINING OR ACCREDITATION various one and five day courses including - Taylor-Johnston Temperament Analysis: Myers-Briggs: Story Telling; Marriage preparation Marriage and Family Counseling--Waterloo Lutheran Seminary.

LANGUAGES (What other languages do you speak and with what proficiency?)
 

	Language	Proficient	Average	Modest
First Language	English	yes
	Gaelic			Yes
	French			Yes

REFERENCES

List 2-4 persons who will give an objective evaluation of your training, experience, and capabilities. Note any restrictions you wish to place in contacting these persons.
Please check whether it is the Home___ or the Office___ telephone number)

1. Name Darrell and Judy MacLeod Telephone 613-525-4593 Home
Address RR1 Dunvegan Ontario K0C 1J0

2. Name Rev. Dr. Paul Brown Telephone 902-752-3854 home
Address  RR#1 Trenton, Nova Scotia B0K 1X0 e-mail: pbrown@north.nsis.com

3. Name Rev. Karen Timbers Telephone 519-438-3492 [Church]
Address 42 Oldwood Crescent; St. Thomas ; Ontario. N5R 6B2.

4. Name Rev. Dr. Joop Eenkhoorn Telephone 519-366-0398
Address 311 Michigan Ave. Point Edward, Ont. N7V 1G1 E-mail: flerjoop@csource.net

I hereby authorize Search Committees which have received my Personal Profile Form to contact all of the above named persons for letters of reference, with the following restrictions:

There are no restrictions.

Date July 11^th, 1999 Signature Rev. Jim McVeigh

All skills listed below are used in pastoral and Diaconal ministries, but each person has special gifts and particular interests. Rank in order of priority from 1 - 18 -- 1 to 6 being the areas you most wish to exercise. In cases where two categories are of equal value you may designate them so. Leave blank any that do not interest you at all.
 

9 Administration (Managing the affairs of the congregation and other organizations)

3 Christian Education (Writing or selecting appropriate curricula for the educational ministry, and planning activities for groups of all ages.)

12 Community Leadership(In areas like drug problems, schools, community organizations)

13 Counselling (On a regular basis)

2 Crisis Visiting (Serving people at times of illness, death, trauma, family crisis, job loss)

8 Denominational Service (Sharing in the work of all the courts of the church)

3 Equipping Church Members (For integrating Christian faith with life)

10 Evangelism (Relating the gospel to people outside the church and helping the congregation to do the same)

2 Home Visiting (On a regular basis)

14 Inter-Church Co-operation (Working in inter-denominational programs and activities)

6 Leadership Development (Planning for and sharing in the training of leaders for the church's programs)

1 Leading Worship and Preaching (Planning and conducting worship services)

11 Mission Outreach (Evangelism and social justice in the community, the country, and the world)

4 Personal and Spiritual Development (Providing resources and guidance for people's devotional life, and for prayer groups, retreats and other small group experiences)

4 Program Development (Establishing goals, and organizing programs in church and community)

5 Stewardship (Faithful use of our time, gifts and money in response to the generosity of God in Christ)

10 Work with Seniors

6 Work with Youth

PERSONAL PROFILE FORM

NARRATIVE-SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

Name Rev. Jim McVeigh Date July. 11th, 1999

Please type or use a computer for this section (a maximum of 2 single-spaced pages).
Write a brief paragraph on how you view your role in the Church. Describe what you would like to accomplish in ministry in the future.

Write brief statements reflecting on the purpose and nature of your practice of
- worship and preaching
- pastoral care
- evangelism
- education in the Church
- leadership in the management of the Church

I see my role in the church as being firstly a witness to the grace of God, and secondly to the work and power of the Holy Spirit not only in my life, but in the lives of countless others. I also see myself as being a means of helping others to demonstrate a witness of these same things in their lives. But I also have been called to a special task -- that of preaching, teaching, and administering the sacraments of the church for the comfort, strengthening, and building up of those to whom God calls me to minister and serve. For a minister is also the servant, not only of the risen Jesus, but also of a congregation, who in turn minister and serve the community to which they belong. In other words, I am a minister among ministers. I would hope in my ministry to have presented truly and faithfully the Jesus who died on Calvary as the Saviour of the world, to have shown to His people the love and grace He has shown to me, and to have made them aware that to love the Lord is to love and serve all of His children also.

The purpose of worship is to praise and glorify God, to celebrate our oneness in Him, and together joyfully proclaim that He alone is Lord, and Jesus alone is Saviour and Redeemer. A worship service is for, and from, all those present, and thus should include in a leadership role, if possible, other people as well as the minister. It should build up and restore to wholeness where needed, but also challenge and disturb the congregation and the minister. The preaching of the Word is a time for the minister to present to the congregation those insights into the written Word that he has received through study and prayer, and the intervention of the Spirit. It should be easily understood, and be relevant to the everyday lives of those who hear it. Like the rest of worship it should affirm, challenge, and disturb those involved, but above all proclaim the God of Life, His grace in sending His Son to die for the sins of the world, and the assurance of forgiveness and acceptance that springs from that event.

In the book of Acts we read that the church in Jerusalem prayerfully appointed certain people to serve the needs of a specific group within the community. Their task was to assist the Apostles in their ministry of preaching, teaching and baptizing. But the diaconate are much more than simply assistants to ordained ministers. They are ministers in their own right, with a work that is as valid and important as any other in the church. In a very real sense we are all part of the diaconate, for we are all called to serve at any given point in time, in one specific ministry or another. No one person can do all the tasks of ministry, and so in our time God calls some to preach, some to teach in Sunday School or Bible Study groups, some to sing in the choir, some to lead the choir, some to play the organ or some other instrument, some to wash dishes, some to bake pies, some to be janitors, and the list could go on and on. Here we see the unity of service within the Body of the unifying Jesus. The common denominator in all of these tasks is that ALL who perform them are called to them.

The simple basis of pastoral care is to weep with those who weep and to rejoice with those who rejoice. In other words to be present with the members of the congregation, and others, in whatever situation they may find themselves. But pastoral care is more than comforting the grieving or encouraging the faint hearted, or rejoicing with those who celebrate. It is also, in love and not judgment, to rebuke the proud and to chastise those who cause pain and division within the church. Pastoral care is then both to the individual and to the congregation. Just as the Good Shepherd was concerned for the one, but also for the ninety-nine, so the pastor of a congregation must do likewise. This involves a theology of relationships -- pastor to Jesus and pastor to people. It is in relationships that God's care for His children is shown, and our care for one another is shown. But there are also two other sets of relationships involved in pastoral care, that of pastor to self and family, and that of the people for the pastor. This last can, and should, be intentional; but it can also come unintentionally to the pastor who 'entertains angels unawares' and unexpectedly receives from that experience a blessing or a spiritual insight beyond value or price.

The church is called to be God's messenger to and in the world. This means more than simply preaching the Word; it entails being the Word in deed as well as in speech. To evangelize is to reach out, not only to the non-church goers in the community, but also to those who have at some time in the past been a faithful attender at worship, but who now, for whatever reason, no longer finds the church either relevant or necessary. It is pointless to reach out to the non-church member, unless at the same time endeavoring to recall to the fold those who have strayed away. Evangelism should be seen as possible in all the activities of the church, for the love of Jesus can and should be demonstrated and proclaimed, without being shouted, whenever and wherever possible. We are all in some way evangelists, just as we are all in some way ministers. How we live and act around others will decide how our message will be perceived, and how effective will be the evangelism of the church.

Education in the church should be an ongoing process for all ages in the congregation. It is for the young so that their faith, knowledge of Scripture, and of the basic doctrines of the church, might be set on a firm foundation. It is for the adult so that their faith can be nurtured, confirmed, helped to grow, or perhaps even simply planted. It is for the older person that they may be affirmed in their worth, continue in the faith, and face death with a sure and certain knowledge of their Saviour's love and grace. It is the task of the whole church, and the whole church has a role to play in it. The young in questioning, the adult in affirming, and the elderly in sharing their wisdom and faith journey. Education is about the faith and is developed in the faith; it is about doctrine and is doctrine; it is about experiences of God and experience in God; it is about and is built on the love of the great teacher, Jesus who is the Christ.

A congregation uses a building, pays salaries, utility bills, and generally receives and disposes of its income in ways that are similar to any other organization or institution. Yet it is not like any other organization in that it is made up of the children of God and is the body on earth of its head and Lord, Jesus. This implies certain things about how that income is received and how it is disbursed. The church gives of what it receives, either for its own world to which it witnesses and in which it serves. But the church, is not managing its own resources, it is managing resources that have been given to it by God. To do this, certain members of the congregation are appointed to handle the financial needs of the congregation. Each congregation has its own priorities for the use of its we23resources. As a trained accountant I am very aware of the importance of sound financial management, but I am also aware that money management is only one aspect of the management of a congregation, there is also the management of the dreams and visions of a congregation, dreams and visions that they alone can bring forth and bring about if possible. As a minister and an accountant I can advise on these issues, but the doing must be by the people. I can encourage them to seek to discover needs other than their own, and to use their resources, all their resources, in a way that will serve the kingdom of God in the best way possible, but in the end it is they who must listen to what the Spirit has to say to their church.