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The Reverend Jim Dalton, ordained in 1990, comes from a background in corporate finance (CMA- Certified Management Accountant), working
in manufacturing industries for many years in senior financial roles of Vice President-Finance, Controller and General Manager.
Significant management, organizational, budgetary and personnel responsibilities were a part of these responsibilities.
Going back to Brock University in 1984, Jim received his BA (Psycology) in 1987, and in 1990 graduated from Queen's
Theological College with his M. Div. degree, and was ordained in the Hamilton Conference, Ontario in
May 1990.
Jim first ministered for
four years in the Grand Valley-Monticello Pastoral Charge, Toronto Conference, Ontario from 1990 to
1994. In 1994 Jim moved to Montreal, Quebec where he spent seven years as the Presbytery apointed Intentional
Interim Minister with the Longueuil-St Hubert,Pastoral Charge, Quebec (2 years), St. Andrew's-Norwood United
Church in St Laurent, Quebec (2 years) and Dorval-Strathmore United Church in Dorval, Quebec (1
year). On September 1, 2000, Jim was appointed Interm Director to St. Columba House in Montreal, Quebec until
June 2002. Jim was Called July 1, 2002 and is currently in full time Called Ministry at Greenfield Park United Church,
Greenfied Park, Quebec and will complete his 5th year of Ministry here on July 1, 2007.
Jim brings many years of
life experience to Ministry. As well as ministering in the prison system as a Chaplin, at the Wellington-Waterloo
Detention Center, Ontario and the Guelph Correctional Center, Ontario. He also has one unit of
Clinical Pastoral Education (C.A.P.E.) receiving this while working in the cancer clinic of the Kingston
General Hospital, Kingston, Ontario. Jim also brings significant intervention skills to ministry.
Jim sites his work with the Jesuit (St Ignatious) Farm Community in Guelph, Ontario, for three years as life changing
and life giving. Working with people from the prision system, people from psychiatric institutions and people from drug
and alcohol treatment follow-up programs affected Jim deeply and his understanding of marginalized and broken people.
Out of this experience, along with other dedicated people, came the opening of a Drop-In Center as well as a Transitional
and Emergency Shelter Housing in Guelph, Ontario for street people.
Jim has completed the
Basic Interim Ministry Program with the Interim Ministry Network, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. This was completed
in 1996 at a course in Halifax, Nova Scotia and is currently an approved Interim Minister with the Montreal and Ottawa
Conference. Jim is married to the Reverend Brenda S. Bell, who, for the past 17 years, has been in full-time
Pastoral Ministry. Jim is in excellent physical health, regularly playing squash, and is conscious of healthy lifestyle
needs.
Updated June 2007
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