Meet the Godly Play Trainers in Western Canada. We coordinate the work of Godly Play Canada in
Alberta and British Columbia by providing Introductory Sessions, Core Training and Enrichment events.
Alberta and British Columbia by providing Introductory Sessions, Core Training and Enrichment events.
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Anne has been wondering about Godly Play since she first trained as a storyteller in 2005. She was accredited as a trainer in 2008 and as a Trainer of Trainers in 2024. She marvels at the way children respond to Godly Play, opening themselves to their experience of God, finding language about and connection to a great mystery. She delights during training in watching adults open themselves to the possibilities for Christian nurture for children, themselves and for their congregations.
Anne (she/her) is honoured to live, play and worship on the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations as well as on Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc territory, situated within the unceded ancestral lands of the Secwépemc Nation. She loves to sing and play the flute and skiing with her grandchildren. |
Ruth Lumax
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From wondering to leading and always wondering, Ruth enters the Godly Play circle as practitioner (2006), Trainer (2011), Trainer of Trainers (2024) and someone who is passionate about Spiritual well-being. Ruth is committed to building the circle, both on-line and in person, strong enough to do the work we need to do! You’re invited to come close to God through wondering, silence and playful story.
After 30 years of pastoral ministry, Ruth is taking a gap year and listening for the Good Shepherd’s call to another adventure. So far it sounds a lot like Godly Play! Ruth is also an accredited Spiritual Director, enthusiastic lake kayaker and photographer, who dabbles in music and tries to stay fit enough to outrun toddlers. Ruth (they/Them) and her spouse live on and tend some of the traditional lands of the Nēhiyawēwin, the people of the Sundance Culture, in the Battle River watershed of Metis Region 4 and Treaty 6 (AB). |
Mary Nichol
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Mary first experienced Godly Play in 2005 and was certified as a Godly Play trainer in 2008. She is committed to supporting sacred and brave space for people of all ages to wonder, engage, and deepen in their relationship with God.
With over fifteen years of supporting young leaders in their work in day camp ministry and congregational leaders in First Third Ministry (those in the first third of life), Mary now serves as Vancouver School of Theology’s Director of Theological Field Education. Mary (she/her) is grateful to live on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded land of the Semiahmoo, sq̓əc̓iy̓aɁɬ təməxʷ (Katzie), and Kwantlen peoples. She loves to cook and share her successes (and failures) with her husband, young adult daughters, and her eldest daughter’s fiancé. |
For information on training events and trainers across Canada
visit Godly Play Canada
visit Godly Play Canada
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There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children.
- Nelson Mandela |