Staff

The Rev. Howard Sullivan serves as our Interim Moderator. Howard brings 30+ years of ministry experience to the leadership team at KPC while they search for their new Lead Pastor. Howard was a lay founding member of KPC and by providence God has led Frances and he back to this vibrant Christ centred church.

Howard and Frances were blessed to serve together in three Knox’s: Meaford, Burlington, and Milton before recently retiring to Guelph. During those years ministry was characterized by a heart for the unchurched, a focus on evangelism, and strong biblical preaching. In three decades the most important lesson learned about ministry is that the church does not exist for itself! A healthy church is concerned for others spending its energy, its effort, even its finances on those not presently in the community of faith.

With God’s leading KPC can have a brilliant future with additional mission, additional evangelism and growth in Jesus.

ROOTED in Jesus, GROWING as a community, BECOMING trusted neighbours.

Allison serves as our Pastor of Vision and Staff Development at Kortright and is passionate about helping our congregation to live faith more fully as a community and in each person’s particular context.

Allison worked for over a decade in campus ministry with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship in Toronto and more broadly across SW Ontario before joining the staff at Kortright. Allison is “bi-vocational” meaning that she keeps one foot in church ministry and another foot in “the marketplace.” Allison works as a researcher for the Apostrophe Podcast Company working on a book and two shows including CBC’s Under the Influence.

Originally from Vancouver, Allison and her husband Jordan and daughter Zoe have lived in Guelph for 7 years. Allison loves to travel and spent a year living in Germany. Closer to home Allison enjoys walking by the river, doing art projects with her daughter and hanging out with her adorable nephew. Her favourite place to be is behind a boat on a waterski and she once got her head stuck in the gates at Buckingham palace.

Justin has served as Kortright’s Pastor of Worship and Outreach since 2019 and loves focusing on two of his greatest passions: Seeing a church full of vibrancy in our gathered worship, and seeing a church sent out to be the hands and feet of Jesus across our neighbourhood and city.

Justin has previously worked as a pastor in youth ministry, young adult ministry, and as the site pastor at Lakeside Downtown, in Guelph’s downtown core. Justin comes from more Wesleyan theological roots,  with a Master’s degree from Asbury Theological Seminary in Kentucky. However, he is a happy “newbie” Presbyterian. Justin also works part-time as a music teacher.

Justin is married to Lindsay (also a Bible teacher and theologian!) and they have a daughter, Iris. Justin enjoys debating theology on Twitter, cooking outlandish recipes he finds on YouTube, spending summers by the pool, and the occasional video game.

Alyssa has served as Kortright’s Youth Ministries Coordinator on an interim basis since 2021 and has a passion for building relationships with and helping youth develop their walk with Christ and discover what it means to live a Christ-centered life.

Alyssa previously worked at Intervarsity Pioneer Camp Ontario for several years and is still involved in Intervarsity campus ministry at the University of Guelph. She also works part time at Starbucks and is very passionate about coffee.

Alyssa is married to Jacob and they enjoy all of the trails and local gems that downtown Guelph has to offer. Alyssa enjoys camping, being outdoors, and has been known to impulsively buy plane tickets for a last minute vacation.