Our Story
PCCC 1977-Present
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1977 Ben Lebsack contacted the Missionary Church of Canada, Western District, and inquired about taking over a small independent church in Westbank.
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1977 Pastor Norman Quantz conducted the first meeting in the home of John and Elvera Klassen, at which time the church was organized. Services were held in the Westbank First Nations church for a couple of months and then moved to the Ben Lebsack home.
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1978 Ray Semeniuk was the pastor at the Glenrosa Elementary School.
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1979 A building was purchased from Plymouth Brethren. Mervin Traub was the pastor from Sep 1979 until Jun 1982 when he returned to the Mission field in Brazil. From Sep 1981 church services and Sunday School were held in the Glenrosa Elementary School. Evening services were held in various homes.
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1983 The property on Powers Creek was purchased and the building of the new church building started in October of 1984.
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1985 The first service was held and the official opening and dedication service was held on August 15, 1985. Keith and Lillian Lauwers came to pastor for a period of time until they moved back to Alaska.
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1992 John and Debbie Reimer moved to Westbank and he became the new senior pastor. The church continued to grow, and an additional Saturday evening service was begun in Jan 1993.
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1995 The debt from the church building was retired.
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1997 The church hired our first Associate Pastor, Rick (and Sandy) Heavenor.
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2002 Kevin Bishop was hired as the Youth Pastor.
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2003 James (and Janine) Moffat came on staff as Youth Pastor.
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2005 Our name was officially changed from Westbank Missionary Church to Powers Creek Community Church. John Reimer continued to serve as Senior Pastor until July 2005.
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2006-2012 Troy McKnight (and Theresa) was Lead Pastor.
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2007-2017 Jeff Falke (and Amy) was the Pastor of Worship Arts.
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2010-2013 Matt Fitzgerald (and Kaylan) served as Pastor of Student Ministries.
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2013-2023 David Barbour (and Jacki) served as Lead Pastor. In 2023 we welcomed Daryl Busby to be our Interim, and then our Transitional Pastor, as we began our search for a new Pastor.
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2024 Our Pastoral search led us to Aaron and Beth Dalman, Judah, Benji, and Thea, where they had been serving for fourteen years at Martensville Baptist Church in Saskatchewan. Aaron accepted the position of Lead Pastor effective August 15, 2024. We celebrated his Commissioning at Powers Creek Community Church on September 22, 2024.
Over the course of these years, we have seen many changes, but the Mission has remained much the same: to walk with people into a life-transforming relationship with Jesus! God is faithful and we are excited to see where he will lead us in the days ahead!
