Who are we?

connecting, coaching, and catalyzing simple churches in Calgary, Canada, and the nations!

The Mosaic Network is a collection of missional communities who are distinct self-governing, self-supporting, and self-multiplying entities which choose to relate to one another relationally. Some of our communities will be part of the Vineyard family of churches while others will have other affiliations. Together we encourage and share gifts and resources.

Meet our Catalysts:

Tim

Tim is an Organic Architect, Catalyst, and Life Coach, among others. Through his coaching practice, Quest For Life Coaching, he offers life and team coaching for individuals, couples, businesses and churches. Tim is also an experienced church planter, pastor, leader and spiritual director.

He has been pioneering and pastoring since 1987, helping to  establish churches and coach leaders throughout the world in such places as Canada, Australia, Asia and Norway. He currently serves on the Prairie Regional Leadership Team and the Missions Development Group for the Vineyard Movement in Canada. Recently, Tim also helped pioneer The Mosaic Network, a network of simple, organic faith communities in Calgary and surrounding area, dedicated to exploring “deeper” community and incarnational mission.

In 2006, Tim earned a Master’s degree from St. Stephen’s University. His thesis was entitled, “The Divine Dance: How To Form Healthy Missional Communities in a Postmodern Culture.”

Tim is married to his soul mate, Esther and they have three boys: Jonathan, Joel and Michael. His hobbies include coaching soccer, sports, hiking, hunting and fishing. He also enjoys a freshly brewed Americano, a fine glass of wine, dates with his wife and reading books on theology, leadership or history.

Mac

Robert “Mac” MacKenzie is a Gaelic & English folk singer, Ethno-Celt musician, writer, poet, penny philosopher, emerging minimalist, slow-life advocate, ragamuffin, homeschool dad and follower of Chris who continually falls down and gets up again, falls down and gets up again, falls down and gets up again.

Mac has worked as a vocational artist for the better part of his life, but he’s also worked in the recording, multimedia and broadcast industries as a writer, audio engineer, producer and audio consultant. For ten years,Mac also served in vocational ministry as a Pastor, Arts & Media Director, Worship Arts Co-ordinator and Bible College Instructor, mentoring and coaching artists, leading corporate worship at local, national and international gatherings, and developing College worship arts and media training programs.

Mac has a strong desire to hear the church sing together in worship and a particular interest in ancient/future worship practices, Celtic Christianity/spirituality, urban monasticism, storytelling and personal healing: both of the soul and the body.

Mac is contentedly married to Joanne and together they have three amazing young adult children.When he’s not hanging out with his family, friends and faith community or creating ‘something-or-other’, you’ll find Mac trail running with his dog, practicing Tai Chi, writing and enjoying a good cup of tea at a coffee shop or studying at the local library.  Check out Macs blog: Diary of an Arts Farmer

Michael

Michael is a builder, leader, coach, innovator, entrepreneur, pastor, teacher, consultant, father, husband and friend. Michael is a gifted story-teller who brings messages to life and makes them memorable through interesting narrative.  Michael is the principle of IamSignificant.ca – an online resource inspiring and equipping people for greater success with Significance, and the internet home for his spiritual direction and coaching practice.

Michael holds a Masters Degree in Ministry from St. Stephen’s University and his thesis is entitled “Becoming Love: Avoiding Common Forms of Christian Insanity.”  A pastor with 20 years of ministry experience Michael transitioned his ministry The Rock into a more responsive and community valuing model that encourages deeper relationships with Jesus, family and others through healthy faith in real life. His experience in social service ministry ranges from developing a drop-in centre for youth and adults, working with people with addictions, to outreach activities to the financially challenged, youth at risk and the over-churched (spiritually abused). Michael has extensive experience with small groups of Christians in simple forms of church. Michael possesses a real passion for providing spiritual direction in areas of healing and integration of healthy faith into real life.

Michael is a dynamic communicator and has spoken at numerous churches and conferences in Canada and the United States. Michael is also a consultant, friend, coach and confident to a number of Business and Church / Ministry leaders. Michael has been a guest on Christian Television shows including “100 Huntley Street,” “On the Edge with Dale Lang,” “Insight” and “Lifeline.”

Mike is happily married to Andrea for over twenty years and has three amazing sons (5, 15 and 18). He likes to spend time with his family and friends, enjoys 70’s Rock, flying stunt kites, and fine coffee.

Doug

Hey, greetings and welcome to the Mosaic website. I’m glad you have joined us in looking at some cool stuff that is happening in our midst. You probably came here to look at other stuff than me, but while you’re waiting, I will squeeze in a few bits about myself.

Well, I really feel like a blessed guy, so many things to be thankful for and I can truely say it is good to be alive. It’s been an awesome journey being a Jesus follower these last many years. I have encountered Him in such a real way that it has gripped me beyond what I ever thought it could, so different than just hearing about Him or reading some book on Him. I guess out of those experiences I’ve found something that makes the world go around and around for me. At the risk of sounding too ‘out of touch’, ya I’ve had many a truck roll across my path, but whatever it is in Jesus, somehow he has made it real to me that He is into accident prevention and most definitely does well when the ‘collisions’ do happen in my life.

I love adventure and so whether its a weekend of camping, a trip to some distant land or loading up the dirt bikes for a ride on the track, I like to be there. My three children like to enjoy many of these things too and so that is super important to me, hanging out with them and being the best dad I can possibly be. What a joy to see them enjoy life! I think I’m also learning to see and enjoy simple things; a meal I cooked actually tasting awesome, throwing the baseball around with the children and the smile of someone feeling loved.

Like a lot of you, I spend many hours of my week at a place of employment. I am working at a large engineering company as a piping designer. Something I tell people is that it is like Legos for big kids! I get to design and help build plants/facilities that take all that oil and gas and make it into products we use everyday. My job feeds my desire to build and create. A side bonus of being there is that I get to work with many different people from all over the world and so experience lots of God’s amazing creation!

There is a tremendous opportunity for those of you who want to taste more of life through people, events and stories you will find on this website. Of course, if you don’t look you won’t find, so I guess its up to you what you get out of it. Anyway, keep looking and living!

Don

Don Maxwell is an adventure lover, husband, father, stumbling friend, recovering human, creative, big picture thinker and problem solver. He enjoys overcoming challenges by equipping individuals and building teams to accomplish meaningful tasks. “Mistakes are stepping stones” you will hear him say. “Hope” is central to his way of thinking, whether facing obstacles at work or his inner demons.

After graduating from Prairie High School Don completed a Bachelor’s degree in Theology from
Prairie Bible Institute. His family played prominent roles in founding and leading the college. After college he worked with Operation Mobilization in a variety of jobs for about 12 years in Europe and Central Asia. Don’s cross-cultural experiences started in early childhood in Colombia, South America, as a child of missionary parents. Besides enjoying travel and a variety of food he now speaks parts of Hindi/Urdu, Swedish and Spanish.

He met Shestine while working with “OM” and they were married in Sweden, her home country. They now have two adult children, Nina and Kevin, studying nearby in Alberta, Canada and he loves being part of their lives.

Presently Don is owner of a construction company, Maxwell Builders Inc. established in 1997.  For the past decade he has been involved in “recovery” courses, both for personal reasons and for facilitating the healing and growth of others. After personal issues around anger, isolation and anxiety became painful, frustrating and overwhelming, Don began what he describes as “a journey of brokenness and hope.” He says, “It was so refreshing to find a community that was safe enough to be honest about everything; my confusion, pain, doubt, anger, anxiety, and also offer me hope to change on the inside.”

He credits the start of his renewal to the recovery group at Westside Kings church in Calgary. He also participated in the Celebrate Recovery program at Crossroads in Red Deer and facilitated a Freedom Session group at Prairie Bible College in Three Hills. With these experiences of personal growth in community Don keeps encouraging others to form authentic communities everywhere.