Centre for Rural Community Leadership and Ministry

Board Executive

Dr. Nettie Wiebe, Chair of the CiRCLe M board, is Professor of Church and Society at St. Andrew’s College in Saskatoon. A farmer and former national farm leader, she participates actively in public discourse on farming, food, environment, trade and women’s issues. Her publications include “Current Fortunes of the Rural” in The Prairie Agrarian Movement Revisited and regular columns in The Western Producer. Email:

Rev. Dr. Cameron Harder, Executive Director of CiRCLe M, is also Associate Professor of SystematicTheology and Director of Contextual Education at the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Saskatoon. In his doctoral work, Cam studied the effect of churches and religious belief on the “shame” experience of farm bankruptcy. He also visited and studied rural institutes around the world during his 2003-2004 sabbatical year. Currently, he is writing a book on the church’s role in community development and contributing to the Western Producer. E-mail

Peter Yeung, Vice Chair of CiRCLe M board, has served as an Anglican parish priest, prison chaplain, hospital chaplain, and military chaplain across Canada and overseas. He has been an archdeacon for the past 18 years, has extensive experience in rural ministry and, since 2003, has been Prolocutor of the ecclesiastical province of Rupert's Land. He is the Rector of Parkland Parish, a three-point parish in rural Saskatchewan. E-mail

Board Members

Janice Bray Noonan has deep prairie roots in the United Church of Canada. She currently resides in Saskatoon with her husband and three small children. She is a member of the United Church Saskatchewan Conference Committee on Internship and Educational Supervision and sees the need for more specialized field training in rural ministry. Janice is a student with the Vancouver School of Theology and hopes through her research to help develop some alternative models for rural ministry. E-mail

Ken Rosaasen is a professor in the Department of Bioresource Policy, Business & Economics at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon and a member of the Board of Directors of the Conservation Learning Centre, an agricultural research and demonstration facility near Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. He is also a farmer and active member of the Lutheran Church. E-mail

Don Unger is a Mennonite Pastor in  Mayfair, Glenbush and Rabbit Lake, Saskatchewan. He has also spent time oversease working as a missionary in Nigeria and with his wife Namoi who also serves as a co-paster at their churches in Saskatchewan. E-mail

Janet Kostyna is currently serving her Lutheran parish in Inglis, Manitoba. Having lived in rural parishes since 1978, she is very aware of the changes and challenges of the church. Janet has been involved in many  local ecumenical endeavours and has special interest in shared ministries. Email