About Us
Our Ministers
Minister Barry King
Barry King, Minister
bking@edenunitedchurch.com
Barry began his ministry with Eden United Church on July 1st, 2002, as one of the Eden United Shared Ministry Team. Barry is the resource person for the Stewardship and Finance and Outreach Committee's of the congregation.
Barry has a deep passion in his ministry for the areas of Preaching and Social Justice.
Originally from Kingston, Barry's call to Ordained Ministry was a change in direction from his career in the business world. He graduated from Queen's School of Theology in 1985 and was ordained by the Bay of Quinte Conference of the United Church of Canada.
Prior to his call to Eden, Barry has served in a number of congregations across Canada, mostly in multi-staff ministries.
Barry's interest and hobbies include reading, rock music, committees, automobile racing, and cooking.
Minister Evelyn McLachlan
Evelyn McLachlan, Minister
emclachlan@edenunitedchurch.com
Evelyn's enthusiasm for ministry is one of her greatest attributes! She LOVES being in ministry and especially with this rich and diverse congregation. She graduated with a B.A. in Drama & English from the University of Windsor in 1980 and eventually accepted God's call into ministry and received her M.Div. from Queen's Theological College.
She was ordained in 1987 and served the 5-point pastoral charge of Eastern Guysborough in Nova Scotia; and was then called to serve the 3-point Dunwich Pastoral Charge in Dutton, Ontario.
In 1998 Evelyn was called to Parker Street United Church in Sarnia, Ontario and then was called to shared ministry with the Eden congregation and Rev. Barry King in November 2002.
Evelyn loves sharing in worship, singing in the choir, being the resource person for C.E. and Membership & Pastoral Care, helping to co-ordinate VBS, facilitating Laugh and Learn, working with Youth Reach and lending a hand whenever and wherever she can.
Evelyn was raised in Timmins, Ontario and has 4 brothers and 1 sister as well as in-laws and a gaggle of nieces and nephews (13 in total) and 5 great ones as well! When Evelyn is not at Eden she enjoys sharing a cup of tea with friends, reading, watching movies, cooking, doing cross-stitch, painting, going to the theatre and lately scrapbooking!
Stuart Sladden, Music Director
ssladden@edenunitedchurch.com
Stuart Sladden has been teaching and performing in the Toronto area since 1996. His love of music began in high school where he was exposed to a wide variety of music. During high school he studied both trumpet and voice, and it was his affinity for vocal music that eventually led him to pursue a post secondary education in vocal performance. He studied for a year at Humber College under Trish Colter, and then transferred to the University of Toronto where he studied with Carol Wellsman and Lisa Martinelli and graduated with his B. Music in Performance degree in 2002.
Since graduating from university, Stuart has worked as a private instructor, clinician and freelance musician throughout the GTA. He is currently working as the Music Director and Organist for Eden United Church. Stuart directs the Junior and Senior Choirs and will be working with a Youth Choir. Due to the retirement of the two bell directors, Stuart will also be directing Eden Bells and Eden Bells aPeel.
Along with choral work and teaching, Stuart is also a composer and arranger. He was the co-writer for Opus Focus, a vocal jazz quartet, and recently wrote half a program for the debut performance of VSOTP, a new choral ensemble in Toronto featuring works from local composers.