Pacific Mountain Regional Council of United Church of Canada
About Pacific Mountain Regional Council of UCC (BC Conference)
Pacific Mountain Regional Council(BC Conference) is an administrative and service-delivery body of The United
Church of Canada. The executive Regional Minister is Treena Duncan. Pacific Mountainn Region Council provides staff, finances,
advice, advocacy and programming resources to 200+ congregations, hundreds of ministry personnel and
numerous ministries in British Columbia including camps, social service agencies, housing and care
facilities, chaplaincies, hospitals and educational centres.
The Meeting of Pacific Mountain Regional Council The general meeting was held on June 4, 2026 until June 7, 2026 in Kamloops, BC. The new president was installed.
for more info see the Pacific Mountain Regional Council website.
President - Thea Sheridan-Jonah |
Thea Sheridan-Jonah (she/her) is a white settler with mixed European ancestry living on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
Thea is the President Elect of the Pacific Mountain Region where she has been an executive member for almost four years. In PMRC she has participated on the Centennial Planning Committee and Policy Committee. She is also a member of the General Council Executive and on the Pension Board, Equity Committee, and Moderator and General Secretary Accountability Committee. In June 2025 she was a delegate to Cuba and a member of the report writing team accessing our approach to Global Partnership. She has been on the planning committees of GC45 and online GC44 with priority focus on Youth Forum. As a staff through the GO Project, Thea has been a national coordinator for four youth development programs since 2022, including the Youth Forum Animators for GC44, Climate Motivators, and Youth Leadership Animators. Thea is passionate about rooting our work in relationship and our call to be neighbours, which is why she is spending her year as President Elect travelling and building relationships across her region.
Thea recently graduated from Political Science with a minor in First Nations and Indigenous Studies at the University of British Columbia. Thea is a passionate community organizer; she is the Co-Chair of the Board and the co-president of the Vancouver chapter of Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy (CSSDP). Thea is also on the Board of the Pivot Legal Society. While at UBC she worked at the Wellness Centre facilitating Naloxone training, harm reduction awareness campaigns, and services. Currently, Thea is working for the Canadian Council of Churches as the Forum for Intercultural Leadership and Learning, Project, and Research Assistant.
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A Holy Week Message from Pacific Mountain Regional Council President, Rev. Dr. Simon LeSieur for 2026. .
Pacific Mountain Region Presidents
| Years | Name |
| 2026-2028 | Ms. Thea Sheridan-Jonah |
| 2024-2026 | Rev. Dr. Simon LeSieur |
| 2022-2024 | Ms. Deborah Richards |
| 2020-2022 | Rev. Blair Odney |
| 2018-2020 | Rev. Jay Olson |
| 2017-2018 | Rev. Cari Copeman-Haynes |
| 2015-2017 | Rev. Keith Simmonds |
| 2014-2015 | Rev. Karen Medland |
| 2012-2014 | Rev. Jenny Carter |
| 2011-2012 | Rev. Deb Bowman |
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