Our Minister

Rev Ellie is our minister at St Luke’s. She has a big heart for people and for pastoral care. Prior to and during her time at St Luke’s she has worked in Prison chaplaincy and as a military chaplain. She works with young people, and the federal Cadet organization, and has a special heart for women in all their walks of life.

She writes and speaks on her faith, and has edited two books: Women Rising; and Spiritual Voices. She has authored several documentaries including Prison Ministry; Angeltree; The Way Home; Mike’s Story; and Women and Violence.

She obtained her M Div at Wycliffe College and was ordained in 2005 in the Diocese of Niagara. She is a director of the Canadian Friends of the Ecole Biblique and Honorary director of Wildlife Preservation Trust. She has been awarded The Queen Elizabeth ll Golden and Diamond Jubilee Medals, and holds an Honorary Doctorate from Trinity Western University.

Contact Rev. Ellie at eclitheroe@stlukessmithville.ca or 905-957-1774!

And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

-- Hebrews 10:24-25

Our Minister

And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching. -- Hebrews 10:24-25

And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

-- Hebrews 10:24-25