Meet Our Ministry Team
Reverend Deb Dolbear-Van Bilsen is the Interim Minister at Knox PC following the retirement of the Rev. Mavis Currie in September 2024. Rev. Deb is a full-time minister in Southwestern Ontario. She serves in two congregations: Glencoe Presbyterian Church and St. John’s Presbyterian Church, Wardsville. She is celebrating 25 years of Ordination in the PCC this year. In addition to the ongoing needs within her two-point charge of preaching and pastoral care, church meetings, weddings and funerals, Rev. Deb also shares her faith and leadership with families in the community at large. Rev. Deb enjoys participating in her community in various ways, including: being a member on the Spiritual Care Team of Middlesex Hospital Alliance at the Four Counties Site and an active Pastoral Care Visitor on the On-Call Roster; an active member of the Glencoe and Area Ministerial and the Newbury, Wardsville and Area Food Bank supporting both the spiritual and physical needs of people in the community and beyond; supporting the faith of youth and children leading a Community-wide VBS across denominations and families without roots in a church.
She is the wife of Jacques, and mother of two, Elizabeth (22 years) and John (20 years). Rev. Deb lives in Glencoe with her family and their two little dogs. She enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, biking, swimming and walking, and watching her kids play sports. Two of her favourite places to reconnect with the Lord are at the beach and walking in nature. She loves an evening church service with beautiful worship music, and the Christmas Eve Candlelight Service is her favourite.
Amadeusz Kazubowski-Houston (Sandy) is a professionally trained keyboardist with more than twenty years of experience.
He studied under the tutelage of numerous musicians, including Marina Geringas, Li Wang, James Anagnoson, and Peter Longworth, and attended the Royal Conservatory of Music’s Young Artist Performance Academy (now Taylor Academy) in Toronto as a piano student for ten years from 2005 to 2015, where he learned music history, theory, ear training, composition, and chamber performance.
For the past eight years, Sandy has been teaching piano, music theory, and ear training, as well as accompanying choirs, soloists, and music students. In addition, he is currently playing and working on restoring several American reed organs, including a 1906 Estey Style ‘H’, two folding organs from the mid-twentieth century, and a 2-manual-and-pedal ten-rank Thomas reed organ, built in Woodstock, Ontario in 1910 as a practice instrument for pipe organists or as a substitute for a pipe organ in a small church. He is a member of the International Reed Organ Society (https://www.reedsoc.org/), a group dedicated to the restoration, preservation, and documentation of reed organs – including harmoniums and melodeons.
Aside from music, Sandy graduated from York University in Toronto with a Bachelor of Environmental Studies in 2020; this fall, he returned to the program as a Masters student. When he’s not at school or making music, he loves involving himself with all things aviation! He obtained his glider pilot’s licence in 2017 and has been building and flying RC model airplanes for the past decade. He tries to fly as much as possible and is hoping to join a local model flying club in the near future.
Meghan Brockington is the Christian Education and Outreach Worker at Knox.
She began working at our Church in March 2015.
Born in St. Thomas, Meghan has been attending Knox since she was a baby. She spent her childhood summers attending the Synod of South Western Ontario camp, Camp Kintail on the shore of Lake Huron, and went on to work at the camp for several years as a counsellor, and later as the music and drama director for the 2007 summer season.
Meghan lives with her husband, Caleb and their three children: Brayden, Madison, and Mackenzie, along with their dog named Charli.
Meghan loves singing, reading and spending time with her loved ones.
Kathy Kestle is the Office Administrator at Knox.
She began working at Knox Presbyterian Church in February 2018. Prior to coming to Knox, Kathy was an Administrative Assistant at a local nursing home. Kathy successfully completed numerous business college courses while working and raising a family.
Kathy lives with her husband Doug, and sons, Jamie, Trevor, and their two Borderjack pups Zuko & Jax. Kathy and Doug also have a daughter, Jena, son-in-law Mike, and grandson Nicholas.
Kathy enjoys flying with her son Jamie, and spending time her family.
Angie Anderson serves as the main lead in the Knox Nursery, caring for our babies and preschoolers.
She has been an ECE since 2000, and has worked in the school system.
Angie is also the wife of a teacher, and the mother of four children ranging in age from 8-17 years!
She loves working with young children and loves her time on Sunday mornings with the youngest members of our church family.