Team | Hillside Church | North Vancouver

MEET THE TEAM

Pastoral Team

Jeff has served at Hillside since 2017 having moved to Lynn Valley after 13 years of pastoral ministry in Boston, Massachusetts. Jeff holds a ThM (OT) from Regent College and enjoys coffee, poetry, walks in the woods, good music and stories of redemption. He and his wife, Carrie, have three adult children and two great sons-in-law.

Pauline Sanderson | Pastor

Pauline's history at Hillside began prior to becoming a pastor, as she was a member of the church long before she came on to the staff team. Her life experience includes having worked in the banking industry for years, raising her 3 (now adult) sons, and working at Keats Camps as Executive Director prior to joining Hillside in 2011. She has a MA in Theological Studies from Regent College, and loves spending time with her family including her 3 grandkids, hiking with friends, and kayaking our beautiful waterways. She believes that being invited into people’s stories and their faith journeys, both the ups and the downs, is a privilege - one of the best parts of being a pastor!

Nate Collins | Pastor

Nate has served at Hillside since 2019. Previously he was pastoral resident at the church he grew up at in Seattle. Prior to being a pastoral resident, Nate was studying for a MDiv and a ThM in New Testament and was a worship pastor. Nate likes reading, playing guitar, and spending time with his family. Nate’s family consists of his wife Katie and their kids, Peter (age 9), Micah (age 7) and Tessa (age 4).

Kristin Rose | Youth Pastor

Kristin has been serving as the youth pastor at Hillside since 2018, working with grades 6-12 and a team of young adult youth leaders. She has recently graduated from Columbia Bible College with a BA in Biblical Studies and plans to continue her studies at Regent College. Kristin loves winning spike ball games, chatting over coffee, eating chocolate, and hanging out with her husband and friends.

admin team

Hannah Hume | Administrator/Director of Children's Ministry

Hannah attended Hillside Church for many years before joining the staff team in 2021. She graduated from Simon Fraser University with a BSc in Biomedical Physiology and hopes to work in reproductive sciences in the future. Hannah loves playing games, doing puzzles, and eating sour candies. Mostly, she enjoys hanging out with her husband and friends.

Diana Cardona | Bookkeeper

Diana has been supporting the administration team, taking care of the books, since 2011. She is originally from Colombia, South America and moved with her family to Canada in 2003 when she also joined Hillside Church. Diana works as a bookkeeper for a Consulting and Accounting firm and also has her own private clients.

interns

Winsor Boggs | Pastoral Intern/Building Manager

Winsor is a pastoral intern under the tutelage of Nate Collins, and also serves as the Building Manager for the church. Winsor was heavily involved in music and community life at Wheaton College, where he received a Bachelors of Arts in Philosophy and Economics. When he is not serving at Hillside, Winsor spends much of his time working on his MDiv at Regent College. He is happily married, and he and his wife—Abby—have a Golden Retriever named Hazel. Food, games, music, and good conversations are some of his favourite things.