Our staff list:

Jim Tune, Senior Minister
Jim Tune is the founding minister of CMCC. He is married to Claudia and they have a Springer Spaniel named "Murphy." Prior to coming to Churchill Meadows, Jim served as the Senior Minister at Keele Street Christian Church in Toronto for six years. Jim worked as an investment advisor in Toronto before pursuing Christian ministry. Jim has a Bachelor of Religious Education degree from Ontario Christian Seminary in Toronto. He has also done post-graduate studies at McMaster Divinity College in Hamilton, Ontario. Jim's interests include the stock market and sports - especially hockey. He is disturbingly loyal to the Toronto Maple Leafs and is not sure you can trust someone who doesn't like Hockey Night In Canada.


Edmund Lucido, Executive Minister
Edmund has been married to Eya for 15 years. They have two young kids- Mikee and Iliac. They moved here in Canada 7 years ago. Before joining CMCC, he served as a preaching elder in a North York Filipino church. Edmund has 20 years of market place experience in the pharmaceutical industry here in Canada and in the Philippines. He handled various positions in sales, sales management, product management, market research and operations training. Edmund graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor's degree in Human Behaviour Technology and has completed an Entrepreneurial Management for Business Advantage audit program from the Asian Institute of Management through the GSK learning university in the Philippines. He is currently finishing a certificate in Biblical Studies in the Training and Equipping Center of Impact Canada. He is an avid World War II scale modeller and also enjoys jazz, classical and gospel music.

Carl Lipke, Children's Minister

Hello everyone...it's been a long journey getting to Canadia (pronounced Canada, eh!), but my family and I are finally pretty well settled and adjusting to our new life up North! My original home is Minnesota so I'm not too worried about the winters, but my wife is from Iowa where the deep cold of true God's country is only occasional.

My undergraduate degrees are in English and Speech, which prepared me perfectly for those 15 years of YMCA Camping work until pursuing full-time ministry. Then for the past 7 years I was the Children's Pastor at Antioch Christian Church back in Marion, Iowa. And during those years I completed my MDiv Degree from Bethel University and Seminary, focusing on Children's and Family Ministry.

Which brings us to the present calling of Churchill Meadows Christian Church here in Canada. Which, to be honest, has been like a siren calling to me from many years ago after first reading about new Christian Churches in Canada. It was an interest of mine immediately and only grew as time and ministry experience continued me down a path that, well, I guess I would have to say, God wonderfully led and trained me through. It truly has been an amazing journey for my wife, Amy, my kids, Dara, Cammie, Sam, and Kristian, and me, to finally arrive here at Churchill Meadows. We are grateful and excited! And it's only just begun...

Canadian kids... here we go!!!!! :)


Robbie Sevilla, Youth Minister
Robbie Sevilla was born in Hong Kong but was raised in the Philippines. While his parents, Rene & Esther worked abroad, Robbie lived with his grandparents. In 1995, Robbie was able to move to Canada and be reunited with his parents in Toronto, Ontario. Prior to joining Churchill Meadows Christian Church as the Youth Minister in June 2010, Robbie was at school at Maritime Christian College in Prince Edward Island. It was there that he completed his Bachelor of Arts in the Bible (May 2010). It was also in P.E.I. where Robbie found his beautiful wife Valerie. The two were married in May 2010. Robbie stands at the towering height of five feet tall and has many things that he loves to do. He loves to eat, play musical instruments, play sports, watch sports, cheer for all sports teams in Toronto, and collect membership cards that get him free things. In summary, Robbie is quite excited to be working with you through the youth ministries that Churchill Meadows have.


Randy De Jesus, Office Administrator
Originally from the Philippines, Randy worked in a multinational, large church in Manila, Philippines for 12 years (1992-2004) and in a church in North York for two years (2005-Feb 2008) as Office Administrator.  Beginning as a secretary at Union Church of Manila, he moved to the Church's IT Department where he designed computer programs/posters and the church's website.  Since moving to Canada in February, 2004, Randy has continued to develop his administrative and technical skills and is now thrilled to be serving at Churchill Meadows Christian Church as the Office Administrator/ Executive Assistant.  For him, working in a church provides inner joy, greater peace, and fulfillment. He is happily married to Jennifer.  Last April 13, 2009, God blessed them with a daughter named Alexandra-Jane.

Tim Kolb, Worship Leader

Tim was born in Olathe, Kansas and has lived in Missouri , Winnipeg , Oakville and now Mississauga (to name a few places). He met his wife Candace when they were in high school through their youth worship team. They have been married since June, 2006 and though they don't have children yet, they do have a Weimaraner and Doberman Pinscher They enjoy spending time at the Dog Park and relaxing at home with a good movie. Tim is usually found with a guitar in his hands, writing new songs or just jamming by himself. Tim is also an avid Raptors fan and loves to play the game of basketball.


Claudia Tune, Business Manager

Claudia is Italian and was born in Toronto and has always lived and worked within the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Claudia majored in Business at York University, and was employed in the financial services industry prior to the launch of Churchill Meadows Christian Church (CMCC). She is entrepreneurial at heart, and now works with Impact Canada to help get new churches started in the GTA, as well as across Canada.  She is involved with many tasks in helping new churches get started, which include assessment, coaching and mentoring of church planting couples, project management and supervision, training, human resources, marketing, financial analysis, etc.  The church start ups she's been involved with so far include Churchill Meadows Christian Church (Mississauga, Ontario), Freshwater Christian Church (also in Mississauga, ON), Journey Church (Calgary, Alberta), and Westcoast Christian Church (Surrey, British Columbia). Claudia enjoys watching sunsets by the ocean, fishing, travel, international cuisine, and is saving airmiles to hopefully visit Italy in the near future.


Ruben Karel, Multimedia

Ruben was born and raised in Poland , where he attended an art college, focusing on stained glass and fresco techniques. In 2000 he came to this side of the Atlantic to pursue education at Johnson Bible College , TN. In 2003 he graduated with his BA degree in theology and multimedia solutions. Since September of 2004 he has been partially involved in multimedia ministry at CMCC. Besides art, Ruben enjoys any kind of outdoor activities and he obsessively takes pleasure in traveling to new places. His dream trip is to visit Himalayas and climb Seven Summits.