Three years ago, we broke ground. This summer, we tend what God has planted.
Camp Meeting 2026 marks Year Three of the Manitoba-Saskatchewan Conference’s Mission Strategic Framework, a five-year journey mapped to the rhythms of the prairie harvest. In 2024, we tilled the soil through acts of community service. In 2025, we planted seeds through friendship evangelism. Now, in 2026, we turn to the work every farmer knows is essential: caring for what is growing.
The theme is Crop Care & Protection. The focus is Christ-Centred Bible Studies. The key verse is Psalms 119:105: “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.”
Across our 41 congregations in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Nunavut, seeds have been sown. Relationships have formed. Interests have sparked. But anyone who has worked a field knows that planting is not enough. What grows must be tended, watered, and protected from what would choke it out. That is the work of discipleship. That is the work of opening Scripture together. That is the work we gather for this July.
July 3–6, 2026, join hundreds of believers from across the Conference as we learn, worship, and grow. Our speakers bring decades of experience in disciple-making, Bible teaching, and church renewal. Our partners, including It Is Written Canada, AdventHealth, Burman University, Hope Channel Canada, Voice of Prophecy Canada, and the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Canada, stand with us in this work.
This is not a spectator event. This is a working session for a growing church. Come ready to learn how to study Scripture in ways that transform lives. Come ready to take those methods home to your congregation. Come ready to tend the crop.
The harvest is coming. But first, there is care to give.
Peter Roennfeldt has been planting churches. Not buildings. Communities. More than twenty of them, across nearly sixty countries, with teams he has trained and mentored along the way.
Dr. Peter Roennfeldt is a pastor, church planting specialist, mentor, author, and tour leader. His life’s work has been equipping believers to do what the earliest Christians did: gather in homes, share meals, study Scripture, and invite others into the life of Jesus. He has trained hundreds of teams in nearly 60 countries, and his “Following Jesus” approach to discipleship and multiplication is listed in the Manitoba-Saskatchewan Conference’s Mission Strategic Framework as a recommended resource for small churches.
Roennfeldt holds a Doctor of Ministry degree and has authored a trilogy of books that trace the biblical and historical foundations of disciple-making community: Following Jesus, Following the Spirit, and Following the Apostles’ Vision, all available at following-jesus.com.
His message is deceptively simple: “The gospel is the same today as it was in the Gospels: ‘Jesus is alive!’” But simple does not mean easy. Roennfeldt’s ministry is built on the conviction that the church grows not through programs but through relationships, not through institutions but through Spirit-led multiplication, and not through addition but through discipleship that reproduces itself.
For a camp meeting focused on “Crop Care & Protection,” Peter Roennfeldt opens our time together with the question every gardener must answer: What kind of crop are we tending? The answer, he will remind us, is not a harvest of buildings or budgets. It is a harvest of disciples who make disciples.
Friday, July 3 | Evening Service (Opening Night) Sabbath, July 4 | 10:45 a.m. Main Service & Evening Service Sunday, July 5 | Evening Service Monday, July 6 | 9:30 a.m., 10:45 a.m. & Evening Service
Learn more: following-jesus.com
For nearly three decades, David Schwinghammer has been doing ministry at the intersection of worship, leadership, and compassion. Now he brings that convergence to Camp Meeting 2026.
Dr. David Schwinghammer currently serves as the National Program Director for ADRA Canada, overseeing the agency’s domestic emergency response, development programs, and community partnerships. It is a role that draws on everything he has learned across a career spanning pastoral ministry, conference administration, and worship leadership.
He holds a Doctor of Ministry in Worship Renewal and Discipleship from Fuller Theological Seminary and a Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies from Canadian University College. Over the past twenty-eight years, he has served as senior pastor of both small and large congregations, as Conference Director of Stewardship and Worship for the Ontario Conference, as Vice President for Administration in both the Ontario and Oregon Conferences, and as Assistant to the President for Church Ministries and Revitalization. He has also served as a visiting seminary instructor, training the next generation of church leaders.
Dr. Schwinghammer is both a preacher and a musician, and he believes those callings belong together. His doctoral work focused on the relationship between worship and discipleship, and he brings that conviction into every setting where he speaks. The good news of life in the Kingdom of God, he says, is meant to be proclaimed through both word and song.
His wife, Ingrid, served at ADRA Canada for over thirteen years before the family moved to Oregon for conference ministry. In 2023, God’s call brought them home to Canada, where David now leads ADRA’s national programs, and Ingrid continues to use her gifts in service. Together, they have two adult children, Albany and Justin.
For a camp meeting focused on “Crop Care & Protection,” Dr. Schwinghammer reminds us that compassion and discipleship are inseparable. Tending what God has planted means caring for people in their whole lives, body and soul, locally and globally.
Sabbath, July 4 | 9:30 a.m. (Sabbath School) & 2:30–3:45 p.m. (Mission Celebration) Co-hosting with Stephanie Yamniuk | ADRA Canada
From Micronesia to Manitoba, from UNICEF to ADRA, Stephanie Yamniuk has spent her career walking alongside communities in need. Now she brings that journey to Camp Meeting 2026.
Stephanie Yamniuk serves as Regional Program Manager for ADRA Canada, where she leads collaborative work across five focus areas: immigrants, food security, psychosocial support, Indigenous partnerships, and emergency preparedness. Based in Winnipeg, she brings more than two decades of experience in education, humanitarian service, and community development to the role.
Her academic credentials include a Master’s degree and doctoral studies (ABD) at the University of Manitoba. She has taught at the University of Winnipeg, the University of Manitoba, and Booth University College, with courses spanning sociology of education, cross-cultural education, human development, and family studies. Before joining ADRA, she served as Director of the Prairie Regional Office for UNICEF Canada, managing programs across Manitoba and Saskatchewan. She has also worked with the Canadian Red Cross in planned giving and donor relations.
Her international experience is extensive. She taught elementary school in Pohnpei, Micronesia. She travelled to Ukraine with UNICEF Canada to support health workers serving HIV-positive children. She has worked with international students at the post-secondary level for over a decade. And she has collaborated with Indigenous cohorts in social work education, incorporating Indigenous learning practices into her university courses.
At ADRA Canada, Yamniuk provides ongoing mental health and psychosocial support to beneficiaries facing anxiety, depression, and grief. She maintains protection protocols for critical situations and helps communities build resilience amid rapidly changing circumstances. She is also an emerging speaker on resilience, ADHD, mindset, and parental advocacy.
For a camp meeting focused on “Crop Care & Protection,” Yamniuk brings a practitioner’s understanding of what it means to tend people through crisis. Discipleship is not only about Bible study; it is also about walking alongside the vulnerable until they can stand again.
Sabbath, July 4 | 9:30 a.m. (Sabbath School) & 2:30–3:45 p.m. (Mission Celebration) Co-hosting with Dr. David Schwinghammer | ADRA Canada
Jud Lake has spent his career doing one thing: preaching the Word. As a pastor, professor, and scholar, he has devoted himself to the conviction that expository biblical preaching is the heartbeat of the church.
Dr. Jud Lake is Research Professor of Preaching and Adventist Studies at Southern Adventist University, where he has taught since 1997. He served as Professor Emeritus and held the Ellen G. White Memorial Chair from 2019 to 2025, during which he directed the Institute for the Study of Ellen G. White and Adventist Heritage. Before entering academia, he spent ten years as a pastor in the Gulf States Conference and two years as a youth pastor and Bible teacher at Broadview Academy in Illinois.
Lake holds a Doctor of Theology from the University of South Africa and a Doctor of Ministry from Reformed Theological Seminary. His published works include Ellen White Under Fire (2010), A Nation in God’s Hands: Ellen White and the Civil War (2017), and The Pocket Ellen White Dictionary (2018, co-authored with Michael Campbell).
He is known across the Adventist world for his passionate advocacy of expository preaching. “Preach the Word” is not just a slogan for Lake; it is a vocation. His scholarship on Ellen White is rooted in the same conviction: the church is built on Scripture, and those who stand in the pulpit must handle it with care, accuracy, and power.
For a camp meeting focused on “Crop Care & Protection,” Jud Lake brings exactly what the theme demands: careful attention to the text, deep roots in Adventist heritage, and a clear call to preach the Word.
Tuesday, July 7 | 9:30 a.m., 10:45 a.m. & Evening Service Wednesday, July 8 | 9:30 a.m. & Evening Service
Cyril Millett has spent his entire ministry declaring God’s power to the next generation. From youth camps to high school classrooms to the Executive Secretary’s office, that calling has never changed.
Pastor Cyril Millett III serves as Executive Secretary of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Canada, elected in September 2022 with 84 percent of the vote. But his path to national leadership ran through decades of ministry to young people.
Born and raised in Bermuda, Millett earned a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Psychology and English from the University of Windsor in 1979 and a Master of Divinity from Andrews University in 1985. He was ordained in the Quebec Conference and called to the Ontario Conference in 1989, where he served as youth pastor, high school chaplain, Bible teacher, and director of Men’s Ministries, Campus Ministries, Camp Ministries, and Youth Ministries. He later returned to Bermuda to serve as Youth Ministries Director, Sabbath School Director, and interim Superintendent of Education for the Bermuda Conference.
Millett holds certifications as a Steward of Children (in child sexual abuse prevention), a clinical chaplain, and a certified pre-marriage counsellor. His life verse is Psalm 71:18: “Even when I am old and grey, do not forsake me, my God, till I declare your power to the next generation, your mighty acts to all who are to come.”
He and his wife, Glenda Francis-Millett, have one son, Justin.
For a camp meeting focused on “Crop Care & Protection,” Pastor Millett brings a lifetime of tending young crops. The seeds planted in youth ministries grow into the leaders of the church. Cyril Millett has been cultivating that harvest for more than four decades.
Sunday, July 5 | 9:30 a.m. Monday, July 6 | 3:45 p.m.
Daniel Saugh has spent his career at the intersection of body, mind, and spirit. As a pastor, psychotherapist, military chaplain, and public health scholar, he brings a rare depth to the question of what it means to be whole.
Dr. Daniel Saugh currently serves on the faculty at Burman University. His previous roles include Canadian Programs Manager for ADRA Canada and Health Ministries and Ministries of Compassion Coordinator for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Canada.
His academic credentials span the full range of holistic health. He holds a PhD in Human Relationships, Psychology, Psychotherapy, and Spiritual Care from Wilfrid Laurier University; a Master of Public Health in Health Promotion, Education, and Behavioural Psychology from Loma Linda University; a Master of Science in Community Health and International Development from Andrews University; a Master of Divinity in Theology, Chaplaincy, and Missiology from Andrews University; and a Bachelor of Health Sciences with Honours in Kinesiology from York University.
Saugh is an ordained minister with more than twenty years of pastoral experience across seven churches. He served as a Canadian Armed Forces Chaplain for more than seven years and as a Toronto Police Chaplain for more than seven years. He is a Registered Psychotherapist in Ontario, a Certified Health Education Specialist, and Director for Counselling Services Toronto.
His expertise includes traumatology, PTSD and moral injury, emotional and behavioural approaches to health, and psychosocial sciences. As a public health intern at Loma Linda VA Hospital under Dr. Linda Ferry, he contributed to the CHIP program and served as a Research Assistant on the Adventist Health Study-II with Dr. Gary Fraser. He has taught at Georgian College, York University’s Institute for Health Research, and now Burman University.
Saugh has been recognized with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal (2012) and the Minister of Veterans Affairs Commendation Award (2019).
For a camp meeting focused on “Crop Care & Protection,” Dr. Saugh reminds us that caring for the crop means caring for the whole person: body, mind, and spirit.
Monday, July 6 through Friday, July 10 | 2:30 p.m. daily (Health Presentations)
They call themselves “100% organic, non-GMO, sweet and sour lemons.” René, they say, is the sweet one. But together, Mike and René Lemon have spent decades helping people taste and see that the Lord is good.
Mike and René Lemon serve as the Speaker/Director team for It Is Written Canada, a nationwide television ministry that spotlights the life-transforming power of trusting God’s Word. Since 2019, they have led the ministry’s mission to connect Canadians to the abundant life found in Jesus in a personal and relevant way.
Their journey to It Is Written Canada began long before the cameras turned on. Both Mike and René were raised in non-Adventist households, which gives them a natural understanding of how secular audiences think. They worked in ministry and education in South Africa before coming to Canada, where they served for twelve years at Fountainview Academy in British Columbia. Over more than twenty years in Canadian ministry and education, they have developed a deep passion for young people and for families navigating the challenges of faith in a secular world.
That passion shapes everything they do. Their Prescription for Love program, developed in partnership with Marlon and Doreen Cliffe, offers godly principles for enriching, healing, and restoring marriages and families. Their Canada-Wide Call to Prayer for Our Children has mobilized churches across the country to intercede for young people who have walked away from God. And their weekly It Is Written Canada broadcasts, along with a growing social media presence, bring messages of hope to audiences across the nation and around the world.
Mike and René have two daughters, Jo-Ann and Miclain, both extroverts who love making meaningful connections with others. They have also been blessed with two grandsons. The Lemons live in the Oshawa area, where the It Is Written Canada offices are located.
For a camp meeting focused on “Crop Care & Protection,” Mike and René bring a ministry built on one conviction: the seeds we plant in families and young people today determine the harvest we reap tomorrow. Christ-centred Bible study is how we tend those seeds. And It Is Written Canada is one of the tools God has given us to do that work across an entire nation.
Tuesday, July 7 & Wednesday, July 8 | 3:45 p.m.
She takes the Great Commission personally: take the gospel to every nation. For Liz Obomsawin, that means every Indigenous nation in North America.
Liz Obomsawin is a member of the Oneida Indian Nation in the U.S. Northeast and the Abenaki First Nation in Quebec. Her journey has taken her from Syracuse University, where she earned a Master’s degree in Television-Radio-Film from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, to Native food pantries and soup kitchens, from film sets to Bible studies in Indigenous homes, from church pulpits to camp meeting stages across the continent.
Her film and video work includes producing and directing Voices of the Oneida People, writing and directing the short film Ciara’s Dream, serving as researcher and consultant for the documentary Dancing on Mother Earth, and assisting with the Native New Day and Native New Health video series designed specifically for Indigenous audiences. She has also helped establish a Native American church.
But it is her book, The Moccasin Trail to Heaven, that may be her most enduring contribution. Inspired by Ellen White’s Steps to Christ, this full-colour volume is a step-by-step guide written by an Indigenous author for Indigenous readers. It shows how First Peoples can come to Jesus on “the moccasin trail” and find true joy and peace as they walk with Him toward heaven. Filled with brilliant artwork and written in culturally sensitive language, the book leads readers through repentance, confession, and lasting commitment to the Creator.
“The Moccasin Trail to Heaven will show you how to take the hand of the Creator and step onto His trail to begin the most exciting journey of your life,” Obomsawin writes. “Step by step, you will learn how to leave your old life of fear, selfishness, and a hurting heart behind and start a new life of peace, hope, and joy in Jesus.”
Liz also hosts Restoring Hearts Indigenous Ministries, a podcast created for and by First Peoples. Episodes feature faith journeys, answered prayers, traditional language, cultural knowledge, and practical resources developed by Indigenous believers. The podcast exists because Obomsawin knows the wounds are deep: colonialism, residential schools, and the ordinary brokenness of life in a fallen world have left many hearts shattered. Only Jesus can restore them. For a camp meeting focused on “Crop Care & Protection,” Liz Obomsawin brings a ministry built on one conviction: the seeds of the gospel must be planted in every nation’s soil, including the First Nations of Turtle Island.
Thursday, July 9 | 3:45 p.m. Book Signing: The Moccasin Trail to Heaven — available for signing following the presentation.
He has spent more than two decades in Ottawa advocating for Inuit rights. Now he brings that same commitment to the church’s ministry in the Arctic.
Peter Williamson is Inuk, originally from Rankin Inlet, Nunavut. For over twenty years, he has worked at the highest levels of Indigenous policy in Canada, serving as a policy analyst for Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (the national organization representing Inuit interests) and Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. He has held roles at Polar Knowledge Canada and the Government of Nunavut, and served as Constituency Assistant to Hunter Tootoo, Member of Parliament for Nunavut.
His advocacy began early. As a young adult, Williamson successfully prevented the Department of National Defence from stripping the Meliadine Esker outside Rankin Inlet for military construction. Today, that esker is a Territorial Park. He also negotiated changes to the Nunavut Agreement-in-Principle that protected Inuit rights to the traditional bowhead whale hunt, helping ensure its return after generations of colonial disruption.
Williamson brings this same depth of experience to his work with the Seventh-day Adventist Church. He serves as an Advisor to the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Canada’s Indigenous Reconciliation Ministries, and he has advised the Manitoba-Saskatchewan Conference on its ten-year strategic framework for ministry in Nunavut. His guidance has helped shape the Conference’s approach to gospel work in the largest and most remote region of its territory.
He holds a Certificate in Adult Education from St. Francis Xavier University, a Certificate in Management Studies from Nunavut Arctic College, an Executive Certificate in Conflict Management from the University of Windsor, a Bachelor of Commerce in Entrepreneurial Management from Royal Roads University, a Master of Business Administration from Vancouver Island University, and a Master of Science in International Management from the University of Hertfordshire. He is currently pursuing a Doctor of Business Administration from Royal Roads University. Throughout his career, he has been guided by Indigenous values: honesty, justice, fairness, and the sharing of relevant information before decisions are made. These are values that align with the gospel, and Williamson brings them to every table he sits at.
For a camp meeting focused on “Crop Care & Protection,” Peter Williamson offers a voice from the land where the Conference’s newest seeds are being planted: Nunavut, the Arctic, the place where the sun does not set in summer and does not rise in winter, and where the gospel is beginning to take root.
Friday, July 10 | 9:30 a.m.
He reads ancient Greek manuscripts the way some people read newspapers. For Jonathan Campbell, the oldest copies of Scripture are not museum pieces but living witnesses to the Word of God.
Dr. Jonathan Campbell serves on the faculty at Burman University, where he teaches Greek and New Testament studies. He holds a PhD in Biblical Studies (New Testament) from Dallas Theological Seminary, an MDiv from Andrews University, an MA in Linguistics from the University of York, and a BA in Theology and Biblical Languages from Walla Walla University. Before entering academia, he served as a pastor and missionary.
His research takes him into the margins of ancient manuscripts, where scribes left notes, corrections, and clues about how the earliest Christians read and copied the Scriptures. His published work includes studies of the ethics of Revelation, the warning passages in Hebrews, and the paratextual notes in Codex Koridethi, a ninth-century Greek manuscript of the Gospels. He has presented papers at meetings of the Evangelical Theological Society, the Adventist Theological Society, and the Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts.
In his research and in the classroom, Campbell seeks to uplift Christ through the Word of God. He is known for his enthusiasm for digging into the precious truths found in Scripture, and he challenges his students to do the same. He believes that when the church devotes itself to studying the Bible, God brings revival and transformation.
For a camp meeting focused on “Crop Care & Protection,” Dr. Campbell brings a reminder that Christ-centred Bible study begins with the text itself. Before we can tend the crop, we must know what was planted. The careful work of textual scholarship helps us do exactly that.
In his spare time, Jonathan and his wife enjoy board games and hiking.
Thursday, July 9 | 9:30 a.m. Sabbath, July 11 | Sabbath School — Sponsored by Burman University
For more than four decades, Jon Paulien has helped Adventists read the Bible’s most challenging books with fresh eyes. At Camp Meeting 2026, he brings that same gift to our closing weekend.
Dr. Jon Paulien is Professor of Religion and former Dean of the School of Religion at Loma Linda University, where he has taught since 2007. Before that, he spent twenty-five years at the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary at Andrews University, where he chaired the Department of New Testament. He is the author of more than 30 books and 200 articles, and his teaching has reached audiences around the world through Hope Channel, 3ABN, LLBN, and PBS International.
Paulien is a specialist in the Johannine literature of the New Testament: the Gospel of John and the Book of Revelation. His doctoral dissertation, Decoding Revelation’s Trumpets, established him as one of the leading Adventist scholars of apocalyptic literature. His books, including The Deep Things of God, Seven Keys: Unlocking the Secrets of Revelation, and Armageddon at the Door, have helped thousands of readers move beyond sensationalism to serious, text-grounded study of biblical prophecy.
But Paulien’s interests extend beyond the ancient world. He has devoted much of his career to the intersection of faith and contemporary culture, asking how Adventists can keep and share faith in a secular society. Books like Present Truth in the Real World and Everlasting Gospel, Everchanging World reflect his conviction that the gospel must be proclaimed in language the world can understand, without compromising the message itself.
What sets Paulien apart is his ability to bring rigorous scholarship to non-specialist audiences. He takes special delight in seminars and presentations for people who want to put the material into practical use in the real world. Whether he is writing for the Journal of Biblical Literature or recording a television series for Hope Channel, his goal is the same: to help people encounter Jesus in Scripture.
For a camp meeting focused on “Crop Care & Protection,” Dr. Paulien brings exactly what the theme demands. Tending the crop means studying the Word, and no one has done more to help Adventists study John and Revelation with depth, clarity, and faithfulness.
When not at work, Jon enjoys time with his wife Pamella, their three children (and two spouses), and four grandchildren. He also enjoys travel, golf, and photography when time permits.
Thursday, July 9 | Evening Service Friday, July 10 | 10:45 a.m., 3:45 p.m. & Evening Service Sabbath, July 11 | 10:45 a.m. Main Service & 7:15 p.m. Closing Service
