Rev. James Ravenscroft is active in youth and family ministries, worship leadership, educational ministries and social justice work. He also holds a masters degree in Liturgical Studies, courses in Faith and Formation and Pastoral Care with Youth and Young Adults, and a course in the Cree language. Ordained in 1992 as a Roman Catholic priest in the Archdiocese of Keewatin-Le-Pas (The Pas, Manitoba), James was admitted as an ordained minister in the United Church of Canada in 2008 and is currently serving Richmond Hill United Church in Ontario.