| Clair and Clara Schnupp are proud parents of five married daughters and grandparents of more then 20 lively grandchildren. It was their vision in the early 1970's of helping their young aboriginal friends establish solid Christian homes that led to the founding of NYM Ministries. That vision which started with youth has grown to include families, fathers and community leaders. Clair and Clara have a full-time teaching and counselling ministry which has taken them from south of the equator to the northernmost Inuit settlements of Canada. Clair has obtained a D.Phil. from Oxford Graduate School and Clara an M.A. from Providence
Theological Seminary. Both are members of Manitoba Association of Professional Christian Counsellors.
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David and Ilva Hertzler are associate members of NYM. They live in Delaware, where David teaches school and Ilva is a homemaker and counsellor. A musical couple, Dave and Ilva have released a recording of songs used in their public ministry. Together they plan, write and design Today's Native Father, a newsletter with a circulation of about 16 000. David is also is the author of Solomon's Song: The Delights of Marital Intimacy, Choose Life: Saying No to Suicide, Tell...Your Grandchildren and Breaking the Cycle: Saying No to Family Violence. He has an M.Ed. from University of Delaware, while Ilva has a counselling diploma from Providence Theological Seminary. The Hertzlers have three children, all married, and four grandchildren.
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Jim Minor serves as board member and consultant for NYM Ministries. He and his wife Joanne operate Ishaawin Family Services in Thunder Bay, Ontario. This work brings them into contact with many urban families. Jim is co-author of Family Studies, Fathers Studies, and some of NYM's Family Studies supplements.
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Dorcas Layman is Dr. Schnupp's personal secretary and assistant. She has been with NYM Ministries twelve years. Dorcas has a graduate degree in missions from Columbia International University and is studying biblical counselling at Providence Theological Seminary. Dorcas was a school teacher before coming north and has assisted in teaching a number of workshops in the North. Her insights and help are a valued part of this ministry.
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Joanne Kauffman joined NYM as secretary in 2000. In addition to an excellent set of clerical skills, she also brightens the office with her beautiful singing voice and wealth of songs she has memorized. In her off-duty hours, she assists with Sunday schools on a nearby First Nation and in prison ministry.
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Ida Marie Miller is the newest member of the NYM team. A graduate of Providence Theological Seminary, she brings to the team a wealth of exerience from her previous counselling and teaching careers. She has worked in ministries with First Nations people since 1977. |
