Our Staff

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REV. MATT WOOD, Pastor
mvwood6@gmail.com
Matt started in full time ministry at Abbotsford Church of the Nazarene in July of 2011 as a youth and family pastor. Prior to his start in ministry Matt lived with his family in Calgary, AB where he completed a Behavioural Science Degree at Ambrose University.
Starting in September 2018 Matt began his current ministry as Lead Pastor at AbbyNaz. Matt, his Wife and their two children live in Abbotsford. Matt enjoys singing camp songs, playing slap-shot, watching the Vancouver Canucks and publicly harassing his Uncle about his opposing choice in CFL team.


MONICA WOOD, Director of Family Ministries
monica.abbynaz@gmail.com
Over the last 15 years, Monica has enjoyed working with children of all ages, capacities and abilities.  She graduated from Ambrose University with a BA in Behavioural Science with a Concentration in Youth and Family Studies. Her passion is to continue to build a strong connection between the family ministry components of our church with those in our community.  She loves being Mom to 2 beautiful children and wife to Pastor Matt.



MARISSA JONES, Office Administrator
Marissa has joined our staff to help with administrative operations. She has been a part of the Nazarene family in Victoria for many years but she moved to Abbotsford to go to college. She graduated with a BA in Religion majoring in Intercultural Studies and now calls Abbotsford home. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, learning new languages, cross-stitching, painting, and reading.


TANYA LEARN, Bookkeeper
Tanya has been with AbbyNaz since February 2014, her current role is as Church Bookkeeper. She lives in Abbotsford with her husband Cory and three children: Jocelyn; Jacob and Nathan.
Tanya enjoys spending time with her family outdoors, whether it may be biking, hiking, camping, fishing or hunting. She also enjoys jogging, reading, painting, arts & crafts, cooking and baking. Tanya grew up in South Africa and came to know Jesus as her Lord and Saviour at four years of age.


ALLAN McLEOD, Online Media Coordinator
abbynaz.techs@gmail.com
Allan joined the Church Staff part time to help facilitate the Churches’ online presence. He has been volunteering his time in the sound room & with various things for about 25 years. Allan grew up and lives in Abbotsford with his Wife and their Son. He enjoys evening walks, sudoku puzzles, podcasts and spending time with friends and family.