The Rev. Dr. Jason McKinney, Incumbent (on leave)
Jason is our Incumbent at the church. A longterm Parkdale resident, Jason is a theological educator and community-engaged priest. He is committed to the Anglican tradition of geographical ‘parish’ ministry. Here the parish refers not only to the congregation, but to the neighbourhood as well.
The Rev. Canon Claudette Taylor, Deacon
Claudette is our permanent Deacon, not only participating in the leading of worship but essentially involved in organizing many parish activities, particularly the vital ‘Social Ministry’ organization. Claudette is a long time parishioner here and was called by this community to accept her role as deacon. Claudette was ordained in December 2012.
The Rev. Hannah Johnson, Curate
Hannah is originally from the UK, but spent 5 years in New York City before moving to Canada in 2019. She was ordained in the Anglican Church of Canada in 2023. Prior to ordination Hannah spent 11 years working in church ministry as a lay person, in the UK, US, and Canada. Five of these years were spent at St. Lydia’s Dinner Church, where she fell in love with the practice of worship taking place around a meal. Hannah would be delighted to talk about Dinner Church with anyone who is interested!
Hannah has a BSc(Hons) in Psychology from the University of Sussex, a BA(Hons) in Theology, Ministry and Mission from the University of Durham (St. Mellitus College), and a Master’s of Divinity from the University of Toronto (Trinity College.)
Hannah is committed to making church inclusive and fully affirming of LGBTQ+ people, empowering women, and working with people of other faiths.
Hannah is Curate for St. Anne’s Anglican Church and the Toronto-Parkdale West Regional Ministry, of which Epiphany & St. Mark is a part. She will be at Epiphany & St. Mark on the second Sunday of every month
The Rev. Tim Vickery, Honorary Assistant
Tim studied at the University of Waterloo and the Toronto School of Theology at U of T. After ordination in the Anglican Church of Canada he served as a parish priest for many years—first in the Yukon and then in Kingston. In recent years he’s worked at the Sanctuary community in downtown Toronto. Currently he enjoys ministering as an Honourary Assistant at ESMP and working as a Registered Psychotherapist at Christian Counselling Services (at Yonge and Carleton). Tim is an active associate in the Order of the Holy Cross (an Anglican Monastic Community) and also facilitates a meditation group with the World Community for Christian Meditation.
Scott Drakeford, Music Director
Scott Drakeford is a keyboardist and producer from Toronto. He has been a musician for over 20 years, having first started piano lessons in 1997. In 1999, he began studying piano at the Merriam School of Music in Oakville. The curriculum included Royal Conservatory repertoire and theory along with jazz and pop repertoire/theory. He studied there for 10 years, and in his 8th year was accepted into Merriam’s Enriched Studies Program, open to only the top students in the school. In 2011 he began teaching piano lessons of his own at the school, and continues to do so for a number of private students.
In 2010 he began studying music at York University, where his focus set towards composition as well as electronic music production (a practice that began as a hobby in 2007) though he later reduced his time studying to pursue creating music outside of the university curriculum. During this time he taught himself the basics of recording using software synthesizers, which later became the seed for his work as an electronic musician under the name Gravity Well.
In 2006 he began playing piano for church services, and has continued to do so throughout his career – first at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian, Islington as a guest musician, then as a long-term substitute worship leader at Martin Grove Baptist Church in 2015. He became Music Director at the Anglican Church of the Epiphany & St. Mark in late 2017. In 2018 Scott graduated from Seneca College’s Independent Music Production Program with Honours.