The 5 and 2 Ministries
Pastor Ward Draper is the Founder and Executive Director of The 5 and 2. Ward
has been married nearly 15 years to Lana and they have three children. Ward
studied at Providence University College from 1999 to 2003 receiving his
Bachelors of Arts degree in Biblical Studies. His portfolio continues to grow and
includes publishing credits, articles, documentaries, conference speaking,
college and university lectures, radio, and more. Ward keeps himself busy on
the streets and in the boardrooms he is an active member of several boards,
tables, working groups, and committees all aimed at social and community
development. It is by this continual involvement on various levels that Pastor
Ward is able to bring the voice of the marginalized into multiple areas where
those voices are not too often heard.
Jesse Wegenast oversees the coordination and implementation of the day-to-day service
operations of The 5 and 2, including thrice-weekly coffee nights and the Wednesday dinner.
He has also stepped in to a pastoral / teaching role within the community as the speaker at
Wednesday night services and leader of The 5 and 2 men’s group. Jesse has been involved
with The 5 and 2 since 2006, and, since moving to Abbotsford in 2009, has served with the
ministry on a full time basis. He is passionate about seeing people move from exclusion and
loneliness to inclusion and love through positive relationships and the practice of Kingdom
values. Jesse is currently in his third year of studies at the University of the Fraser Valley, with
a major in Human Geography. He is married to the lovely Sharalin, who provides behind the
scenes support for the work of The 5 and 2.
Randy ha
s been married 30yrs & has three young adult
children. He worked in construction for
over 25 yrs building houses,
condominiums and apartments through out the Fraser Valley as
well as overseas
until injuring his back in 2002. His wife and him have been active members
in various churches in the Fraser Valley and Vancouver over the years; teaching
Sunday
School, managing the church nursery, managing church boys clubs, leading
men’s &
woman’s ministries, home bible studies, weekly prayer meetings and
accountability groups for
men. Randy provided “lay pastoral care” as a
volunteer working under the Chaplain, now
called Spiritual Care Coordinator, in
the Fraser Health system since the spring of 2003 until
the end of 2009. Under this ministry he received basic
training for counseling patients with
mental health issues as well as mentoring
in Bowen Family System Theory for working with
families dealing with trauma,
family conflict and grief. As a volunteer and a leader within The 5
and 2 Ministries, since the summer of 2010, Randy leads and coordinates the bi-weekly
Sandwich
Patrol and oversees our outreach; delivering food and clothing,
providing rides to
doctors appointments, to the food bank, accompanying
individuals to court and the parole office
as well as visitation at the
hospital or where ever people need love, support and friendship.
