Rev. Shelagh MacKinnon was First Met's Lead Minister until amalgamation with Broad View United in January 2024 when she became Minister of Pastoral Care and Transition.
Shelagh came to First Met in September 2018 as supply Minister of Spiritual Care after 20 years as Minister of Bowen Island United Church (the Little Red Church) and 15 years as Spiritual Director of the Orchard Recovery Centre on Bowen Island. She became Lead Minister at First Met in January 2019. Shelagh holds a Masters of Divinity (M.Div) degree from Queen's University in Kingston, ON and a B.A. from Trent University in Peterborough, ON.