Hi: My name is Rev. Myles Wilson Vardy. I was born at Port aux Basques, NL on a cold February morning to parents Wilson and Frances Vardy, One of three children. I attended School at Port aux Basques graduating from St. James Regional High School 1974. Following graduation I went to work with the Canadian National Railways Car (train) repair shop at Port aux Basques and later Corner Brook NL. During my employment with the railway I successfully completed a welding (arc-gas) program at the District Vocational School at Port aux Basques.

In May of 1980 I experienced a "call" to ministry. I terminated my employment with the Railway, or Terra Transport it was called at that time, and commenced studies at Memorial University. I finished with a B.A. and an incomplete Education Degree in 1984. After working for a brief period in Quebec, I entered Theological Studies at Queen's Theological College at Kingston Ontario, graduating in the spring of 1989 with a Masters of Divinity degree.

After ordination at Cobourg, Ontario under the Bay of Quinte Conference 1989, I was settled at: first at Glovertown Newfoundland in the summer of 1989; Topsail United Church 1991, East District Institutional Chaplaincy 1997. In the fall of 2001 I was given opportunity to complete the courses to attain the conjoint degree program left unfinished. At spring convocation 2002 I received a Bachelor of Education Degree. In October 2002, I accepted a call to serve as minister at Cochrane Street United Church St. John's NL where I continue to serve.

Of all the work I have undertaken in my life, I have enjoyed the excitement and challenge of ministry most. I believe you too can find excitement and challenge as well. Come to Cochrane Street United Church today, get involved and you can find fulfillment by volunteering your time and talents in the ongoing work of the church.

God Bless.

Myles