Our team identifies and supports pioneering leaders and churches as they join the mission of God in faithful innovation.
You can be part of this growing collective of multi-denominational innovators who share a common set of values and practices created to support faithful innovation in Winnipeg and the wider area. Click here to read more about the core values that shape the Cyclical Winnipeg Network.
STAFF
Matt Brough
Co-Director of Cyclical Winnipeg
Matt has lived in Manitoba most of his life. A minister for over 20 years, Matt serves at Prairie Presbyterian Church, having led it from a being a new church and through a strategic amalgamation. For 3 years, he was the director of the National Church Planting support initiative of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, and has been a coach for numerous faithful innovators in contexts across Canada.
Matt is the author of the “Let God” books and a series of fantasy adventure books for ages eight and up. He is married to Cheryl, they have one daughter, and he is very close with his extended family. Matt and his sister even co-host a fan podcast about the Winnipeg Jets!
Alexandra Belaskie
Co-Director of Cyclical Winnipeg
Alexandra has been supporting faithful leaders and advocating for faithful innovation across Canada since 2016, working with both The Presbyterian Church in Canada, and The United Church of Canada. She currently serves as the Innovation and Renewal Coordinator with the Growth Department of The United Church of Canada. She is excited to help others discern their call as spiritual leaders and to nurture the development of new spiritual homes in and around Manitoba.
Alexandra grew up between the southern US and England, and found her way to Canada in 2007. She is a scientist at heart, with a deep love of the connection between creation and spirituality. Alexandra loves all things food, from growing it through cooking it, and enjoys making music with others.
MORE ABOUT CYCLICAL…
While ecumenical in focus, Cyclical Winnipeg is an initiative of the Presbytery of Winnipeg, which is committed to supporting leaders and churches in faithful innovation. A beta test of Cyclical in Winnipeg occurred in 2019, took a break at the beginning of the pandemic, and restarted in 2022.
The Presbytery of Winnipeg covers a large geographic area: east to Kenora, north to Thompson, west to Winnipeg, and south to the US border. These lands are within Treaties 1, 3, and 5, and are the home of the Cree, Oji-Cree, Dene, Lakota, Dakota, Anishinaabe, and Manitoba Métis peoples. We respect the Treaties that were made on these territories, and we acknowledge the harms and mistakes of the past and the present. We strive to build relationships with Indigenous communities in the spirit of relationship and reconciliation, in hopes of a more beautiful and just future.
Cyclical Winnipeg is also in partnership with Cyclical, Inc. and The Presbyterian Church in Canada. There are Cyclical chapters located across North America, Europe and Africa. Click here to find a Cyclical network near you.
