Meet Our New Pastor

Calvin Welcomes Rev. Lucas Bruder de Oliveira!

Rev. Lucas Bruder de Oliveira often finds his life to be an unlikely mix of ministry, art and grace. As a Brazilian, he found in his Korean-Canadian wife, Rev. Angie Song, not only as a partner on his journey, but someone from whom he learned to hear God’s voice with courage, care and joy. Together, they continue building a ministry born of love and sustained by faith.

His journey began in 2010 when he felt and understood God’s calling. In the same year, he began his pastoral training, which took him to the School of Theology of São Paulo, where he completed his Master of Divinity, and the Independent Presbyterian Church of Brazil, where he was ordained in 2016. Years later, he went to the Vancouver School of Theology, where he completed his Master of Theology in 2025.

But before, and along, this ministerial path, Lucas lived among stages, songs, and flights: he is an actor, singer, and former trapeze artist. More than just curious memories, these experiences shaped his sensitivity and inspired his passion for researching the relationship between worship and art. Perhaps that is why, in his free time, he still seeks out films, theater, and circus performances: places where concrete beauty and abstract meaning often meet.

Prayer sustains his life with God, and family and friends are precious gifts to him. Therefore, upon arriving in Canada, he felt especially blessed to be welcomed by this Presbytery. It is with profound gratitude that he continues to live out his pastoral calling with dedication, hope and love, always attentive to God’s grace that reveals itself along the way.