International Ministries announced the appointment of Michelle Verwey as a mission worker at the invitation of the Presbyterian Church’s partner, the Church of North India. Verwey has served as a nursing student and intern with CNI in the past. Recently, she completed her master’s studies at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, where she focused on public health in developing countries.
Verwey will be working with the PWS&D-supported community health and development program run by the Central Regional Board of Health Services, and teaching at the Graduate School for Nurses in Indore, India.
“Mission engagement is always evolving and Michelle’s appointment bears witness to this truth,” said Glynis Williams, associate secretary for International Ministries. As a nursing student for two months in 2008, and two one-year internships between 2010 and 2013, Verwey learned from the church’s partner in India, and now returns to work alongside her colleagues.
“Michelle will work under a newer model for mission, in that she will spend several one-month periods in India working hands-on, and the remainder of the time working by distance from Canada,” said Williams. This new model responds both to the needs of the partner and to the changing needs of mission staff, enabling them to be abroad for shorter periods of time. It also means Verwey will be available as a speaker, something Williams sees as “an important plus to the arrangement.”
Verwey’s appointment began Jan. 1.
