Rev. Roz Vincent-Haven

​​Rev. Roz Vincent-Haven is a retired United Church Minister, who has served
congregations in southern Ontario since 1997. She was a member of the Executive of
Hamilton Conference of the United Church for nine years and President in 2005-2006.
Roz was also a member of the Board of Directors for the Five Oaks Educational and
Retreat Centre for several years and Chaired the Board from 2010 to 2012.
She is presently serving Westminster United Church, in Waterloo, on appointment as
their retired supply minister. Roz serves the United Church in various capacities, within
the Western Ontario Waterways Regional Council, including Chair of the Congregational
Support Commission. She was a Commissioner to the 45th General Council of The
United Church of Canada in 2025. It was Roz’s third GC as a Commissioner.
Roz’s secular leadership began when her daughter was born with Down syndrome in
1980. She continues to work with others to promote full citizenship for those living with
the label of disability. Roz served as a Director of the Canadian Down Syndrome
Society into the 1990s. She was also a founding member and President of both the
Down Syndrome Association of Toronto and Planned Lifetime Networks, Waterloo
Region. Roz has served as a Board Member and Chair of Extend-A-Family Waterloo
Region and Bridges for Belonging, Waterloo Region. Currently, she is a member of the
Leadership Team for the Ontario Independent Facilitation Network.
Roz lives with her spouse Lynne, next door to her daughter Beth, in Waterloo Ontario.
She enjoys gardening, reading, and traveling. On Tuesdays at 5, you will find her
singing with the Inshallah Community Choir, in Waterloo.

Alison Hill
OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR

I'm thrilled to join the Westminster United Church team. My family moved from Copenhagen, Denmark into the Beechwood community in the summer of 2020. After almost nine years in Denmark, we felt that it was time to be closer to our family in Canada. Since the move, I've been a very active volunteer in my boys' school, helping out with many events and committees. I love connecting with people and being engaged in my community. I have a Master of Education and several years of experience working in diverse research, administrative, and coordination roles. In my free time, I enjoy baking, reading, playing board games, and building LEGO with my two young sons.

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Cynthia Hiebert
PIANIST

I've been privileged to hold the position of pianist at Westminster United Church since 2006, and I enjoy having my students perform in the church's lovely sanctuary for my studio recitals each December and June. I pursued a Masters of Music degree as well as a doctorate of Musical Arts degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. I moved back to Waterloo in 2002 and have been active performing as a harpsichordist while teaching piano at the Beckett Conservatory at Laurier. As a harpsichordist, I perform both solo and ensemble music of earlier eras, as well as music of today. 

A 2002 album, Gathered Evidence, contains my performance of Peter Hatch's harpsichord solo In a Vernacular Way. Memorable concerts were combining the harpsichord and the zheng with renowned zheng player Mei Han for the Open Ears Festival in 2005, and improvising on French unmeasured preludes with shakuhachi player Gerard Yun in 2012 for The Congress of the Humanities.

​A profoundly meaningful experience for me was collaborating with cellist Ben Boldt-Martin in 2016 to create a concert based on the music of Arvo Pärt and my friend John Parcell. My most important collaborations, however, have been with my children Gabriel and Isabelle and my wonderful husband Ludwik.