Eden grew up in the bosom of a Mennonite community. Belonging was woven

into her childhood. Her mother and other women were leaders within the

church. She treasured the piety and pacifism of the church and its politics of

caring both for its own and for others. She attended Briercrest Bible College

from 1982-1986, met her husband Brad at the College, and, after settling back

into the Frazer Valley of British Columbia and joined by another couple, they

planted a church called Fresh Winds Christian Fellowship in Abbotsford. Their

expectation was that it would grow into a church for the Gen X folks who

wanted more than their home churches offered. It became a gathering of the

working poor, people with various challenges, and those Eden calls prodigals.

For the last few years Eden has co-pastored The Bridge Church a gathering

place for many who have found “no room in the inn” in the many and varied

evangelical churches in the Frazer Valley.