MLA Eric Rosendahl, West Yellowhead

Dear Father in heaven, we pray for MLA Rosendahl as he serves his constituency and serves with commitment. We ask you father to bless him and give him understanding and wisdom, that he would lead with authority from heaven and receive the right information to legislate his area.

Eric Rosendahl was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, representing the constituency of West Yellowhead, on May 5, 2015.

He currently serves as a member of the Standing Committee on Private Bills and as a member of the Standing Committee on Resource Stewardship.

Prior to serving with the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Rosendahl worked as a steam engineer for 34 years at the West Fraser pulp mill in Hinton and retired.

An avid volunteer and community advocate, he has served as president of a number of councils and boards, including the Yellowhead District Labour Council, Hinton Fish and Game Association, Hinton Search and Rescue and the Alberta Hunter Education Instructors Association.

In addition, he has also served on the public advisory committee and on the forest resources advisory group for the executive and served on the executive of Unifor 855. He was a member of council and served many years on the environment committee for the Alberta Federation of Labour.

He holds a diploma in renewable resources and wildlife management technology. Together with his wife, Linda Lee, he resides in Hinton.

MLA Marie Renaud, St. Albert

Jesus we lift up MLA Marie Renaud to you today and we ask that you would give her wisdom and the strategies from the throne room of Heaven that she needs as she fulfills her duties on the following committees: Member of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts and the Standing Committee on Families and Communities. We ask that you would bless MLA Marie Renaud, all Albertans and all of Alberta in Jesus name Amen.

Marie Renaud was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, representing the constituency of St. Albert, on May 5, 2015.

Prior to serving with the Legislative Assembly, Ms. Renaud worked for almost 15 years as the executive director of Lo-Se-Ca Foundation, a nonprofit organization that provides residential and day supports to adults with developmental disabilities. Prior to this, she spent two years at the Women's Economic and Business Solutions Society and seven years as an instructor at MacEwan University.

She also devoted her time to various boards and committees. Besides serving as board chair for the Handicapped Housing Society of Alberta, she was a member of the board for the Alberta Avenue Business Revitalization Zone and the Norwood Child & Family Resource Centre.

Ms. Renaud holds a university certificate in counselling women from the women's and gender studies department at the University of Alberta and a diploma in community disability studies from MacEwan University.

She was named one of Edmonton's top 100 women in business by the University of Alberta's Wanderer magazine in 2014, and she received a Prime Minister's volunteer award for social innovation in the prairies region in 2012.

MLA Angela Pitt, Airdrie

God thank you for Angela Pitt. Strengthen her with peace and joy today as she works and serves her province.  Renew her with fresh vision and creative strategy this season. Bless all she does for the good of the people of Alberta, Amen.

Angela Pitt is the Member of the Legislative Assembly for Airdrie. She currently serves a member member of the Special Standing Committee on Members' Services, the Standing Committee on Legislative Offices and the Standing Committee on Privileges and Elections, Standing Orders and Printing.

Mrs. Pitt previously served as a member of Select Special Ombudsman and Public Interest Commissioner Search Committee and the Standing Committee on Families and Communities.

Prior to serving with the Legislative Assembly, she was a small business owner in Airdrie. During this time she also served as president of a local constituency association and was an active volunteer in her community. She holds a business administration diploma with a major in marketing from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT).

Mrs. Pitt lives in Airdrie and enjoys reading, gardening, and snowboarding with her husband and two children.

MLA Colin Piquette, Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater

Lord we thank you for Colin Piquette and ask that you enable him to serve his constituency of Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater with wisdom and faithfulness in our government.  We thank you for his participation in the Standing Committees of Members' Services and the Standing Committee on Alberta's Economic Future and ask that you give him wisdom as he serves on those committees.  Lord watch over Colin, his wife and their two children.  In Jesus' name.  Amen.

Colin Piquette was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, representing the constituency of Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater, on May 5, 2015.

Prior to serving with the Legislative Assembly, he was an insurance agent representing the Cooperators in Athabasca and Boyle (1999-2001,2011-2015), a consultant with the City of Edmonton's Respectful Workplace training initiative (2006 to 2011), and an instructor in ethics and law in education for the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta (2006-2011).

He also spent several years abroad teaching English at post-secondary institutions and foreign language institutes in South Korea (1997-1999,2001-2005). Prior to 1997, he ran a small publishing company, worked as an operator for Celanese Canada, and helped his parents on the family farm in Plamondon.

His extensive community involvement has earned him the Evelyn Kline Memorial Award in Community Development and an Edmonton Chamber of Voluntary Organizations community service learning project grant.

In addition to a bachelor of arts degree in political science he holds a master's degree in adult education, both from the University of Alberta. Mr. Piquette and his spouse reside in Boyle, Alberta, with their two children.