Guy Gentner - Delta North

Today we are praying for Guy Gentner.

Guy Gentner was elected as the MLA for Delta North on May 17, 2005.  MLA Gentner currently serves as Opposition Critic for Senior's Health. He has also served as Critic for Crown Croporations and Agencies including ICBC and the BC Lottery Corporation.

Further, MLA Gentner is also the Legislative Assembly's Deputy Chair of the Select Committee of Crown Corporations and sits on the crucial Select Committee of Public Accounts.

Previous to provincial representation, Guy Gentner served as a Delta Municipal Councillor from 1999 to 2005. As Chair of the Delta Parks, Recreation and Culture Commission, Guy helped re-organized the department that included a significant capitalization program for parks, recreation and the arts. Guy's efforts were instrumental in the delivery of an enhanced Sun God Aquatic Centre, Mackie Park Artificial Turf Field, improvements to our Watershed Park and the new Fire Hall Centre for the Arts.

Guy also chaired Delta's Planning and Environment Advisory Committee and the Traffic and Safety Committee and served on many municipal committees including Finance, and Foreshore and Harbours.

In 2002, he championed the Tour de Delta, which is now acclaimed to be one of the premier cycling road racing events in Canada. For several years he also sat ont he Greater Vancouver Regional District Parks Committee.

Guy's community involvement consists of Delta's Heritage Advisory Commission, Delta's Board of Variance and the Delta Arts Council. Guy helped form the North Delta/Newton Public Hospital Society, and is also a past president of the North Delta Ratepayers Association and former vice-president of the Burns Bog Conservation Society.

Through the Mayor's Burns Bog task force, Guy contributed to the negotiating process that helped public purchase of Burns Bog. Previously, he served on the innovative provincial government's Burns Bog Analysis Study team.

Guy, his wife Shirley and family moved to North Delta in 1982. Guy graduated from SFU, is a transit operator, fly fishes and is an advocate for outdoor recreation.

Heavenly Father, we see Mr. Gentner's tremendous commitment to his community.  We recognize the hours of sacrifice, thought and hard work that he has given to serve his community.  We thank You for His example of community service and pray that You would reward him greatly. Lord, we see that you have given him tremendous capacity and ability as a leader and today we would ask You to equip him even further.  We ask that you would put strong and talented people around him who would enhance his gifts and abilities, thus making him even more effective as he serves an MLA.  Let your blessing and grace rest on him and his family today.

Amen.