faitharts
- where faith meets the arts -
our vision team
LORENDA HARDER
B.F.A. Art History & Studio
Hons B.Ed.Education & Arts
Cert.in Religious Studies
Founder
Curator
Arts Consultant
Lorenda rebranded the Faith Arts group(previously inTACT)in 2022 with a vision for its continued growth and using her gifts in administration and creativity. She offers her knowledge, leadership as an educator, and several decades of experience in Visual Arts, Art History, English, Poetry, Expressive Speech, Voice, and Theatre Arts. Lorenda is active in her local church and arts communities and continually adds to her growing repertoire of art and poetry. She resides with her husband and near their adult children in the Niagara Region of Canada but is often found paddling in her kayak with her paintbrush in hand.
As an artist and teacher,
Lorenda is known for
Reflecting creation & cultivating creativity
DEB ELKINK
B.A. Communications
M.A.Historical Theology
Biblical Consultant
Editorial Consultant
Deb's formal education and more than 20 years of editing for Dr. Grant C. Richison's commentaries has prepared her to act as consultant on biblical matters for Faith Arts. Deb's past includes homeschooling, co-ranching with her husband, and earning her private pilot's licence along the way. Nowadays she's an award-winning novelist and a speaker, academic editor, and world traveller. She lives in beautiful rural southern Alberta near Medicine Hat, where she writes, leads Bible Studies, sews the occasional silk outfit, or cooks up an exotic soup.
As an author, Deb is known for
Retelling timeless truths
EDYTA TEHRANI
Hons B.A. Psychology
In Masters Program
Secretary-Treasurer
Member Relations
Edyta is a Research Assistant at the Campbell Neurocognitive Aging Lab at Brock University and has completed an Honours Undergraduate Psychology Degree Program. She is working towards a career as a psychology researcher and professor. Her deep care and passion for understanding others, her astute administrative abilities, her own writing, previous Board experience, and her appreciation of the arts bring a rich offering to Faith Arts. She and her husband have adult children and live in the Garden City of St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.
As a writer, Edyta is known for expressing
God's faithfulness in all circumstances