Thursday, April 27, 2017

MLA - Hon. Paul Merriman - Saskatoon Silverspring - Sutherland

Dear Lord. We pray today for the Honourable Paul Merriman. We pray that you would help him to be especially tuned to the details of the work around him. Help him to drill down into the specifics where other people may not see the need. May he be a tenacious leader who sees too it that the right things get done. Amen.



First elected to the Saskatchewan legislature in 2011, Paul Merriman is honoured to continue serving his constituency and province following his  re-election in 2016.
Paul has called Saskatchewan home for nearly thirty years, and has lived in Saskatoon since 1994. Born and raised in Toronto, he moved here with his family in 1988.
Prior to the 2011 election, Paul was the executive director of the Saskatoon Food Bank and Learning Centre. He was also formerly employed by SaskEnergy for eight years, setting up a province-wide salvage operation of used material. He has also owned and operated two small businesses.
Paul is currently the Government House Leader, having previously served as Government Whip. He also sits on the Board of Internal Economy, the Public Accounts Committee, the Private Bills Committee, the Privileges Committee, the House Services Committee, and the caucus Management Committee.
Paul and his wife, Leane Durand, a small business owner, have four children.



1 comment:

  1. God of all

    We pray for our province with hopes that those elected to lead, at every level, will work now for your people. We pray these men and women will humble themselves to the sacred task of governing for the people who cast votes, not the corporations and wealthy individuals who paid for influence. We pray for legislators who will care about jobs for the unemployed and underemployed, education and opportunity for children, and health care for all, especially the most vulnerable among us.

    We pray for laws that will protect and respect the resources of our province, not a thing to be owned and exploited for profit by a few. We pray for regulations that will harness the hubris and greed of the financial sector. We pray for governance that knows the difference between a financial system and an economy, the one that has become a perverted and unregulated industry, the other a respect for all human life.

    We pray for wisdom not rhetoric; generosity not indifference, and justice not patronage. We want legislators working across the aisle, not erecting barriers like the border walls that imprison even those who seek to keep others out. We pray for a just sharing in the expense of government, let those blessed with great wealth give according to their means, let all give as they are able.

    We pray for leaders gifted in diplomacy, blessed with character and integrity; leaders who know our security comes from relationships of trust and communication.

    For our part give us the patience to give our leaders a chance to govern with grace, compassion, justice, and love. Let us support sincere effort and celebrate wise compromise. Make us accountable to our faith and so hold those we elect accountable to serve all the people, not just those who can afford to pay for self-serving polices.

    May we never cease to pray, and to hope, and to work for justice for all.

    Amen.

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