Faye Reynolds, Executive Director

Faye lives with Stephen and their teen-aged daughters, Steffi and Teddi in Lethbridge, AB.  Coming up on 25 years of marriage, most of those years have been spent together in various forms of ministry within the CBWC.  Faye has primarily worked in the area of worship and music ministries in three different churches as well as the former Baptist Leadership Training School.  She was a school teacher before entering ministry and has used her educational training in preparing courses and Bible studies for Women in Focus.  She loves hiking, biking, and spending time with great friends.  She does some watercolor painting as a hobby but music continues to be her passion. 

freynolds@cbwc.ca   403.381.2925

Sandi Smoker, President of the Board

Sandi and her husband, Gord, live in Ladysmith on Vancouver Island. They have three grown children and in 2011 celebrate 30 years of marriage as well as the birth of their first grandchild, Gabrielle. Sandi attended Capenwray Bible School and has a long history with Young Life, volunteering in her community and being involved at First Baptist in Nanaimo. She is currently a student at Regent College in the Christian Studies degree program and loves to learn. She also enjoys snow skiing, quilting, travel and the outdoors. One of her greatest joys is encouraging God's uniquely created daughters as they journey nearer to the heart of the Father. She is honoured to serve Women in Focus in exactly this way.

sandi.lee.smoker@gmail.com

Rosemary Brown, President of BC and Yukon Baptist Women in Focus

A member of Berea Baptist in Surrey, Rosemary is a recent transplant from Vancouver Island where she lived most of her life. She and her husband Terry have been married for over 40 years, with two married daughters. They enjoy active grand-parenting with 3 children - a boy age 5 and twin girls age 2, an adopted sibling group with special needs.
Over the years, Rosemary’s church involvement has included women’s ministry, praise singing, teaching Sunday school, facilitating Bible studies and leading Pioneer girls. For many years, she directed volunteers for Focus on the Family in Victoria.
Professionally, Rosemary began her career as a high school teacher/counsellor, and then worked with Terry founding/publishing Island Christian Info Newspaper. Then they helped to launch Victoria’s Crisis Pregnancy Centre where she became the Executive Director for 7 years. Along the way, Rosemary earned her Masters degree in Counselling at the University of Victoria and became a Registered Clinical Counsellor.  Presently, she works part-time with Surrey Hospice Society as a bereavement counsellor.
For fun, she enjoys walking with girlfriends, gardening, scrapbooking, singing and going to plays!

hopecounselling@live.ca

Kathy Arthur, President of Saskatchewan Women in Focus

My husband, John and I have three terrific young adult children and one son-in-law.  I have worshiped God at First Baptist Church in Saskatoon since I was 12 years old, except the year I attended BLTS.  I love to sew, take walks through God's creation, travel with my husband and plan women's retreats.  As team leader of SWIF, I'm enjoying the opportunities to meet and share with many Saskatchewan women.

kjarthur@sasktel.net  306.374.8269

Rerie Resendes, President of Manitoba Women in Focus

Rerie, her husband Fernando, and daughter Rhea, attend Filipino Evangelical Church in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Since she came to Canada in 1993, Rerie has been worshipping and serving God at FEC, where she enjoys being involved in various positions as Trustee, Treasurer and member of Adults Praise & Worship band. Rerie works full-time in the government sector and part-time in her family's business. She loves to travel and meet people from diverse backgrounds and cultures. As Team Leader of MWIF, she looks forward to fellowship with the ladies in Manitoba and encourage them to actively participate in the activities of Women in Focus.

mbwifpres@gmail.com  

Alicia Dykstra, President of Alberta Women in Focus

The Dykstra family imported the game of Kubb from Denmark while on one of their many travels together as a family. My husband, Terry, and I love to expose our kids, Lucy, Sebastian and Phil, to other cultures to learn new things about God and themselves. That's why we enjoy living in Calgary where the world lives in our neighbourhood. I marvel at the different colours that God created, be it in people or fabrics, and love bringing those colours together and expose their individual beauty.

aliciadykstra@gmail.com   403.272.6122

Janet Alexander, Treasurer