Minister: Rev. Sadekie Lyttle-Forbes Rev. Sadekie arrived to serve Sharon- Hope’s community of faith on July 2, 2020.
Rev. Sadekie joined us after serving at Emmanuel United Church in Windsor, ON since September 2015. She is passionate about making connections between faith and day-to-day living. She believes that what we do at Sharon-Hope should impact the community and support all areas of our congregational life. Sadekie seeks to bring together spirituality, prayer, social justice and community engagement by following the teachings of Scripture and sharing the love of Jesus. She is warm, inspiring and faith filled with the added gift of bursting into song during a sermon. She comes with significant gifts and training in Counselling, Education and Ministry, with a high level of ministry effectiveness with children, youth and adults alike. She fully engages in the local community and currently serves on three committees at the national level. She is described as an inspiring preacher, engaging teacher, responsive pastor, supportive leader and a warm and considerate person. Rev. Sadekie is married to Imran for 14+ years and together they parent three children Zaheer (13 years old, passionate about sports, especially basketball), Zianne (10 year old, enjoys the arts, especially dancing) and Zaiden (8 years old, enjoys video games, plays soccer and speaks French fluently).
Rev. Sadekie can be reached at the confidential minister’s phone # 905-589-0889 and / or email at revsadekie@gmail.com.
Music Director: Donna Corbett
Donna Corbett has been a member of the Sharon-Hope United Church congregation since 2010. She was initially drawn to Sharon-Hope UC by the warm welcome she received as well as the energetic and eclectic music program. Over the last eight years, Donna was grateful for the opportunities to become part of the musical life through accompanying the annual cantatas and filling in as needed for the Music Director.
Donna was appointed as Music Director in the spring of 2018.
Donna is a graduate of Queen’s University with a Bachelor of Music degree and a Bachelor of Education degree. She also holds a diploma in Expressive Arts Therapy; Her first career was as a school teacher where she was an Instrumental and Vocal Music Specialist (Grades 1-13) as well as teacher of core curriculum.
Donna is also a Registered Nurse with added qualifications as a Parish Nurse, a position she held at Sharon-Hope from 2012 to 2018. Even as she entered a second career in healthcare, Donna continued to participate actively in music.
She has extensive experience as an accompanist for soloists, groups and choirs. In addition, since coming to the GTA in 1987, Donna has been involved with more than thirty community theatre productions as actor, musical director, conductor, and show pianist. She has been nominated for awards for her work as musical director and actress and was honoured to be named York Regional Police Volunteer of 2010 for her work as accompanist for the York Region Police Male Chorus.
Donna is an experienced musician, educator, nurse, and choir director whose lifelong love of the arts has enriched her physical, mental and spiritual health and happiness. She is delighted to share those loves with the wonderful Sharon-Hope Choir and congregation.
Communications & Administration Coordinator: Lynne Faibish
Lynne Faibish is the newest staff member at Sharon-Hope United Church.
She was drawn to our church by the friendly atmosphere and staff and continues to feel very welcome by the warm reception she’s received.
As well as working part time at Sharon-Hope, Lynne has been a Piano and Vocal Teacher since 2009. Teaching students ranging from young child to mature adult, she loves sharing her joy of learning music with others.
Lynne graduated in Theatre at George Brown College (2003), and is also a graduate in Musical Theatre at St. Lawrence College (2007). She had previously been involved in several community theatre productions before discovering her love of teaching.
Lynne is very excited to be working at Sharon-Hope UC as the Communication and Administration Coordinator and is looking forward to meeting everyone and seeing what the future has to bring. She can be reached at sharonhopeuc@gmail.com.
