Reconnecting for Justice
A WMJM pre-conference event
Tuesday, November 1st 12:30 -5:00 p.m. Salt Lake City, Utah
(The afternoon before Western Jurisdictional Conference begins)
Join other WMJM members and justice seekers from around the Western Jurisdiction for a time to reconnect and support each other in our efforts for social justice. Inspiring keynoters, a time to connect in small groups, and a chance to network together will all be part of the afternoon.
Location:
Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church,
2500 E 3900 S, Holladay, Utah
Schedule:
11:30 - Lunch & Network (Pre-order when you register- below left)
12:30 - Opening gathering: Keynotes, WMJM update, etc.
2:30 - Birds of a feather break out groups
3:30 - Regather to share justice plans for the Western Jurisdiction
5:00 - Closing and carpools to hotels
Join for Lunch before the gathering!
A delicatessen box lunch option will be available at 11:30. (Sorry, sold out) Come early, straight from the airport, and begin connecting with other Western Jurisdiction Conference delegates and guests.
Order yours with the registration link below
(or bring your own if that’s easier).
Register for “Reconnecting for Justice” by clicking on one of the options below.
Do you have questions? email greg@wmjm.org
Jan, her wife Lindi, and their Welsh Terrier Higgins split their time between Rome, GA and Washington, D.C. (Mostly in GA lately because of the pandemic but they maintain membership at Foundry United Methodist Church in DC.) Jan and Lindi met at Wesleyan College in Macon, GA, where Jan is the President of the Alumnae Association.
Jan is passionate about justice, equity, and inclusion in the Church and the world. She has been the Executive Director at RMN since 2017. It has been an interesting time to be the ED at RMN given what has happened in both The United Methodist Church and the World since 2017. Her focus is on ensuring that RMN partners with others in the denomination to build a church that values justice and equity and continuously works towards it.
Before RMN, Jan spent 35 years working for Harris Corporation in Engineering and Program Management.
Her experiences of harm in the Church drive her passion for a Church that models Jesus’ example of love and focus on marginalized peoples.
Jan Lawrence
Executive Director of
Reconciling Ministry Network
Pronouns: she/her
Our Keynote Speakers
Rev. Allison Mark
Faith United Methodist Church, Torrance CA
Pronouns: she/her
Rev. Allison Mark is the senior pastor of Faith United Methodist Church, a historically Japanese American congregation. She previously served as interim pastor at North Hollywood First United Methodist Church; associate pastor at Holman United Methodist Church in Los Angeles and First United Methodist Church in Pasadena.
She serves on the board of directors of the General Board of Church and Society.
She is the former coordinator of the Young Clergy Initiative, a collaborative project of the California-Pacific Conference of the United Methodist Church and Claremont School of Theology aimed at increasing the number of young clergy. Mark is a Bread for the World activist and former Hunger Justice Leader. She is an energetic worker for justice and deeply engaging in the world.
Mark holds a Master of Divinity from the Pacific School of Religion and is ordained an elder in the United Methodist Church. She and her husband, Rev. Andrew Schweibert, a UCC clergy, have two daughters.
Sorry,
We are no longer taking orders for lunch.
But come join us for the conversation! And there may be an extra lunch available onsite.
Click on the item to the right to register.