Laity Council of the California-Pacific Conference is dedicated to supporting our local diverse churches through identifying, training, equipping, and transforming Christian disciples and lay leaders into fruitful, spirit-led leaders.
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03. CONTACT
Mele Maka
Conference Lay Leader
805.217.1901 | melemaka@gmail.com
East District:
- Diane Gin, Lay Leader, East District
323.243.5323 | dlokgin@aol.com - Annie Solomon, Lay Leader, East District
760.221.6650 | annsolo1029@netscape.net - Marcia Galland, Associate Lay Leader, East District
626.664.4711 | thegallandsrm@gmail.com - Dennis Hemminger, Associate Lay Leader, East District
909.496 .6078 | hdennis6281@gmail.com
Hawai’i District:
- Tupou Seini Kelemeni, Lay Leader, Hawai’i District
808.548.9860 | ts_kelemeni@yahoo.com - Francis H Fukumoto, Associate Lay Leader, Hawai’i District
808.371.7694 | joumc@aol.com - Minja Kim Choe, Associate Lay Leader, Hawai’i District
808.222.9302 | MinjaKimChoe@yahoo.com
North District:
- JP Harris, Lay Leader, North District
626.664.3116 | jpthenvgtr@gmail.com - Richard Best, Associate Lay Leader, North District
805.934.2081 | rbest8486@gmail.com - Wanda Bethea, Associate Lay Leader, North District
626.568.7318 | wandabethea@aol.com - Ben Liu, Associate Lay Leader, North District
805.907.2261 | benliu@cadbuilt.com - Wanda McNeal, Associate Lay Leader, North District
661.478.0870 | shadyhaven@aol.com - Gloria Wright, Associate Lay Leader, North District
661.947.3103 | accountant@pumchurch.com
South District:
- Michael Mitchell, Lay Leader, South District
760.717.0797 | imichael.mitchell@yahoo.com
West District:
- Andre Aldridge, Co-Lay Leader, West District
310.625.5231 | abruin2@sbcglobal.net - Mercy Herstad, Co-Lay Leader, West District
562.257.8131 | herstadm@gmail.com
Howard Fallman
Conference Director, Lay Servant Ministries
818.955.8164 | h.fallman@gmail.com
Eutha Hankinson
Cal-Pac United Methodist Women Representative
818.767.3508 | Ehskier@att.net
04. CORE VALUES
- Radical, Christ-centered leaderships
- Cultural, race and LGBTQIA+ relevant
- Leadership training and development for all generations
- Leadership competency that is multi-contextual, multi-cultural, multi-racial and cross-cultural
- Extensive collaboration, transparency and accountability
- An integrated process of recruiting, training and supporting laity, lay servant ministry and local lay leaders who are competent and going on to perfection resulting in a dynamic vital and growing ministry