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Karen Weaver has been a student her entire life, and as she ages, she is convinced that her teachers keep getting younger. Over the course of her years of working in education, Karen has been a librarian/media specialist, classroom teacher, and gifted and talented coordinator. She is a member of Neland Avenue CRC.

Sherwin Weener grew up on a farm, north of Holland, MI, the oldest of four brothers. He married Shirley, his high school sweetheart and they have been blessed with two daughters, six grandchildren and one great grandchild. He graduated from Hope College and Western Seminary. His calling to a ministry of racial reconciliation led him to pastor churches in New York City, Sterling, IL and Muskegon, MI for a total of 30 years. He then served the Reformed Church in America as the Executive Minister for the Great Lakes Region until retirement. Sherwin and Shirley now live in Hudsonville, MI and are members of the Hager Park Reformed Church in Jenison.  

Jordan Weller is studying history at Trinity Western University. His passion for Canadian aboriginal justice began with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Vancouver in September 2013. In May 2014, he participated in a short-term missions trip through Trinity Western to Fort Babine, a First Nations Reserve in Northern British Columbia. He is currently working for Samaritan’s Purse Canada in Dease Lake, British Columbia, helping to run their ministry centre.

Travis West is Assistant Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament at Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan. He also serves as the President of Kairos West Michigan, a local movement dedicated to seeking understanding as to the sources of the hostilities between the Israeli and Palestinian people.

 

Lorilyn Wiering, a spiritual director, writer, and former middle school teacher, is the founder of Red Cord Community. Drawn to the edges of society, church-life, and self, she delights in exploring and facilitating the reciprocal and necessary relationship between edge and center. She lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan with her husband, Vernon, her daughter Maddy, and sons Basil and Reuben. They are members of First Christian Reformed Church. 

Karen Wilk works with Resonate Global Mission and Forge Canada coaching and training leaders and faith communities to discover and join God at work in their neighbourhoods. She has been a vocational pastor for over 35 years in Edmonton, Alberta and is currently leading a movement of Christ-followers seeking to ‘live among and love their neighbours.’ Karen has a Doctorate in Missional Leadership from Northern Seminary (Chicago). She and her husband have three adult daughters and one son-in-law, and enjoy being neighbours, playing pickleball, riding their e-bikes and Alberta’s great outdoors!

 

Lea Wilkening is a member of ClearView CRC in Oakville, Ontario. She believes that the Bible was written first to communities and then to individuals and sees doing justice as following the biblical mandate to work together to share the gospel in word and deed. She previously served as Community Engagement Specialist at ClearView CRC in Oakville Ontario and is currently an mDiv student in the distance program at Calvin Theological Seminary. She received a BS in Accountancy from the University of Illinois-Urbana and worked as a public accountant in Illinois for 13 years before moving to Canada with her husband, John, and their two sons. Her experience in the public sector, along with her ministry work in community development has sparked a desire to tap into the power of communities, by the work of the Spirit, to promote reconciliation and healing as a witness for Christ in the public sphere.

Miranda is a fourth-year International Studies student at Trinity Western University in Langley, BC. She is passionate about learning from others and seeking justice. Although her home is in central Texas, Miranda is part of an extension program at TWU and is spending her semester at the Laurentian Leadership Centre in Ottawa. She spent five weeks interning full-time with the Centre for Public Dialogue.

Idella Winfield is the Administrative Coordinator for the CRC Office of Race Relations. 

Karla Winham is a member of the Justice League at John Calvin Christian Reformed Church in Truro, NS. She serves as a Diaconal Coach with Diaconal Ministries Canada, helping deacons animate their congregations to show God’s love in their communities. She is currently finishing her MBA in Community Economic Development. After 20 years as a Speech-Language Pathologist, her experiences in church leadership and community development prompted her to return to school for more learning on the subject. She lives in Truro, NS with her husband and three teenage children.

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