WJEF26 Speakers, Workshops, and Resource Connections -- more coming soon!
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Curtis Ivanoff
Main speaker The Reverend Curtis Ivanoff currently serves as Superintendent of the Alaska Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church, a role he has held since 2011. Raised in Unalakleet (“From the southern side”), Alaska—a remote coastal Iñupiaq village on the Norton Sound—Curtis brings a deep connection to his heritage and community to his ministry and leadership. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Oklahoma and holds a Master’s degree from North Park Theological Seminary. Prior to his current appointment, Curtis spent five years as a public school math and science teacher before serving as Associate Pastor at his home church, Unalakleet Covenant, and later as Campus Pastor and Director of Admissions at Alaska Christian College. Curtis and his wife, Kristi, reside in Anchorage, Alaska, and are the proud parents of three adult children. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfqCDyMDqhw |
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Marlene Watson
Speaker Marlene Watson, who is Navajo (Diné) from Wide Ruins, Arizona and Tohlakai, N.M., was raised in Oakland, Calif. Her clans are Kinlichii’nii (Red House People), and Nakai Diné (Mexican Clan People). Her record of academic achievement is impressive. She holds three master’s degrees: a Master of Divinity (Fuller Theological Seminary, 2012), an MS in Civil Engineering , Construction and Engineering Management (UC Berkeley, 1992), and an MA in Architecture (UC Berkley, 1991; two bachelor’s degrees: a BA degree in Christian Ministry (2004) and a BA in Architecture (UC Berkeley, 1985); and an AA in Biblical Studies (2002). |
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J Goins
Eldering Well, a workshop for elders at WJEF J Goins and his wife Stephanie I live in Greenville, South Carolina. J has served in a variety of roles, mostly with Youth With A Mission (YWAM), in a list of countries, on several continents. He’s been active in indigenous communities for nearly 20 now concentrating mostly on health and balance. J has been a regular volunteer "resident elder" at WJEF. My ministry description, roles, and purpose has ranged from servant to leader, from student to teacher, and in many cases, resident Elder. This wide-range of cross-cultural ministry for close to 40 years has provided for me my greatest strength, experience. My people are located in a Native community in North Carolina and are not federally recognized. I have an extremely high regard for the values, standards, customs and practices that the First Nations traditionally used to established peace and harmony in their communities. I am a Native Elder that has made life devastating sacrifices, so that the generations coming after me can live healthy, spiritually, emotionally & physically significant and fulfilling lives. This suffering, and deprivation was almost entirely involuntary. And, for a large part of it, I was nescient of the racial and cultural implications. In some ways this trauma has diminished my capacity to enable others, and in some ways, it elevates it. |
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Courtland Hopkins
Our fearless Lakota WJEF Bible discussion leader hails from Ft. Lewis College where he is an InterVarsity campus minister. www.intervarsity4corners.org/fort-lewis-college.html |
Resource Connections
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Rashawn Ramone
Ask Rashawn about LiSteN, Learn and Serve in Navajoland, a summer immersion program. www.nativeintervarsity.org/listen.html [email protected] |
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Chris Hoklotubbe
Talk with Chris about graduate school opportunities to study with Native professors! https://naiits.com/ [email protected] |
