LEAD 2019 Speakers

UMC LEAD 2019 Speaker: Thomas Irby
“I started a worship service with & by folks with various abilities and disabilities. It changed the way I understand the image of God.”

UMC LEAD 2019 Speaker: Roger Hudson
The Church fails to make disciples committed to, and schooled in, the non-violent love of Jesus. How to change this for the next generation?

UMC LEAD 2019 Speaker: LuLu Sapigao
What if the church talked about things relevant to your life?

UMC LEAD 2019 Speaker: MJ Kirby
Not Today Satan: How our church caught a wave out of the typical UM Death Spiral.

UMC LEAD 2019 Speaker: Lee Schott
Lee is pastor of Women at the Well in Mitchellville, a church based inside the walls of the Iowa women’s prison.

UMC LEAD 2019 Speaker: Hannah Shanks
Hannah writes about the intersections of faith, church history, social justice and personal experience.