Join the Church History in the Pacific & Area Conference with the theme Voices of Latter-day Saint Women in the Pacific and Asia (no registration, no charge).
This year’s conference will include over 20 presentations considering stories, achievements, and voices of women who have helped shape and realize the Latter-day Saint experience in the Pacific and Asia.
Schedule
Friday
7 pm – 7:50 pm | HGB 273 | Faith, Family, Future Keynote: Dr. Lynette Suliana Sikahema Finau |
8 pm – 8:40 pm | HGB 113 | Nā Wāhine Manaʻoʻiʻo o Hawaiʻi (Faithful Woman of Hawaiʻi): Chiefesses and Missionary Wives Who Helped Bring Forth the Word of God in Hawaiian Alohalani Housman |
HGB 115 | Voices of Latter-day Saint Women in Mongolia Chinese Temple Matrons in Taiwan and Hong Kong | |
HGB 117 | Micronesian Women Navigate Cultural Crosscurrents R. Devan Jensen & Rosalind Meno Ram | |
HGB 123 | “Tsune Ishida Nachie: Japanese Pioneer, Modern Missionary, Temple Trailblazer in Japan and Hawaii” Jennifer Kajiyama |
Saturday
8:30 am | HGB 273 | Opening Session A Time of Transition: Mormon Pacific Historical Society (MPHS) to Church History in the Pacific & Asia (CHPAC) Eric Marlowe |
9 am – 9:40 am | HGB 113 | Mormon Missionary Wives in Nineteenth Century Hawaii Prophecy Being Fulfilled: The Laie Hawaii Temple Visitors' Center |
HGB 115 | “Out of Small [People] Proceeds That Which is Great” “From Palace to Dust, From Dust to the Clouds” | |
HGB 117 | "Behold, It Was the Faith of...": Stories of LDS Women from Papua New Guinea Ronette Taeoalii | |
HGB 123 | Helen Foster Snow: A Latter-day Saint Woman Who Changed China Peter Chan & Joyce Tan | |
9:40 am – 9:50 am | Break | |
9:50 am – 10:30 am | HGB 113 | Riding the Breaking Waves Mele Ongo'alupe Taumoepeau |
HGB 115 | Emma Broederlow Lobendahn and the Beginnings of the Church in Fiji: An Intergenerational Legacy Wetekia Ruruku Elkington: A visionary woman of truth | |
HGB 117 | Terii: Healer, Host, Musician, Diplomat Robyn Spears | |
HGB 123 | The Life and Teachings of Sister Chieko N. Okazaki Mark D. Ogletree | |
10:30 am – 10:40 am | Break | |
10:40 am – 11:20 am | HGB 113 | The Matrilineal Puzzle: Women, Gendered Authority, and the Church in the Marshall Islands Phillip H. McArthur |
HGB 115 | Mildred York Kwai Chun Goo: A Voice through Writings, Instructions, and Service Gerry Nihipali & Family | |
HGB 117 | "What a contrast between joy and sorrow" Lilia Wahapaa: Founding Mother of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Kauai | |
HGB 123 | Latter-day Saint Women in Education in the Pacific School Casey Griffiths & Christian Ames | |
11:20 am – 11:30 am | Break | |
11:30 am – 12:10 pm | HGB 113 | THE TOUCH: Women of Unity and Faith at Kalaupapa Fred E. Woods |
HGB 115 | Olivia Sessions Waddoups, Mary Waddoups Bradford, Mary Lou Bradford Bingham: Three Generations of Desert Mothers Searching for their Sisters in the Islands Mary Bingham Lee | |
HGB 117 | “Have You Tasted Leda's Lilikoi Pie?” Luana Kalilimoku Kotobalavu | |
HGB 123 | “The Most Desirable Above All Things” “Be Not Weary in Well-Doing”: Josefina Villanueva and the Growth of the Church in the Philippines |