The Perkins Center welcomes Rev. Sandra Maria Van Opstal for the 2024 Perkins Lecture Series.
Perkins Lecture Series schedule here: Chapel with Elizabeth Perkins, CCDA PNW Lunch, SPU JPC 20th Anniversary Reception, and the 18th Perkins Lecture with Rev. Sandra Van Opstal.
- Chapel with Elizabeth Perkins
- 11:10 a.m. | First Free Methodist Church Sanctuary, across from SPU Campus
- CCDA Pacific Northwest Regional Network
- 12:30–3 p.m. |Library Seminar Room, SPU Campus | $10 registration here
- SPU JPC 20th Anniversary Reception
- 6:00 p.m. | Upper Gwinn, SPU Campus
- Join us for a meet and greet with the Perkins family and celebrate our 20 years of ministry before this year’s Perkins Lecture. Light appetizers served.
- 18th Perkins Lecture with Rev. Sandra Van Opstal
- 7:00 p.m. | Upper Gwinn, SPU Campus
CCDA Pacific Northwest Network Lunch
12:30- 3 p.m. | Library Seminar Room, SPU Campus | $10 Registration Here!
2024 SPEAKERS
Elizabeth Perkins
Co-President of the John and Vera Mae Perkins Foundation, Elizabeth Perkins will bring her passion into sharing as this year’s Perkins Lecture Series Chapel speaker. As program and mission director, she leads the Perkins Justice Pilgrimage and coordinates the foundation’s efforts on mission teams, internships, and children/adult programs.
Michelle Lang-Raymond will lead us in worship for this All-University Chapel.
Rev. Sandra Maria Van Opstal
Sandra Maria Van Opstal is a second-generation Latina pastor, activist, author, and a powerful leading voice on the intersection of faith and justice. She is executive director of Chasing Justice, a BIPOC-led movement that mobilizes the next generation of Christians to live justly. Sandra’s distinctiveness comes from working in both local and global contexts as a practitioner and academic, which has solidified her calling to disrupt oppressive systems within the church and center marginalized voices. She served as executive pastor at Grace and Peace Church on Chicago’s west side and as an activist in her community. She holds a Masters of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and is currently pursuing doctoral work in Urban Leadership and Transformation. Sandra is the author of The Next Worship, Forty Days on Being An Eight, as well as contributor to the New York Times bestselling book A Rhythm of Prayer.
