PNACL

2025 PNACL Summer Conference

Lessons from the Library

For wisdom will enter your heart and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul. – Proverbs 2:10

Check in will begin at 3 pm on Friday, June 20 and the conference will end at about 4 pm on Saturday. Dinner will be provided on Friday evening and lunch on Saturday. Both will be catered by Budd Bay, a fine Olympia eatery.

True to our ABC theme, the conference workshops will focus on the nitty gritty of maintaining our libraries in these times. How do we pass on our legacy to a new generation? How can the concept of pilgrimage inform our mission? What can we learn from our public library partners? And how can we be inspired by the creative spirit of our authors and artists? Many of our authors and presenters live in the South Puget Sound, including nationally recognized artist and illustrator Carina Luyken, the Rev. Dr. Janet Waggoner, and our friend author Kate Breslin.

Keynote Speaker: Rev. Janet Waggoner

Rev. Dr. Janet Waggoner serves as Rector at St. John/San Juan Episcopal Church in Olympia. Reverend Janet joined St. John/San Juan as rector on March 1, 2024. A native of Washington, Rev. Janet earned her Masters of Divinity at Yale Divinity School. She served eleven years in parish ministry in Connecticut before moving to Texas, where she served as interim pastor at Rejoice Lutheran Church in Coppell TX. In 2013, Rev. Janet became Canon to the Ordinary in the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth. She served in that role for almost a decade, during which time she earned her doctorate in pastoral theology, with emphasis on intergenerational relationships. Most recently, Rev. Janet was Canon Missioner for Congregational Vitality in the Episcopal Diocese of Texas. Rev. Janet brings experience in evangelism, community partnerships and congregational/property redevelopment, including seven years on the church-wide Task Force for Church Planting and Congregational Redevelopment. Rev. Janet has two college-age children and a rescue pig named Comet.

Authors and Other Speakers

• John Avery is the author of The Name Quest. In 2016 it won the Oregon Christian Writers’ Cascade Award for nonfiction.
• Kate Breslin – I write inspirational historical fiction for Bethany House Publishers. My novels are set during wartime.
• Kathie Deviny turned to writing after a career as a social worker and criminal justice manager.
• Corinna Luyken is the author/illustrator of numerous picture books. Her books have been translated into thirteen languages.
• Carolyn Maddux, a retired newspaper reporter/editor, lives in Shelton, where she teaches writing workshops.
• Peter Snow grew up in England during WWII. He was ordained a priest of the Church of England. He presently resides with his wife in Seattle, Washington.
• Julie McDonald Zander worked as an award-winning newspaper reporter and editor for 20 years before launching her personal history business, Chapters of Life, in 1999.

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