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Conference Council 2025-2026

The Conference Council functions as the Board of Directors of the Hawai’i Conference of the United Church of Christ. The Conference Council meets at least four times a year to provide leadership, theological discernment and spiritual oversight in articulating the vision of the Conference, and oversees the policies of the ‘Aha Pae’āina and their implementation. Council members are members in good standing of a local church in the Conference.

Chair

Roberta Jahrling

Kaumakapili Church

Vice Chair

Benjamin Sheets

Lanai Union Church

Secretary

Lorna Motas

Kaumakapili Church

Treasurer

Linn Garcia

Central Union Church

At-Large Youth/Young Adult

Galen Kaohi

Hanapepe Hawaiian Church

At-Large Youth/Young Adult

Nathaniel Timoteo

Bethel of Amazing Grace

Hawai‘i Island Association President

Wryen "Keoki" Kiwaha

Puka‘ana Congregational Church

Kaua‘i Association President

Tiffany Marotte

Koloa Union Church

O‘ahu Association Representative

Irene Willis Hassan

Kailua Christian Church

‘Aha O Nā Mokupuni ‘O Maui, Moloka‘i, A Me Lāna‘i Representative

James Aarona

Kalanikahua Hou Church

Association of Hawaiian Evangelical Churches Representative

Joyclynn Costa

Kalanikahua Hou Church

State Council of Hawaiian Congregational Churches President

Frank Mulec

Opihikao Church

Administration Missional Team Chair

Joan Sakaba

Kailua Christian Church

Formation Missional Team Chair

Henry Kalani Wong

Iao UCC

Justice & Witness Missional Team Chair

Cheri Dennis

Lihue United Union Church

Innovation & Engagement Missional Team Chair

Heather Barfield

United Church of Christ Judd Street

Hawai‘i Conference Minister

David Popham (ex-officio)

Hawai‘i Conference Foundation Executive Director

Andy Bunn (ex-officio)

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