On April 13, Kendra Haloviak Valentine, PhD, Associate Professor of New Testament Studies & Chair of the Department of Biblical Studies at the La Sierra University HMS Richards Divinity School and Special Assistant to the President of the Southeastern California Conference for Women in Ministry, presented a lecture entitled “Ordination: Disentangling the Gordian Knot.”  The meeting was well attended and the audience included a number of pastors and a Union Conference official.  The following Q & A/Meet the Speaker session was filled to capacity and extended more than an hour over its scheduled time.