Wheatley Lectures
October 15, 2022 2025-04-15 1:26Wheatley Lectures
Wheatley Lecture Event
The 2025 Wheatley Lecture Event was held on Thursday and Friday March 27-28th on the campus of Rocky Mountain College in Billings, Montana.
The keynote lecture featured Rev. Dr. Kristin Stoneking, Bishop of the Mountain Sky Episcopal Area of the United Methodist Church, speaking on “Crisis of Communities: Building Lives of Purpose, Transcendence and Connection.”
About Bishop Kristin Stoneking
Rev. Dr. Stoneking is a scholar, pastor, educator and innovator whose ministry has focused on the intersection of social justice, revitalized faith communities and organizations, faith formation, and interreligious engagement.
Bishop Kristin has served churches in Kansas and California. In addition, she has been a campus minister at UC Davis, was the Executive Director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, served as a District Superintendent, as well as the Director of Ministry Innovation and Congregational Development in the California-Nevada Annual Conference, and most recently was appointed as the Associate Professor of United Methodist Studies and Leadership at Pacific School of Religion. She holds a PhD from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley.
For more information about Bishop Stoneking, follow these links:
Through the generosity of those who appreciated the talents, contributions and Christian example of Bishop Melvin E. Wheatley, Jr., the Yellowstone Legacy Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church and Rocky Mountain College established the Wheatley Lectureship Restricted Endowment account to perpetuate and to honor Bishop Wheatley’s name and contributions to the United Methodist Church and beyond.
The lecture series is a collaboration between the Church and the College and honors Bishop Wheatley’s ideals, which included social justice issues, promotion of an inclusive church, academic inquiry, pastoral care, and ethics.
Contact
Rev. Kim Woeste, Chaplain
Bair Family Student Center
Lower Level
