Many of us come to Los Angeles with hopes for unique career aspirations, landing dream jobs, and living out our passions and giftings. However, discovering one’s true sense of calling in life and work can be a great challenge for many Angelenos. Our diverse lifestyles, education, socioeconomic backgrounds, communities, and the culture at large all greatly shape our longings for identity, meaning, and vocational fulfillment.
At the 2024 Annual Faith + Work Conference we will challenge common myths about our God-given callings and reestablish the foundational priorities that inform these callings. Acclaimed national thought leaders and local practitioners will help us evaluate where we are in our journeys and how to apply these lessons in all of life and work.
Come join us for a day filled with talks, workshops, and many opportunities to interact with our speakers/fellow attendees as we explore this important topic together.
SPEAKERS & EVENT RECORDINGS
Alex Watlington, Senior Pastor, Pacific Crossroads Church
Opening Prayer
Chip Roper, Founder and President of the VOCA Center and Managing Partner of RKE Partners
6 Myths that are Robbing Your Work of Meaning
Os Guinness, Author & Theologian (Virtual Address)
Os Guinness is an Anglo-Irishman, and an author and social critic. Born in China during World War II where his parents were medical missionaries, he was a witness to the climax of the Chinese revolution in 1949. He was educated in England, where he completed his undergraduate degree at the University of London and his D.Phil in the social sciences from Oxford University.
Os has written or edited over thirty books, including The Call, Unspeakable, A Free People’s Suicide, The Global Public Square, and The Magna Carta of Humanity. His latest books are The Great Quest, Zero Hour America, and Signals of Transcendence.
Os has been a Guest Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Studies, a Guest Scholar and Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution, and Senior Fellow at the Trinity Forum. Always passionate about religious freedom, he was the lead drafter of the Williamsburg Charter in 1988, a bicentennial celebration of the bicentennial of the US First Amendment, and later a drafter of “The Global Charter of Conscience” and “The American Charter of Freedom of Religion and Conscience.” He lives with his wife Jenny in the Washington DC area.
Joanna Meyer, Founder & Executive Director, Women, Work, & Calling / Director of Public Engagement, Denver Institute for Faith & Work
Chip Roper, President, VOCA Center
Tim Yee, Pastor, Executive Coach and VP of Motivations AI
PANELISTS & ARTIST:
Chanelle Contreras, Spoken Word Artist
For the last decade, Joanna has worked at Denver Institute for Faith & Work, where she serves as director of public engagement and executive director of Women, Work, & Calling, a national initiative equipping women for godly influence in public life. Recently, she published the award-winning book Women, Work, & Calling: Step into Your Place in God's World through InterVarsity Press.
Dr. Chip Roper is the Founder and President of the VOCA Center, a faith-based organization driven to equip Christians to approach their daily work with God’s wisdom and power. Chip is also the Managing Partner of RKE Partners, a training consultancy that brings leadership and team alignment for business growth. With an Executive Coaching Certification from Columbia University and a Doctorate of Ministry from Missio Seminary, Chip has served clients at firms like Blackstone, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, and CNBC. Visit vocacenter.org for more.
Dr Tim Yee (DMin, MEd) has pastored churches for over 27 years, including Union Church in downtown LA. He launched an urban farm in Little Tokyo and served on the board of both Union Rescue Mission and LA Christian Health Centers, serving several thousand homeless each year. He leads the team behind the TruCenter assessment— the first of many digital discipleship tools sponsored by Cherith Analytics, a Christian mission agency that focuses on using technology to support faith initiatives.
A true renaissance woman - a Jesus-loving disciple, wife to an awesome God-fearing man, mommy to four wild and simply amazing kiddos, author, speaker, church planter, homeschool advocate and teacher, spoken word artist and design artist. She is a returning road warrior and tiny living ninja. Lover of all people and passionate about humanity and its restoration. Living life to the fullest. Praising Jesus with every last breath. (Psalm 146:2)
As a Spoken Word Artist, she uses the power of language to inspire and motivate others, touching on themes of love, faith, and hope. Her passion for humanity and its restoration is palpable in every word she speaks, and she has a gift for making complex ideas accessible and relatable.
Courtney Wong Davis, Executive Coach and Associate Professor of Communication Management — Panel Moderator
Tiffany Ouyang, Research Manager at MarketCast
Courtney Wong Davis, PhD, coaches, speaks, and teaches both in and outside the classroom, and equips executives and organizational leaders to confidently step in new directions, leveraging research in organizations and small groups to facilitate insightful confidence and deeper awareness about vocational identity, organizational functioning, and personal and professional growth. An organizational consultant, faculty member, author, wife, and mom, Courtney is committed to restoring the relationship between identity and performance, developing healthier rhythms of rest and work, asking (and helping others ask) better questions, and sharing breakfast burritos with her husband and kids on Saturday mornings. Connect with Courtney on LinkedIn!
Tiffany has been working in the field of global market research for 3 years primarily focusing on tech companies such as YouTube, Google Pixel, Samsung, and Meta Reality Labs. Prior to her career in market research, Tiffany had also developed a career in fashion & corporate retail for 9 years.
Tiffany is also a commissioned Gotham Fellow from the Center for Faith & Work NYC.
