Women of the Word Annual Women's Conference

2012 Biography of Speakers

Minister Lucilla Miller

A dynamic woman of God, who welcomes every opportunity to minister the gospel she lives and serves. Sister Lucilla co-labors with her husband of 42 years, Brother Ronald Miller. They have three adult children and thirteen wonderful grandchildren.

Sister Luccilla is a member of Bethel AME Church of Kansas City. She is the director & founder of Girls & Boys Let's Talk Ministry [a young people’s mentoring program]. Sister Lucilla also teaches Adult Bible Classes at Vine Street Manor. Sister Miller has been an assistant chaplain for over 30 years at the Jackson County Jail. Sister Lucilla was a former President of The Inner City Aglow Chapter, of Kansas City.

Sister Miller's vision is to minister to the lost, hurting and forgotten.
 

 

Kimberly Marshall

Kimberly Marshall dynamic young women, worship leader, play right, wife and mother. She is the daughter of Pastor and Mrs. Jesse Robinson Jr. of Kansas City. Sister Kim accepted the Lord as a young girl and was instrumental in leading her parents to the lord.

Sister Kim is a graduate from Grandview High School and Northwest Missouri State University, from where she received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Broadcast Journalism. After graduating from college, the Lord opened a door of employment for her with the Carter Broadcast Group, where she's now been employed for ten years. She can be heard on air some afternoons on Gospel 1590 KPRT from 3:00pm to 7:00pm and every Sunday morning hosting the Joy of Gospel from 7:00am to 12:00 noon on 103.3 KPRS.

Sister Kim is married to Brother Ivring a music minister at Glad Tidings Church and has a daughter Jamacy and a son Sean. Sister Kim lives Matthew 10:39, "Whoever finds his life will lose it, and who ever lose his life will find it". Her prayer is that she will live in such a way that she hears the Lord say, "Well done good and faithful servant".

 

 

Alma Ruth Smith

 Alma Ruth Smith a native of Arkansas has been married for twenty eight years and has two children and four grandchildren. Sister Alma has worked for the Government Employees Health Association (GEHA) for thirty years; spending nineteen of those years in the audit depart.

Sister Alma has had a personal relationship with Jesus Christ for thirty four years and as a Sunday School teacher for twenty two years.  She has also worked as an altar worker, as an usher and with the bulletin staff at her church. 

Alma Ruth Smith received her calling in the ministry in 1986.  In 2002 she accepted the call to become an ordained minister.  In 2009 she received her doctorate in Theology and worked with young girls for ten years in a group called Today’s Girls: Tomorrow’s Women which teaches how to be servants of Jesus Christ.      

In 2009 Sister Alma started a ministry called the Master Ministry which creates puzzles of every chapter of the Bible.   Today they have successfully completed puzzles for the New Testament and are now working on the Old Testament. 

 

 

Pastor Annette Jones

Co-Pastor with her husband at Maranatha Church; a mother of two children and a grandmother. Sister Jones loves the Lord her God with all her heart, mind and soul. She desires her life to be a sweet aroma in God's presence.