Joyce Palmer (She/Her/Hers) served as the Assistant Minister at Unitarian Universalist Church West in Brookfield, WI. She received her Master of Divinity degree from the Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta, GA. She served as Director of Membership and Lay Ministry at All Souls Church UU, in Washington, DC. Joyce is the lead on the Marjorie Bowens Wheatley Scholarship Committee through the UU Women’s Federation. Joyce has worked in child welfare as a supervisor and parent educator. Joyce and her family moved back to Rockford, IL to live closer to family. She enjoys reading, taking dance classes, spending time with her husband Tim and sons Dorien and Antonio, and walking her terrier mix, Rosey. Joyce is excited about her new position as Assistant Minister at Unitarian Universalist Church, Rockford.