Chapter Officers

President -
Vice President - Sandy Nelson
Secretary- Lois Perryman
Treasurer - Barbara Manlapig
Resource /Past President- Doris Beckert
Editor- Phyllis Ehlert
Member At Large - Meta Chappuis

Next Meeting / Event

Sierra/Central Valley in California will be having its fall meeting on Saturday, October 10th, from 9 to 2, at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Sacramento. Speaker is Norris Burke, military chaplain and author.

Past Events

The Spring meeting was held on April 25, 2009 at the Carmichael Presbyterian Church in the Sacramento area. A luncheon was served. Phyllis Ehlert reported on the national conference.

The Fall 2008 meeting was held at the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd in Sacramento. Book clubs were discussed in the morning. The afternoon speaker was local author David E. Dayton, who spoke about his book Sing and Change The World. This is made up of many stories, original song lyrics, illustrations, letters from Frankie Laine and Robert Goulet and more examples of how singing can influence our lives. (Aslan publishing.com) The Rev. Dr. Richard Wylie (Dick) has been elected to the Board.

The Spring meeting was held Saturday, April 5, 2008 at the First Presbyterian Church of Roseville.  The speaker was Connie Neal, who spoke about "What's a Christian To Do With Harry Potter?" 

The Fall 2007 conference was held on October 13th at Calvary Bible Church in Acampo.  Meta Chappius was host librarian.  Our speaker was Connie Van Berkel, a local Christian author and motivational speaker.  Her topic was "Victory" from her book, "Choose High Road Victories".  We also had book talks from the owner of Vines and Branches, a local Christian bookstore.

The Spring 2007 conference was held on April 14th at the Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Sacramento.  Two board members reported on the National Conference, as well as a presentation by " Miss Julia", the popular Ann B. Ross book character, who told us about successful book talks!