LWer is awarded Bishop’s award

Elizabeth Huebner from Mutual 8 received one of the highest awards given each year at the United Methodist Annual Conference.

The Bishop’s Award is to honor distinguished clergy and laypersons who have devoted their lives to extraordinary service to the United Methodist Church of Southern California. Huebner was awarded this honor by Bishop Dottie Escobedo-Frank and Bishop Grant Hagiya, who presented it to her at a ceremony held at the Marriott hotel during its annual conference.

Huebner was raised in a Methodist parsonage where her dad was a pastor. She began helping him by playing the piano and organ at an early age. She became very involved with the Methodist Youth Fellowship in high school and was appointed president of the Latin American Youth Conference of Southern California and Arizona, representing the youth at national conferences at DePauw University, Denver State University and in Washington D.C. and New York. For many years she served as a board member of the United Methodist Federal Credit Union as well as serving on the conference board of pensions and other committees.

Huebner recently retired as treasurer and administrative assistant of her church. In 2011, she helped create the Museum of Social Justice, located at her church. She is presently a board member and treasurer of the museum. She conducts tours of the history of how the Methodist Church started in downtown Los Angeles in 1899 and trains docents from California State University Los Angeles, University of Northridge, and University of California Los Angeles, who volunteer in the museum. She attends church and is still very active.

Elizabeth Huebner