Rev. Wilma Janzen, an alumna of Acadia Divinity College and recipient of the ADC Alumni Distinguished Service Award in 2020, grew up in the beautiful Annapolis Valley and is a life-long member of Kentville United Baptist Church. She has served on countless church boards and committees as well as led the youth group.

Wilma has more than 15 years of experience working in prisons, serving as chaplain of Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility in Dartmouth for 5 years; as facilitator of St. Luke’s Renewal centre, a retreat centre for inmates located within the fence of Springhill Institution, for 3 years; and as chaplain of Northeast Nova Scotia Correctional Facility in Priestville since 2015.