Wilma Frances (Fran) Lynch is a Deaconess and missionary with the General Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church assigned to the Willow Anvik Grayling Church and Community Ministry in Alaska.
Willow is about 75 miles north of Anchorage and Fran spends about two-thirds of her time coordinating the outreach ministry of the Willow United Methodist Church. This includes the food bank, clothes/household items, help with heating fuel, transportation, home repair and response to other basic emergency needs of families. She also organized the Willow community to build the first Habitat for Humanity house.