A hospital administrator and community leader will be the new president and chief executive officer of Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community in Harrisonburg, Va., starting in April. Judith (Reitz) Trumbo ’82 succeeds Ron Yoder ’68, who is retiring. VMRC, neighboring Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) on the northeast, has a $20 million annual budg ...More
Emma Stahl-Wert is growing hope, one vegetable at a time. As garden coordinator for the Primavera Foundation, Stahl-Wert plans and manages community gardens at transitional housing properties in Tucson, Ariz., where she is in the middle of a two-year term with Mennonite Voluntary Service, a Mennonite Mission Network program. Each week, Stahl-Wert, 22, works alongside residents, ...More
One of the three women receiving the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, Leymah Gbowee, is closely connected with the “peace-church tradition” of the Mennonites. Gbowee, who shares the prize with Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and ...More
Participants in a consultation held Oct. 13 at the Institute of World Religions, Division of Christianity (Beijing). Standing (l to r): Elmer S. Miller, Philadephia; Myrrl Byler, Harrisonburg; Xiyi Yao (Kevin), Hong Kong (with MMN); third from r ...More
A new book, ‘Anabaptists Meeting Muslims: A Calling for Presence in the Way of Christ,’ explores the many ways Anabaptist Christians have engaged the Muslim community over the years. Read more… ...More
Eastern Mennonite University is holding its spring mission and service days Monday through Wednesday, Feb. 14-16. Representatives of 10 service organizations will have displays set up in the Campus Center Greeting Hall through noon Wednesday and are available to talk with students and area residents about openings with their programs. Programs represented will include: ...More
From left: Jason Fishburn, Jeremy Kempf, Erin Kempf, Kyle Baker and Neil Richer began a nationwide tour in September 2004 as the band, "Thirstborne."Photo by Bethany Keener " ...More
