{"id":4324,"date":"2019-05-30T12:29:56","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T16:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/crossroads\/?p=4324"},"modified":"2019-12-18T13:17:36","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T18:17:36","slug":"alumni-in-ministry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/crossroads\/2019\/05\/30\/alumni-in-ministry\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni In Ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I LOVE COACHING INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES TO DISCOVER THEIR UNIQUE GIFTS AND CALLINGS.<\/h3>\n

Joe Hackman MDiv ’11<\/h4>\n

Harleysville, Pennsylvania, lead pastor at Salford Mennonite Church <\/em><\/p>\n

Advice from an EMU\/EMS professor:<\/strong> Marcus Smucker taught that congregations are made up of people who possess premodern, modern and postmodern understandings of faith. In pastoral care-giving relationships, the role of the minister is to join individuals in speaking their particular faith language to help them make sense of God\u2019s movement in their lives.<\/p>\n

I GET PAID TO SPEND TIME WITH GOD AND PEOPLE \u2013 UNBELIEVABLE!<\/h3>\n

Sandy Drescher-Lehman ’79<\/h4>\n

Green Lane, Pennsylvania, pastor at Methacton Mennonite Church<\/em><\/p>\n

Advice from an EMU\/EMS professor:<\/strong> Speak\/ act for those who don\u2019t have a \u201cvoice.\u201d<\/p>\n

God at work:<\/strong> Every Sunday when our church gathers, with many different experiences and opinions and theologies, we sing and share our love for God and each other.<\/p>\n

Fun EMU memory:<\/strong> I have so many! Hanging out with hall mates in Northlawn and with our \u201cbrother\u201d hall in Ivy Hall, one of whom I fell in love with six years later and have been married to for 37 years!<\/p>\n

THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING \u201cALLOWED\u201d INTO THE SACRED SPACE OF THOSE LATER DAYS IN A PERSON\u2019S EARTHLY JOURNEY IS SOMETHING I NEVER TAKE FOR GRANTED.<\/h3>\n

Steve C. Nyce MA ’91<\/h4>\n

(Christian ministries<\/strong>), Souderton, Pennsylvania, hospice chaplain for Caring Hospice Services<\/em><\/p>\n

God at work:<\/strong> During a recent visit with a newer patient, she shared the pain of losing two adult children in recent years from difficult illnesses. She noted her anger toward God. As she processed her feelings and as I was privileged to sit and listen, she simply felt validated. Over some weeks, she came to a place of peace and a few days later passed from this life to the next.<\/p>\n

Alumni in Philadelphia and the surrounding region:<\/h3>\n
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  • Hubert Schwartendruber’59<\/li>\n
  • Andrew Leatherman ’62<\/li>\n
  • Donella Clemens ’62<\/li>\n
  • Richard Lichty ’62<\/li>\n
  • S. Luke Beidler ’66<\/li>\n
  • Ray Yoder ’66<\/li>\n
  • John Ehst ’68<\/li>\n
  • Noah Kolb ’68<\/li>\n
  • Freeman Miller ’68<\/li>\n
  • Mark Derstine ’72<\/li>\n
  • Janet Foderaro ’72<\/li>\n
  • Kathryn Wenger ’72<\/li>\n
  • Anna Detweiler ’73<\/li>\n
  • David Gehman ’73<\/li>\n
  • Galen Horst-Martz ’75<\/li>\n
  • Michael King ’76<\/li>\n
  • Sandra Drescher-Lehman ’79<\/li>\n
  • Mark Wenger ’79<\/li>\n
  • Kathy Yoder ’79<\/li>\n
  • Sandra Landes ’80<\/li>\n
  • Wayne Speigle ’80<\/li>\n
  • Michael Bishop ’81<\/li>\n
  • Regan Savage ’81<\/li>\n
  • Michael Clemmer ’83<\/li>\n
  • Sonya Stauffer Kurtz ’85<\/li>\n
  • Michael Derstine ’86, MDiv ’89<\/li>\n
  • Margret Castillo ’90<\/li>\n
  • Steven Nyce ’90, MAL ’91<\/li>\n
  • Kenneth Burkholder ’91, MDiv ’05<\/li>\n
  • Steve Kriss ’94<\/li>\n
  • Cheryl Martin ’94<\/li>\n
  • Randall Nyce ’94<\/li>\n
  • Burt Parks MDiv ’95<\/li>\n
  • Marc Hershberger ’95<\/li>\n
  • Hsiao-wen Chen MA ’96 (counseling)<\/li>\n
  • Benjamin Stutzman MAL ’97<\/li>\n
  • Kris Swartley ’98<\/li>\n
  • Lorene Derstine ’99<\/li>\n
  • Lorie Hershey MDiv ’05<\/li>\n
  • Timothy Moyer Certificate of Ministry Studies ’06<\/li>\n
  • Joseph Hackman MDiv ’11<\/li>\n
  • Beny Krisbianto MDiv ’15<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    *according to EMU records as of 4\/2019<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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