Jeff Heie MA '00 (conflict transformation), project coordinator for the Harrisonburg Gift & Thrift solar project, helps connect Mennonite values to solar energy in this article. The “Thrifty Solar Barn Raising” team was among 170 teams nationwide selected to compete in the US Department of Energy’s Solar In Your Community Challenge, a $5 million contest that supports “innovative and replicable community-based solar business models and programs that will bring solar to underserved communities.” ... read more about How solar energy helps Mennonites with their mission of global relief from Energy News
“Connecting as human beings is a source of healing.” These words from plenary speaker, Beth Toner, set the tone for the entire weekend of Mennonite Healthcare Fellowship’s (MHF) Annual Gathering. On June 22-24, about 60 Anabaptist healthcare professionals and their families gathered at Bluffton University in Ohio under the theme of “Stories of Healing.” ... read more about Beth Toner MSN ’17 offers plenary at MHF Annual Gathering from Mennonite Health Journal
Lara Weaver is going places — literally and figuratively. A Brownstown native and Lancaster Mennonite School graduate, she capped her senior year at Eastern Mennonite University, where she graduated summa cum laude in May, by winning honors for her research project from the Virginia Association of Psychological Sciences. In August, she will travel to Laos to teach for a year as part of Mennonite Central Committee’s Serving and Learning Together program. ... read more about Lancaster Online: Lara Weaver ’18 on psychology studies, global travel and her SALT plans from Lancaster Online
