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Four alumni are among The Mennonite\u2019s \u201c20 Under 40<\/a>\u201d honorees, selected for their commitment to \u201cfollowing Jesus\u201d and finding \u201cvalue in the Christian faith and community.\u201d<\/p>\n

The honorees were selected from 120 nominations of nearly 90 individuals.<\/p>\n

Sarah Hooley<\/strong>, 28, lives and works on her family\u2019s farm, Stoneybrook, in the Filer, Idaho area. She is a 2010 justice, peace and conflict studies major with experience in conflict resolution and is affiliated with Common Ground Conciliation Services<\/a>. She attends Filer (Idaho) Mennonite Church and has served on the Pacific Northwest Conference board of directors.<\/p>\n

Nathan Grieser<\/strong>, 30, is a 2015 Eastern Mennonite Seminary graduate who directs The Shalom Project<\/a>, a year-long voluntary service experience for young adults supported by several Lancaster-area Anabaptist congregations. (Among the recent participants are Erin Hershey \u201915 and Lenore Kauffman \u201915.) He attends Sunnyside Mennonite Church, where he was formerly the youth pastor before becoming director of The Shalom Project. He and his wife, Katie, have an 19-month-old daughter, Ivy.<\/p>\n

Kevin Ressler<\/strong>, 32, is executive director for Meals on Wheels in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He attends Community Mennonite Church in Lancaster. He is a 2007 justice, peace and conflict studies graduate. Read more about Kevin in a 2015 fine living Lancaster<\/em> feature titled\u00a0 \u201cLunch with Kevin Ressler<\/a>.” He\u2019s also featured<\/a> in \u201cFig\u201d magazine.<\/p>\n

Mike Metzler<\/strong>, 36, is pastor at Zion Mennonite Church<\/a> in Broadway, Virginia. He and his wife have three children. A Pennsylvania native, he attended Messiah College. After graduating from Eastern Mennonite Seminary in 2009, he was associate pastor for youth at Mountville Mennonite Church in Lancaster County before moving back to Virginia.<\/p>\n

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Four alumni are among The Mennonite\u2019s \u201c20 Under 40\u201d honorees, selected for their commitment to \u201cfollowing Jesus\u201d and finding \u201cvalue in the Christian faith and community.\u201d The honorees were selected ... read more about Four alumni named to The Mennonite’s ’20 Under 40′ committed to faith<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28438,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[266,5589,14145,265],"tags":[],"feature":[],"class_list":["post-28427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","category-bible-and-religion","category-peacebuilding-and-development","category-seminary"],"yoast_head":"\nFour alumni named to The Mennonite's '20 Under 40' committed to faith - EMU News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2016\/four-alumni-named-to-the-mennonites-20-under-40-committed-to-faith\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Four alumni named to The Mennonite's '20 Under 40' committed to faith - 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