香蕉影视 alumni and faculty to present at Mennonite Church USA鈥檚 Follow Jesus 2025

Published: June 17, 2025

These 香蕉影视 alumni and faculty members are scheduled to present at Mennonite Church USA鈥檚 Follow Jesus 2025 convention, to be held July 8鈥12 in Greensboro, North Carolina:
Tuesday, July 8: Women in Leadership Summit
- Katerina (Friesen) Gea (MDiv 2016) will be one of the worship leaders.
- Joanne Gallardo (MDiv 2010), Cyneatha Millsaps (MDiv 2008) and Sara Wenger Shenk (former President) will be part of an eight-person panel.
July 8鈥12
- All week, the worship band will be led by Randall Koehler, current student.
Workshops
Wednesday, July 9
- 10:15 a.m., 鈥淢aking Friends with Missional,鈥 by Michele Hershberger (MA 2000)
- 11:15 a.m., 鈥淪hutting Up to Hear God: The Why and How of Silence,鈥 by Michele Hershberger (MA 2000)
- 11:15 a.m., 鈥淐ozying Up to Conflict,鈥 by Doug Luginbill (MDiv 1997; DMin student)
- 2:30 p.m., 鈥淪even Things to Unveil about Revelation,鈥 by Michele Hershberger (MA 2000)
- 3:30 p.m., 鈥淲hat Are We Doing Here Anyway?鈥 by Eric Frey Martin (MDiv 2020)
- 3:30 p.m., 鈥淩esilient Roots: Nurturing a Faith that Lasts,鈥 by Joyce Peachey Lind (MDiv 2022)
Thursday, July 10
- 10:15 a.m., 鈥淲hat You Do Next Matters,鈥 by Eric Frey Martin (MDiv 2020)
- 11:15 a.m., 鈥淐an You Be a Rich Christian?鈥 by Lyle Miller (MDiv 2014)
- 11:15 a.m., 鈥淔inding Peace in the Old Testament,鈥 by Wilma Bailey (MDiv 1979)
- 2:30 p.m., 鈥淩estitutio Divina: Embodied Biblical Reflection,鈥 by Leah Thomas (Teaching Faculty)
- 2:30 p.m., 鈥淓co-Anabaptism at 499: The Gospel of All Creatures,鈥 by Douglas Day Kaufman (MDiv 1994)
- 2:30 p.m., 鈥淗ow to Navigate When Abuse Has Been Exposed,鈥 by Nancy Kauffmann (MDiv 1982)
- 3:30 p.m., 鈥淩eading the Bible As If Our Lives Depend On It,鈥 by Naomi Wenger (MA 2016)
Friday, July 11
- 10:15 a.m., 鈥淲hat Is An Anabaptist Christian? Refreshed,鈥 by Joe Sawatzky (MDiv 2005; Core Adjunct Faculty)
- 11:15 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., 鈥淲hy the Bible Matters for Confronting Christian Nationalism,鈥 by Drew Strait (Teaching Faculty)
- 11:15 a.m., 鈥淣ecessary Conversations: Let’s Talk About Money,鈥 by Lyle Miller (MDiv 2014)
- 11:15 a.m., 鈥淓mpowering Children and Youth to Be Safe,鈥 by Samuel Voth Schrag (MDiv 2007)
- 11:15 a.m., 鈥淧rophetic Peacemaking: Community Mediation In South Africa,鈥 by Sibonokuhle Ncube (MDiv 2023)
- 2:30 p.m., 鈥淪eeing Power As God Sees It,鈥 by Dorothy Jean Weaver (MDiv 1977)
- 2:30 p.m., 鈥淚s the Church A Safe Space for All?鈥 by Nancy Kauffmann (MDiv 1982)
- 2:30 p.m., 鈥淛oin Trees for Environmental Justice,鈥 by Steve Thomas (MDiv 1989)
- 3:30 p.m., 鈥淔inding Ourselves In God鈥檚 Story,鈥 by Michele Hershberger (MA 2000)
- 3:30 p.m., 鈥淣avigating the Health Coverage World,鈥 by Duncan Smith (MDiv 1990)
- 3:30 p.m., 鈥淣.O.T.I.C.E. When Boundaries Are Challenged,鈥 by Ben Graber (Certificate 2023; current student)
- 3:30 p.m., 鈥淢ennonites and Grassroots Organizing,鈥 by Sarah (Thompson) Nahar (MDiv 2011)
- 3:30 p.m., 鈥淩aising Our Voices Through Climate Advocacy,鈥 by Douglas Day Kaufman (MDiv 1994)
If we’ve missed naming any 香蕉影视 alumni, please let us know by contacting Janeen Bertsche Johnson, Alumni Director.
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