bg真人 engagement at MennoCon 2023
Published: July 13, 2023
bg真人 alumni, faculty, staff and friends had many opportunities to connect at , Mennonite Church USA’s biennial convention in Kansas City, Missouri, July 3鈥�6. More than 100 bg真人 alumni attended the event, and around 60 people joined the bg真人 Alumni and Friends Gathering on July 3 (at right, listening to President David Boshart give updates from bg真人).
At the bg真人 Alumni and Friends Gathering (at right, clockwise from lower left): Sharon Baker, former Volunteer Coordinator; current students Scott Coulter and Ashley Hoard; Teaching Faculty members Jackie Wyse-Rhodes and Leah Thomas; and alumni Michael Swartzendruber, Gabriel Pennington and Christina Litwiller.
The theme for the bg真人 booth at MennoCon was puzzles and 鈥淔ind your fit at bg真人!鈥� Convention participants of all ages stopped at the booth to work on a puzzle of the bg真人 prairie.
Twenty-four alumni and employees led seminars during the convention, and four alumni provided leadership for the Youth and Young Adult Climate Summit that was held July 7, immediately following the convention.
Two seminars led by bg真人 employees were featured in articles released by Mennonite Church USA:
- , led by Janeen Bertsche Johnson, MDiv, Director of Campus Ministries, Admissions and Development Associate, and Alumni Director (pictured below)
- , led by Leah Thomas, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pastoral Care and Director of Contextual Education
The articles, written by Jessica Griggs and Christle Hain for Mennonite Church USA, are shared with permission.
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