AMBS alumni and faculty to present at Mennonite Church Canada’s Gathering 2025

Published: June 17, 2025

These AMBS alumni and faculty members are scheduled to present at Mennonite Church Canada’s Gathering 2025, to be held July 2–5 in Kitchener, Ontario:

Wednesday, July 2 (Pre-gathering resource day)

• Option One: Leadership Day: “Transformational Leadership – Leading in a time before …”
  Led by David Boshart (President) and Shana Peachey Boshart (Certificate 2017)
• Option Two: “What does the Lord require of us?”
  Co-led by Jonathan Neufeld (MA 1990)

Thursday, July 3

• Morning worship: “Visiting the Wounds”
  Speaker: Joon Park (MDiv 2014)
• 5:45 p.m. workshop: “Eco-Anabaptism at 499: Living into the Gospel of All Creatures”
  Led by Douglas Day Kaufman (MDiv 1994)
• 5:45 p.m. workshop: “Faith that Endures”
  Led by Shana Peachey Boshart (Certificate 2017)
• 5:45 p.m. workshop: “Mennonite Church Canada International Witness: Building Relationships, Sharing Resources — Imagining life together in a postcolonial world”
  Panel presenters: Kelbessa Muleta Demena (MDiv 2012) and Yin Hongtao (alum)
• Evening worship: Testimony
  Speaker: Kelbessa Muleta Demena (MDiv 2012)
• Evening drama: “Spirit Acts” by Arlyn Friesen Epp (alum)

Saturday, July 5

• Morning worship: “Cultivate a Culture”
  Speakers: David Boshart (President) and Shana Peachey Boshart (Certificate 2017)

Additionally, Sara Erb (MDiv 2014) is a speaker for the youth gathering.

If we’ve missed naming any AMBS alumni, please let us know by contacting Janeen Bertsche Johnson, Alumni Director.

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