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Joyel Allen
Joyel serves in college ministry, in partnership with Every Nation Campus. She is leading Bible studies and small groups at Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, Va., and focuses on identifying and mentoring leaders for campus ministry.
Destiny Alston
Destiny will serve in college ministry at James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, in partnership with Every Nation Campus. She leads Bible studies and small groups, and mentors leaders for campus ministry.
Alfonso Alvarado
Alfonso serves as a pastor and church planter of Iglesia Menonita Monte Moriah, Timberville, Virginia, serving in partnership with Grace Mennonite Fellowship and the Northern District of Virginia Mennonite Conference.
Victoria (Vicki) Barnes
Vicki is serving in college ministry in partnership with Every Nation Campus, leading Bible studies and small groups at Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Va., and identifying and mentoring leaders for campus ministry.
Nathan Carr
Based in Harrisonburg, Va., Nathan is working to build networks of faith-based support for people who have struggled with addiction and substance abuse issues, and for those who have been released from jail.
Seth and Theresa Crissman
Building on their work with the Kids Clubs in local congregations, Seth and Theresa create resources for families and households to become stronger Christ-forming centers through memorization and reflection on scripture through music.
Michael and Ruth Hershey
Michael serves with Immerse International, an Intensive English program focused on business and community partnerships, spiritual formation for staff and students, and missional training. Ruth leads regular in-person and virtual prayer gatherings.
Olivia Kasidiaris
Olivia serves in college ministry in partnership with Every Nation Campus. Olivia leads Bible studies and small groups at James Madison University and focuses on identifying and mentoring leaders for campus ministry.
Clay Kauffman
Clay serves as an intern with Highland Retreat. His internship is half-time with Highland Retreat, exploring various jobs and responsibilities that advance the mission of the camp, and half-time serving with a local congregation and in community service.
Juan José Lagos
Juan José and his wife Cecilia are planting Iglesia Cristiana Renuevo, a Spanish-speaking congregation in Winston-Salem, N.C., that partners with the Tennessee/Carolina/Kentucky District of Virginia Mennonite Conference.
Lee and Peg Martin
Lee and Peg Martin are serving as MCC Appalachia Build location coordinators with Mennonite Central Committee in Kimball, West Virginia, as Associated Workers with VMMissions.
Mike and Risha Metzler
Mike and Risha are co-pastors and church planters of Mosaic of Grace Church, Harrisonburg, Va., which envisions a community redeemed by Jesus Christ, together pursuing the glory of God for the good of the world.
Alia Muhammad
Alia serves with Every Nation Campus as a campus minister at James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va., inviting others into Christian community and walking with them as they grow as disciples of Jesus.
Yacoub Rasul
Yacoub (name changed) is an Egyptian church planter serving among Harrisonburg’s Arabic-speaking community. He is serving in a partnership ministry between VMMissions and Faith Community Church called Love 4 All Nations.
Baker Rigg
Baker serves as the part-time chaplain of the Rockingham Harrisonburg Regional Jail, where he nurtures inmates in Christian faith, resources and develops ministries within the jail and cultivates church and community support partners in the ministry.
Lewis and Ashley Roberts
Lewis and Ashley’s tranSend internship gives them an opportunity to grow in leadership as local recovery mission workers. God has met them, changed them and through them is changing other men and women.
Armando and Veronica Sanchez
Armando and Veronica are church planters of Iglesia Shalom-Nuevo Comienzo in the city of Waynesboro, Va. Armando and Veronica also pastor Iglesia Cristiana Enciende una Luz in Harrisonburg, Va.
Michael Santana
Michael (name changed) serves as a ministry apprentice at Mosaic of Grace Church, Harrisonburg, Va. He served for several months alongside long-term workers in Southeast Asia and is currently exploring ministry possibilities.
Adam and Elise Sauder
Adam and Elise (names changed) serve with YWAM (Youth With A Mission) at the YWAM Myrtle Beach base at the Discipleship Training School and lead teams in global mission experiences in South Asia.
Randall Schlabach
Randall is a pastor who is launching a recovery ministry from pornography addiction for men in Wayne and Holmes counties in Ohio. His plan is to offer men’s groups that revolve around two Christian recovery programs.
Hannah Shultz
In partnership with Iglesia Esperanza de Vida and Iglesia Menonita Monte Moriah in Harrisonburg, Va., Hannah is using her fluency in music education and Spanish to share Jesus and practical disciple-making strategies with children and their families.
Devin Stipe
Devin serves in partnership with Coracle and Early Church as a SLAQ servant leader, helping director Ken Wettig to develop and run the SLAQ program. He also serve as an intern at Early Church, where he is mentored and discipled.
Jason and Jenny Wagner
Jason served in a full-time position as chaplain at the Augusta Correctional Center, a medium security prison in Craigsville, Va., which was shut down in spring 2024. He and his wife Jenny partner with others who are passionate about God’s life transformation.
Ken Wettig
Ken serves as the founding director of SLAQ (Servant Leader Quest). SLAQ combines real life outdoor adventure with faith formation to raise up servant leaders for the next generation church from diverse backgrounds.
Brynn Yoder
Brynn serves as an intern with Highland Retreat. His internship is half-time with Highland Retreat, exploring various jobs and responsibilities that advance the mission of the camp, and half-time serving with a local congregation and in community service.
Ben and Risa Yutzy
Ben and Risa are ‘making disciples who make disciples’ among the Spanish-speaking farm workers with whom they work as they bear witness to Christ and nurture expressions of simple church.