During an April 27 Hesston College chapel, 37 students, faculty and staff were commissioned for Christian ministry and service for summer and fall placements.
The students will serve around the world in positions from camp counselor to supervisors at disaster sites.
Doing an eight-week field experience in Detriot, Mich., are Disaster Management Program students Clay Axness, Glendale, Ariz.; Aaron Bergman, Harrisonburg, Va.; Christy Kauffman, West Liberty, Ohio; Elyse Merritt, Parsons, Kan.; and Zach Stauffer, Belleville, Pa. Program director Cleo Koop will serve alongside the students.
Led by student Grace Tijerina, Brownsville, Texas, Tanner Daniel, El Dorado Springs, Mo.; Abraham Mateo, Fort Myers, Fla.; Lilian Trifena, Indonesia; and Micah Raber, Millersburg, Ohio; will tour parts of Kansas and Texas leading week-long Vacation Bible School at several churches.
Faculty member Michele Hershberger, Hesston, Kan., will travel to Philadelphia where she will teach Hesston College’s Biblical Literature course.
Lydia Holland, Russell, Kan., plans to serve in Zambia with Love’s Door for All Nations.
Anna Martin, Harleysville, Pa., will serve at a Christian sports camp called Push the Rock this summer and is planning a year of service next year.
Jenna VonBargen, Baldwin City, Kan., will serve as a project coordinator with a youth missions agency this summer and plans to work in an urban school with City Year next year.
Brady Bilderback, Boise, Idaho; Molly Bruner, Wauseon, Ohio; Erika Byler, Shipshewana, Ind.; Colton Eby, Fisher, Ill.; Jeremy Good, Rantoul, Ill.; Catie Kauffman, Goshen, Ind.; and Janelle Schmucker, Los Fresnos, Tex.; will serve at Amigo Centre in Sturgis, Mich.
Elena Buckwalter, Harrisonburg, Va.; Hannah Hostetter, Harrisonburg, Va.; Rachel Shenk, Waynesboro, Va.; and Andry Stutzman, Harrisonburg, Va.; will serve at Highland Retreat Center, Bergton, Va.
Johanna Burkholder, Warden, Wash., will serve at Camp Camrec, Leavenworth, Wash.
Cassidy Bontrager, Wellman, Iowa; and Emma Roth, Goshen, Ind.; will serve at Crooked Creek Christian Camp, Washington, Iowa.
Erin Brubaker, Hesston, Kan.; Silas Driver Harrsionburg, Va.; and Trevor Oyer, Hubbard, Ore.; will serve at Drift Creek Mennonite Camp, Lincoln City, Ore.
Yoel Bobadilla, Lancaster, Pa., will serve at Camp Nawakwa near Mt. Gretna, Pa. as a co-counselor.
Desi Newman, Archbold, Ohio, will serve at Little Eden Camp in Onekama, Mich.
Payton Miller, Kalona, Iowa, will serve at Spring Valley Bible Camp, Muscatine, Iowa.
Adrienne Derstine, Harleysville, Pa., will serve at Albuqerque (N.M.) Mennonite Church as part of the Ministry Inquiry Program.
Staff member Rachel Horst, Hesston, Kan., will help with a Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) bridge repair in West Virginia.
Austin Braddock, Baldwin City, Kan., will intern at Kingdom Life Ministries in Hesston, Kan.
Emily Griffioen, Belmond, Iowa, will minister through music with the Christian band VanGuard.
Sarah Hoover, Elbing, Kan., will serve at Camp Hiawatha, Wichita, Kan.