“Come and See” Learning Tour Participants and/or Recipients of “Come and See” Scholarships
October 2013 MCC West Coast Learning Tour 1. Hal Shrader, pastor Trinity Mennonite Church, Glendale, AZ
Feb/March 2014 “Come and See” Learning Tour 2. Joy Sutter, Mennonite Church USA Executive Board, East Norristown, PA 3. Isaac Villegas, Mennonite Church USA Executive Board, pastor of Chapel Hill Mennonite Church 4. André Gingerich Stoner, Mennonite Church USA, director of holistic witness 5. Duane Oswald, Everence board chair, Fresno, CA 6. Larry Nickel, Everence board, Wichita, KS 7. Chad Horning, Everence, chief investment officer, Goshen, IN 8. Madeline Maldonado, Mennonite Mission Network board chair, pastor of Arca de Salvacion, Ft. Myers, FL 9. Tanya Ortman, Mennonite Mission Network board, Kansas City, MO 10. Stanley Green, Mennonite Mission Network executive director, Goshen, IN 11. Noel Santiago, Mennonite Education Agency board, Harleysville, PA 12. Carlos Romero, Mennonite Education Agency executive director, Goshen, IN 13. David Maldonado, Iglesia Menonita Hispana executive committee, pastor of Arca de Salvacion, Ft. Myers, FL 14. Ann Graber Hershberger, Mennonite Central Committee U.S. board chair, Harrisonburg, VA 15. Ed Diller, Mennonite Central Committee board, Cincinnati, OH 16. Ron Byler, Mennonite Central Committee U.S. executive director, Goshen, IN
October 2014 “Come and See” Learning Tour Atlantic Coast Conference participants 17. Julia Dunst, ACC Secretary; Zion Mennonite Church, Birdsboro, PA 18. Chad Martin, ACC Assistant Moderator; associate pastor, Community Mennonite Church of Lancaster, Lancaster, PA 19. Brook Musselman, ACC Conference Coordinator, Zion Mennonite Church Birdsboro, PA 20. Sam Walters, ACC Ministerial Leadership Committee; associate pastor, Great Joy Christian Fellowship, Bear, DE 21. Sheri Wenger, Social Studies Dept. Chair, Lancaster Mennonite School, Lancaster, PA
Franconia Mennonite Conference participants 22. Joe Hackman, pastor Salford Mennonite Church, Harleysville, PA 23. Andrew Huth, Ambler Mennonite Church, Ambler, PA 24. Samantha Lioi, Minister of Peace and Justice, Franconia Conference and Eastern District Conference, Whitehall Mennonite Church, Whitehall, PA 26. Josh Meyer, pastor, Franconia Mennonite Church, Telford, PA 27. Yvonne Platts, Roots of Justice anti-racism trainer; Nueva Vida Norristown New Life congregation, Norristown, PA 28. Mark Reiff, Doylestown Mennonite Church, Doylestown, PA
Eastern District Conference participant 29. Jeff Wright, Urban Expressions, EDC church planting consultant, Riverside, CA
November 2014 MCC Central States Learning Tour 30. Anita Amstutz, pastor Albuquerque Mennonite Church, Albuquerque, NM 31. Ruth Harder, pastor Rainbow Mennonite Church, Kansas City, MO
April 2015 “Come and See” Learning Tour From Pacific Northwest Mennonite Conference 32. Katherine Jameson Pitts, conference minister, Portland 33. Dave Hockman Wert, PNMC Board, PJSN Advisory Council, Corvalis, Oregon 34. Nelly Moran-Ascensio, president of Concilio of Hispanic Congregations, Portland 35. Rachel Ringenberg Miller, pastor, Portland Mennonite
From Pacific Southwest Mennonite Conference 36. Femi Fatunmbi, moderator PSMC, pastor of Royal Dominion International Church, Los Angeles 37. Kathi Oswald, assistant moderator PSMC, Fresno, California 38. Juan Montes, pastor of First Mennonite Church of Reedley, California 39. Joyce Welsh, PSMC board 40. Rina Kusuma, pastor of Upland (California) Peace Church 41. Mark Schildt, family physician, MVS local coordinator, Shalom Mennonite, Tucson
Additional participants 42. Leonard Dow, pastor Oxford Circle Mennonite Church, Philadelphia 43. Jason Boone, Peace and Justice Support Network, Raleigh, North Carolina 44. Preston Bush, teacher at Christopher Dock H.S., Salford Mennonite, Pennsylvania
June 2015 Friends of Sabeel Learning Tour 45. Terry Rediger, pastor Turpin Mennonite Church, Turpin, Oklahoma
November 2015 “Come and See” Learning Tour IN-MI Mennonite Conference participants 46. Randy Detweiler, pastor, Holdeman Mennonite Church, Wakarusa, IN 47. Gwen Gustafson-Zook, pastor, College Mennonite Church, Goshen, IN 48. Leighton Miller, pastor, Wildwood Mennonite Church, Engadine, MI 49. Dave Sutter, pastor Kern Road Mennonite Church, South Bend, IN 50. Janice Sutter, pastor, Kern Road Mennonite Church, South Bend, IN
Central District Conference participants 51. Deron Brill Bergstresser, pastor, Faith Mennonite Church, Goshen, IN 52. Dawn Yoder Harms, pastor Assembly Mennonite Church, Goshen, IN 53. Janeen Bertsche Johnson, campus pastor, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Elkhart, IN 54. Joel Miller, pastor, Columbus Mennonite Church, Columbus, OH 55. Cyneatha Millsaps, pastor Community Mennonite Church, Markham, IL 56. James Rissler, pastor Atlanta Mennonite Fellowship, Atlanta, GA
MCC Great Lakes participants 57. Phil Dick, MCC Great Lakes Board, Mennonite Church of Normal, Normal, IL 58. Eric Kurtz, MCC Great Lakes staff, Goshen, IN
Additional Participants 59. Mary Nitszche, pastor, Blooming Glen Mennonite Church, Blooming Glen, PA 60. Wayne Nitzsche, pastor, Perkasie Mennonite Church, Perkasie, PA March 2016 “Come and See” mini-tour in conjunction with Christ at the Checkpoint Conference 61. Ed Brubaker, President/CEO at Living Branches, Franconia Mennonite Conference, Landsdale, PA 62. David Greiser, pastor, North Baltimore Mennonite Church, Baltimore, MD 63. Charlotte Lehman, pastor, Reba Place Church, Evanston, IL
April 2016 “Come and See” Learning Tour South Central Mennonite Conference participants 64. Lupe Aguilar, pastor, Iglesia Menonita Rey de Gloria, Brownsville, TX 65. Ron Moyo, pastor, Whitestone Mennonite Church, Hesston, KS 66. Del Schroeder, Whitestone Mennonite Church, Hesston, KS 67. Bill Zuercher, Ministry Coordinator for South Central Conference
Western District Conference 68. Anita Kehr, pastor, First Mennonite Church, Newton, KS 69. Heidi Regier Kreider, Conference Minister 70. Jonathan Wenger, First Mennonite Church, Hutchinson, KS
Additional Participants 71. Nehemia Chigoji, pastor, Upland Peace Church, Upland, CA 72. Carmen Horst, pastor, James Street Mennonite Church, Lancaster, PA 73. Renee Kanagy, pastor, Cincinnati Mennonite Church, Cincinnati, OH 74. Joyce Kusuma, Executive Board, Upland, CA 75. Rick Stoner, pastor, Sharon Mennonite Church, Plain City, OH
September 2016 MCC East Coast Learning Tour 76. Douglas J. Zehr, pastor, Oak Grove Mennonite Church, Smithville, OH 77. Miriam Risser Zehr, associate pastor, Oak Grove Mennonite Church, Smithville, OH 78. Hilaire Louis Jean, pastor, Church of God Prince of Peace, Miami, FL
November 2016 "Come and See" Tour Virginia Mennonite Mission 79. Aaron Kauffman, president 80. Laura Kauffman, member of VMM ministry support team 81. Phyllis Miller, board member 82. Martin Rhodes, Short-term Missions Coach and Ministry Support Teams Coach
Eastern Mennonite Missions 83. Kent Hartzler, board member 84. Joe Hollinger, advancement director 85. Nelson Okanya, president
Lancaster Mennonite Conference 86. Lynn S. Parks, associate pastor, Oxford Circle Mennonite Church, Philadelphia, PA
Mennonite Mission Network 87. Susan Burkholder, board member 88. Dominique Chew, advisory council, Peace and Justice Support Network 89. Stanley Green, executive director 90. John Lapp, senior executive for global ministries
January 2017 Bethel College Jerusalem Seminar 91. Rosella Epp, pastor, Zion Mennonite Church, Elbing, KS 92. Brent Kauffman, pastor, Lebanon Mennonite Church, Lebanon, Oregon 93. Roger Neufeld Smith, pastor, Southern Hills Mennonite Church, Topeka, KS 94. Cynthia Neufeld Smith, pastor, Southern Hills Mennonite Church, Topeka, KS 95. Raymond Reimer, pastor, Zion Mennonite Church, Elbing, KS
March 2017 "Come and See" Learning Tour 96. Merv Birky, former pastor, Beth-El Mennonite, Colorado Springs, CO 97. John Carlson, pastor, Forest Hills Mennonite Church, Leola, PA 98. Marco Guete, Director of Hispanic Pastoral and Leadership Education Office of MEA; former conference minister of Southeast Conference 99. Sandra Guete, Sarasota, FL. 100. Eduardo Hinojosa, Pastor, New Life Christian Center, San Benito, TX 101. Anna Hinojosa, Immigration Education Coordinator, MCC Central States 102. Nelson Kraybill, pastor, Prairie St. Mennonite Church, Elkhart, IN; president of Mennonite World Conference 103. Sandra Martinez Montes, Moderator, Iglesia Menonita Hispana 104. Marisa Smucker, Mennonite Mission Network, Church Relations 105. Byron Pellecer, Associate Conference Minister, Western District Conference 106. Hildalejandra Pellecer, Grand Prairie, TX. 107. Al Taylor, Pastor, Infinity Mennonite Church, New York City, NY 108. Gwen Taylor, New York City, NY 109. Saulo Padilla, Immigration Education Coordinator, MCC US 110. Vilma Padilla, Goshen, IN
May 2017 Eastern Mennonite Seminary "Places, People and Prayers" Tour 111. Ryan Alghrim, Pastor, First Mennonite Church, Richmond, VA
May 2017 Christian Peacemaker Teams Tour 112. Don Linscheid, board of Pacific Southwest Mennonite Conference.