- Five teaching sessions with stories and lessons in Mennonite church history that help to understand trends in the church and society today
- A focus question threads each session
- 7:00-8:30 PM, five consective Monday evenings October 12, 19, 26, Nov. 2, and 9, 2009
- Meet in The Gathering Place, a new meeting room at Common Grounds Marketplace (Gift and Thrift) 731 Mt. Clinton Pike, Harrisonburg, Virginia
- Students from any high school (grades 9-12) are welcome to attend. College students and adults welcome
- Free will offering to cover expenses
- Limited to 40 attendees
- Instructors are Elwood Yoder and Benjamin Bixler, both teachers at Eastern Mennonite School
- Through Fire and Water Mennonite history textbook given to all participants; co-authored by Elwood Yoder, instructor
- Register by e-mail, or inquire with further questions, to elyoder@gmail.com
- The basics in Mennonite history combined with current directions from the writings of Shane Hipps, Conrad Kanagy, Shane Claiborne, Philip Jenkins, and John Micklethwait
- EMHS students can earn 1/4 Social Studies credit by writing a 150-250 word response to the focus question of each evening's session and choosing one book from the reading list below and writing a book report and response:
- The Irresistible Revolution, Shane Claiborne, 2006
- Choosing Against War, John D. Roth, 2002
- Stories how Mennonites came to be, John D. Roth, Herald Press, 2006
- The Upside Down Kingdom, Donald Kraybill, 2003, 3rd edition
- God is Back, John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge, 2009
- Roadsigns for the Journey, Conrad Kanagy, 2007
- Through Fire and Water, Loewen, Nolt, Yoder, and Duerksen, 1996
- Margaret's Print Shop, Elwood Yoder, 2005
- Everything Must Change, Brian McLaren, 2007
- God's Politics, Jim Wallis, 2005
- The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity, Philip Jenkins, 2007
- Flickering Pixels: How Technology Shapes Your Faith, Shane Hipps, 2009
- The Fugitive: Menno Simons, by Myron Augsburger, Herald Press, 2008