Ron Copeland

Ron Copeland graduated from James Madison Univerity in 1990 where he studied English and Theater. He owned the Little Grill Restaurant in Harrisonburg, VA from 1992-2003 and then co-founded the Little Grill Collective. He is the founder and director of Our Community Place, a community center in downtown Harrisonburg that welcomes “anyone with a belly button.” Ron graduated from Eastern Mennonite Seminary in 2006 with a Masters of Divinity and now pastors Early Church, a part of Virginia Mennonite Conference. Ron and his wife, Melaine, also enjoy parenting their three children, Emmett, Phoebe, and Rose.