Don Yoder
“Encouraging persons to respond faithfully to God’s call has been a lifetime call for me. It is fulfilling to relate to such persons as they explore seminary training.”
Began service: June 1995
After 20 years of youth ministry in Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Ohio, Don and his family spent four years in East Africa. He moved to Harrisonburg in 1994 from western Pennsylvania where he worked as program director for Laurelville Mennonite Church Center. He began as director of admissions at EMS in June of 1995. Don enjoys the rivers and streams of the Shenandoah Valley as well as working with wood and glass.
Education
B.A., Goshen College
Church, Community and Professional Service
- Youth minister, Christian Education staff person, Ohio Mennonite Conference, 1973-85, 1990-92
- Service assignment with Eastern Mennonite Missions, Nairobi, Kenya, 1985-89
- Planning committee member for Ohio Conference Spiritual Formation School, 1990
- Member of Ohio Confernece Mediation Committee, 1989-92
- Program Director, Laurelville Mennonite Church Center, 1992-94
- Interim pastor, Springdale Mennonite Church, Waynesboro, Va., 1994-1995
- Pastoral Team, Community Mennonite Church, Harrisonburg, Va., 1997-2001
Office Phone: (540) 432-4257
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Office Location: SEM 135
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