Four alumni are among The Mennonite鈥檚 鈥溾�� honorees, selected for their commitment to 鈥渇ollowing Jesus鈥� and finding 鈥渧alue in the Christian faith and community.鈥�
The honorees were selected from 120 nominations of nearly 90 individuals.
Sarah Hooley, 28, lives and works on her family鈥檚 farm, Stoneybrook, in the Filer, Idaho area. She is a 2010 justice, peace and conflict studies major with experience in conflict resolution and is affiliated with . She attends Filer (Idaho) Mennonite Church and has served on the Pacific Northwest Conference board of directors.
Nathan Grieser, 30, is a 2015 Eastern Mennonite Seminary graduate who directs , a year-long voluntary service experience for young adults supported by several Lancaster-area Anabaptist congregations. (Among the recent participants are Erin Hershey 鈥�15 and Lenore Kauffman 鈥�15.) He attends Sunnyside Mennonite Church, where he was formerly the youth pastor before becoming director of The Shalom Project. He and his wife, Katie, have an 19-month-old daughter, Ivy.
Kevin Ressler, 32, is executive director for Meals on Wheels in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He attends Community Mennonite Church in Lancaster. He is a 2007 justice, peace and conflict studies graduate. Read more about Kevin in a 2015 fine living Lancaster feature titled聽 鈥�.” He鈥檚 also in 鈥淔ig鈥� magazine.
Mike Metzler, 36, is pastor at in Broadway, Virginia. He and his wife have three children. A Pennsylvania native, he attended Messiah College. After graduating from Eastern Mennonite Seminary in 2009, he was associate pastor for youth at Mountville Mennonite Church in Lancaster County before moving back to Virginia.