Here is an interview with Andrea Cruz, a 2021 graduate. What did you do right after graduation? I got married! I then started working at Goshen Health as an Account Coordinator for the Get Fit Get Healthy department, coordinating and...
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Douglas Kaufman ’89
May 27 2021
Goshen, Indiana
MAJOR: history
Pastor, Benton Mennonite Church; director of pastoral ecology, Center for Sustainable Climate Solutions
How did your experience at Goshen College inform your vocational calling and/or approach to ministry?
My history classes brought a richness of understanding the depths and heights of the human condition. Theology and peace classes, along with time in a Nicaraguan refugee camp on Study-Service Term in Costa Rica, tuned my heart to social justice.
What gives you the most satisfaction in your work?
Bringing our spiritual and Biblical traditions into a living relationship with our lives, where we see some of the frailty and strength of humans relating to Spirit, one another and the earth.
What advice would you have for GC students interested in ministry?
Take in a variety of experiences and especially challenge yourself to find leadership opportunities, which may have little to do with what classes you take or what your major is. Pay attention to good leadership and find leadership mentors.
Alum Feature: Andrea Cruz
Jenae Longenecker ’18
What is your current job and what have you been doing since graduation from GC? After graduating from Goshen, I spent a year serving with the Moreau College Initiative, a college-in-prison program at Westville Correctional Facility. Through the program, Notre...
Johnny Gerig Meyer ’08
What is your current job and what have you been doing since graduation from GC? After graduating from Goshen College in 2008, I received an MA in Theological Studies from Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, and then taught philosophy and religious...