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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Hillary Watson ’09
May 27 2021
Ypsilanti, Michigan
MAJORS: Bible & religion, Philosophy
Pastor, Shalom Community Church; Program consultant, Nonprofit Enterprise at Work
How did your experience at Goshen College inform your vocational calling and/or approach to ministry?
Goshen allowed me to explore the breadth of the Anabaptist tent and find my place in it. Goshen also supported me with opportunity, funding, connections and learning opportunities over my four years.
What gives you the most satisfaction in your work?
I’ll be honest, it’s not always satisfying, and satisfaction won’t sustain you for the long haul. But I love watching people change — their minds, their behaviors, their vocations — because of the way they’ve encountered God in community.
What advice would you have for GC students interested in ministry?
Make sure you are well-funded! It is too easy to enter ministry with a heavy debt load or end up struggling financially because you’re being underpaid. Negotiate your salary, ask for funding for seminary and advocate for yourself!
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...