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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Quinn Brenneke ’14
May 27 2021
Elkhart, Indiana
MAJORS: communication, interdisciplinary studies
Co-pastor, Prairie Street Mennonite Church
How did your experience at Goshen College inform your vocational calling and/or approach to ministry?
I encountered Anabaptism for the first time at Goshen College. You can read about it in books, but you really don’t know Anabaptism until you feel it. I felt it at Goshen. It’s alive in the community — knowing, being and doing faith all at once.
What gives you the most satisfaction in your work?
God’s kingdom is breaking into the world in surprising and unexpected ways. The church today gets to be witness to the new thing that God is doing and it may be different than what we’ve ever seen. Understanding it all can be hard work, but holy.
What advice would you have for GC students interested in ministry?
The church benefits from all kinds of gifts. Anything God gives you can be used in ministry. Take time to explore and develop gifts, and be aware of how God might use them for the kingdom.
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...