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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Ryan Ahlgrim ’79
May 27 2021
Richmond, Virginia
MAJOR: English
Pastor, First Mennonite Church of Richmond
How did your experience at Goshen College inform your vocational calling and/or approach to ministry?
GC helped me develop a philosophy that integrated science, sociology, history, art, literature, biblical studies and theology into a coherent vision for serving the world. I have brought this powerful integration into my ministry.
What gives you the most satisfaction in your work?
Communicating Jesus’ message and ministry in creative and effective ways, bringing about healing, meaning and vision for the congregation.
What advice would you have for GC students interested in ministry?
The church needs leaders who are emotionally mature, self-starters, compassionate, creative and crazy about God. Don’t try to save people; just serve them and rest in God.
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...