2025 Annual Meeting
The Heritage Center’s 2025 Annual Meeting and Dinner will be held Friday, March 28, 6:00 pm, in the Detwiler Auditorium at Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community (1501 Virginia Ave, Harrisonburg, VA 22802). You are invited to attend!
We look forward to an evening of good food, fellowship, singing, reflection, and visioning for the future. Enjoy a homestyle meal catered by VMRC, and special music provided by The Soil and The Seed Project!
The menu for the meal will be:
Garden Salad with Mennonite House Dressing
Apple Cider Infused Marinated Pork Tenderloin with Gravy
Herb Marinated Baked Chicken with Gravy
Roasted Vegetable Lasagna
Mashed Potatoes
Savory Roasted Green Beans
Baked Cinnamon Apples
Apple Crumb Pie and Chocolate Fudge Cake
Ice Water/Ice Tea/Lemonade/Coffee (Regular and Decaf)
Thanks to the generosity of a few anonymous donors, the expenses for the meal will have already been covered—so all of the funds raised at the event go directly to support the ongoing mission of the Heritage Center!
In order to help us prepare, please reserve a place at the meal by registering below by March 14:
2024 ANNUAL MEETING
The 2024 Annual Meeting and Dinner celebrated the Heritage Center’s 25th anniversary and featured an address by Carl Bowman. The event was held at Lindale Mennonite Church in Linville, VA.
2023 ANNUAL MEETING
The 2023 Annual Meeting of the Brethren & Mennonite Heritage Center featured good food, fellowship, singing, reflection, visioning for the future, and special music provided by singers from Pilgrim Christian Fellowship. The meeting and dinner were held at Mt. Olive Brethren Church in McGaheysville, VA.
2022 Annual Meeting
The 2022 Annual Meeting of the Brethren & Mennonite Heritage Center was held at Park View Mennonite Church. It featured an address by John Jantzi, Shenandoah District Executive Minister of the Church of the Brethren, titled “Then and Now.”
You may view a video recording of the meeting by clicking here.
To read and/or download the 2021 Annual Report that was distributed at the meeting, please click here.
2021 VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING
The 2021 Annual Meeting of the Brethren & Mennonite Heritage Center was held virtually. It featured an address by our new Executive Director, Sam Funkhouser, titled “A Heritage Center on a Hill.”
You may read a summary of this address in the Shenandoah Mennonite Historian by clicking here.
2020 ANNUAL MEETING
The 2020 Annual Meeting of the Brethren & Mennonite Heritage Center featured hymn singing, pies, laughter, reflection, homestyle corn, and presentation about Mennonite Central Committee’s centennial year from Alain Epp Weaver. The meeting and dinner were held at Harrisonburg First Church of the Brethren in Harrisonburg.
Photos from the event are below, courtesy of Jim Bishop and Harold Furr.
2019 ANNUAL MEETING
The 2019 Annual Meeting of the Brethren & Mennonite Heritage Center featured hymn singing, pies, laughter, reflection, homestyle corn, unveiling of the new name and logo, and an address from long-serving board member Carl Bowman. The meeting and dinner were held at Community Mennonite Church in Harrisonburg.
Photos from the event are below, courtesy of Jim Bishop and Harold Furr.
