Mennonite Life hosts Dr. Timothy Trussell, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, director of the Millersville University Archaeology Program, and co-director of the MU Atlantic World Center will speak about recent archaeological discoveries at the 1719 Museum. Trussell conducted field schools for students in the fall of 2020 and 2021. One objective was to find evidence of the original 1711 log home the Herr family built for… Read More

Join us on Friday, July 28 from 1-4 pm for a workshop with local artist Emily Smucker-Beidler. Participants will complete a 5×7 inch drawing of a Fraktur bird. Cost is $95 per person. For more information and to register, visit mennonitelife.org/event/.

Mennonite Life will host its Annual Storytelling Night on Monday, August 7, 2023, at 7 pm at Landisville Mennonite Church. The event will feature storytellers Karl McKinney and Karen Sensenig. Told in a series of short-format stories, each storyteller relates personal anecdotes from richly varied life experiences. This is an in-person event that will also stream online. To connect virtually the night of the event visit bit.ly/MLifeFB.… Read More

Amish Agricultural Exchange - Lancaster & Tanzania Plain Living Series 2 Mennonite Life and Garden Spot Village come together for a series on the role of the Amish and Mennonites in the community, as well as stories of their experiences. Held in the chapel at Garden Spot Village (433 S Kinzer Avenue in New Holland), the Plain Living Series events are complimentary and do not… Read More

The Mennonite and Brethren Music of Music of Peggy's War Peggy’s War is a meticulously researched novel that adheres closely to the true story of Margaret “Peggy” Rhodes and the young men she protected during the Civil War. She is a fiercely loyal Union woman living the Shenandoah Valley, a region in Virginia that supports the Confederacy. While her husband is slowly dying of consumption, Peggy… Read More

Mennonite Life members are invited to an exclusive screening of The Reformer. Zwingli: A Life’s Portrait on Thursday, June 13, at 6:30 p.m. at the Mennonite Life Visitors Center. The film takes place in Zurich, 1519, when Ulrich Zwingli enters his new post in Zurich’s Grossmünster church. The young priest immediately sparks controversy and debate with his sermons about the Catholic church. The film has German audio and… Read More