SLATE OF NOMINEES
Tim Lind
Position: Board of Directors, Treasurer
Congregation: Florence Church of the Brethren Mennonite
Occupation: Retired (Formerly long-term worker with Mennonite Central Committee and Mennonite World Conference, primarily in Africa.)
Drew Strait
Position: Ministerial Committee
Congregation: Keller Park Church
Occupation: Assistant Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins, AMBS
I’m married and have three children ages 10, 4, and 6mo. I was an interim pastor for three years at Living Water Community Church in Chicago, which is a part of MC USA in the Illinois Mennonite Conference.
Mark Roeschley
Position: Camp Friedenswald Board
Congregation: Mennonite Church of Normal
Occupation: Farmer and Seed Business co-owner
Mark serves on the Student Mutual Aid Program committee at Mennonite Church of Normal and volunteers as usher and greeter.
He is married to Jane Thorley Roeschley, and they have 3 adult children and one grandchild.
Christine Guth
Position: Board of Directors, Secretary
Congregation: Eighth Street Mennonite Church
Occupation: Retired
This year I am chair of the Mission and Service Commission at 8th Street Mennonite Church and serve on the church board. I served earlier terms on the board and commission as well. Before retiring I worked for Anabaptist Disabilities Network as Program Director. I currently volunteer with environmental restoration efforts, including at Camp
Friedenswald. I am also a volunteer gardener for Faith House and Hope House, ministries of Faith Mennonite Church.
During the pandemic I sewed and gave away thousands of masks. My husband is Bob Guth and we have two grown children
Sarah Werner
Position: Camp Friedenswald Board
Congregation: Columbus Mennonite
Occupation: teacher, editor, writer
Sarah Werner is a teacher, editor, and writer living in Columbus, Ohio. She teaches theology and
environmental justice courses at Pathways, an online seminary program operated by the United Church of
Christ. She is currently the senior book reviews editor for the Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and
Culture. She is a worship leader and youth sponsor at Columbus Mennonite Church, and is licensed for
education ministry in MCUSA through CDC. She earned her PhD from the University of Florida in 2015,
specializing in Religion and Ecology. Her dissertation focused on Mennonite environmental initiatives in the
US and Canada. She earned a Masters of Divinity from Candler School of Theology at Emory University in
2010. She writes poetry, essays, and fiction about environmental change. In her free time she enjoys hiking
and nature photography.
David Voth
Position: Missional Church Committee
Congregation: Grace Mennonite Church, Pandora, Ohio
Occupation: Executive Director, Crime Victim Services
David helps lead worship services and is on the Pastor Personnel Relations Committee at Grace Mennonite. He graduated from Bluffton University in Social Work and from Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Peace Studies. His vocation has been assisting crime victims recover and in advocating for legislation and quality services for them. David’s wife Laura is enjoying retirement after a 37 year career at Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio in Bluffton. Their children and grandchildren live in Harrisonburg, Virginia and Goshen, Indiana.
Ruth Guengerich
Position: Ministerial Committee
Congregation: Silverwood Mennonite Church
Occupation: Retired
Brian Moll
Position: Missional Church Committee
Congregation: Cincinnati Mennonite Fellowship
Occupation: Pastor of Cincinnati Mennonite Fellowship
Alita Yoder Funk
Position: Camp Friedenswald Board
Congregation: Silverwood Mennonite Church
Occupation: Nurse, Maple City Community Health Center
TBD
Position: Camp Friedenswald Board
Jane Roeschley
Position: Bluffton University Board of Directors
Congregation: Mennonite Church of Normal
Occupation: Retired pastor, currently offering Spiritual Direction
Jane is retired from pastoral ministry and currently offers Spiritual Direction and co-leads Celtic Pilgrimages. She is married to Mark Roeschley and they have 3 adult children and 1 grandchild.