Events and News

Upcoming events - for photos and info on past events, see Events in Review

Annual Dinner & Meeting at Shady Oak, Weavers Mennonite Church - February 3, 2012 at 6:30 pm
Please hold Friday, February 3, open on your calendar for the Annual Dinner & Meeting of the Valley Brethren-Mennonite Heritage Center. This year’s event will begin at 6:30 p.m. at Shady Oak beside Weavers Mennonite Church. In addition to tasty food prepared by the Rhodes Sisters and provided by a generous donor, you will see a preview of the play, "Jordan’s Stormy Banks," set to be re-enacted the first three weekends in June at the EMU Main Stage Theater. Watch for further announcements about the Annual Dinner & Meeting and the play. To register for the Dinner Meeting, call (540) 438-1275. .

Annual Benefit Auction - March 30, 2012
More information will be posted later or can be found by calling (540) 438-1275.

Jordan’s Stormy Banks - June, 2012
This Civil War era play grapples with significant issues Valley residents faced between 1860-65. It will be perfomred several times at EMU; dates, prices and more information will be made available later.

Other News

Volume V of Unionists book released
Volume V of Unionists and the Civil War Experience in the Shenandoah Valley became available in 2009 . More details here. A hardcover, it retails for $49.95, plus tax. The books in this series can be purchased at Reflections of Yesteryear in the Dayton Farmers Market, Rockingham Cooperative on Grace Street in Harrisonburg, Ruth's Books and Cards in Bridgewater, the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society in Dayton, the Eastern Mennonite University Bookstore. and through Valley Research Associates. For mail orders, send $58.50 (includes Va. sales tax and shipping) to VRA, P.O. Box 526, Dayton, VA 22821. A list of the families featured in Volumes I -VI is available here.
Membership to nurture faith legacy
CrossRoads offers an annual membership that runs from September 1 through August 31 to nurture the CrossRoads vision: sharing the story of Jesus Christ as it has been reflected in the lives of the Brethren and Mennonites in the Shenandoah Valley. The plan offers four levels of membership: Friends, Patrons, Sustainers, and Benefactors.

More information available here.

To begin your personal/family or congregational membership, contact our office.

Now Available -- "A Life of Peace in a Time of War"
The Civilian Public Service story, "A Life of Peace in a Time of War," which was shown on WVPT in 2004, is available for $19.95 (plus $2 for shipping and handling) from WVPT, 298 Port Republic Road, Harrisonburg, VA 22801. More information on this documentary and the award winning press kit created using portions of it is available for download in Microsoft Word format.