Your Baby Deserves an EMU T-Shirt The alumni office sends t-shirts to newborns of alumni. Just let us know about your babies at alumni@emu.edu, including your baby's name and birth date. Shannon Kratz ‘97 and Jim Frederick, Telford, Pa., Rose Danica, August 22, 2011. Reggie ‘97 and April King ‘97 Beck, Wauseon, Ohio, Jamison King, March 9, 2011. Joanna Yoder ‘98 and Chad Heatwole, Pittsford, N.Y., twins David Samuel and Maria Irene, June 3, 2011. Karla Alderfer ‘98 and Brian Tierney, Bridgewater, Va., Lilah Grace, May 8, 2012. Megan Horst ‘98 and Paul McLaughlin, Portland, Ore., Kinley Reese, July 20, 2011. Alan ‘98 and Etsuko Schroeder, Tokyo, Japan, Owen Abram, May 2, 2012. Darrick ‘99 and Sheri Hummel, Berlin, Ohio, Emma, March 29, 2011. Travis ‘99 and Gina Shew ‘01 Trotter, Harrisonburg, Va., Nola Jean, July 7, 2012. Doug ‘99 and Kristina Blosser ‘98 Blyer, Harrisonburg, Va., Austin Carl, August 13, 2012. Kendra Snyder ‘00 and Kyle Miller ‘00, Salem, Ore., Anya Ruth, January 2, 2012. Mark ‘00 and Sarah Hawkins ‘02 Schoenhals, Det Udam, Thailand, Hannah Lynn, October 7, 2011. Amy Sauder ‘00 and Ted Lehman, Alexandria, Va., EmmaClaire, March 25, 2012. Zac ‘01 and Stephanie Reynolds ‘09 Nafziger, Weyers Cave, Va., Madelyn Joley, February 8, 2012. Mark ‘01 and Wendy Wenger ‘01 Hochstedler, Waynesboro, Va., Cyrus Turner, February 20, 2011. Emma Stutzman ‘01 and Matt Dawson, class of ‘01, Iowa City, Iowa, Felix Tobias, October 27, 2012. Jason ‘01 and Wendy Houser ‘02 Gerlach, Harrisonburg, Va., Willa Avery, April 23, 2012. Todd ‘01 and Julie Stoltzfus ‘00 Lehman, Hesston, Kan., Eliya Marie, May 30, 2012.
Heather Good ‘01 and Joel Nyce, Schwenksville, Pa., Mark Dalton, March 29, 2012. Aaron ‘01 and Kristen Weatherlow ‘01 Buckwalter, Lancaster, Pa., Izak Nicholas Aaron, November 1, 2011. Chip ‘01 and Martha Kratzer ‘02 Coleman, Apple Creek, Ohio, Jesse Robert, May 14, 2012. Brad ‘02 and Kristen Hoffman, Denver, Colo., Adelyn Suzanne, April 2, 2011. Erik ‘02 and Sarah Troyer ‘01 Kratz, Harrisonburg, Va., Avery Grace, October 4, 2012. Daniel ‘02 and Lynley Culbertson ‘02 Lapp, Hershey, Pa., Brontë Victoria, April 22, 2012. Nathan ‘02 and Kristen Savanick, Scottdale, Pa., Julia Ann, September 19, 2010. Kristy King ‘02 and Adam Hamilton, Olympia, Wash., Kadyn Warren HamiltonKing, August 19, 2012. Brian ‘02 and Kari Yoder ‘02 Miller, Coralville, Iowa, Sean James, July 26, 2011. Jeremy ‘02 and Laura Schwartz, class of ‘02, Goshen, Ind., Josiah Tucker Damien, August 7, 2011. Jonathan ‘02 and Christine Mellinger ‘02 Coddington, Bridgewater, Va., Emily, April 24, 2012. Christopher ‘02 and Melissa Onyango-Robshaw, Minneapolis, Minn., August Patrick, May 12, 2012. Sally Gardner ‘02 and Andrew Vogan, Dayton, Va., Rachel Anne, April 25, 2012. Theodore (Welby) ‘03 and Lisa Bergey ‘03 Lehman, Harrisonburg, Va., Grant Dean, October 10, 2011. Trinda Schlabach ‘05 and Troy Burkhalter, Broadway, Va., Eva Marie, March 19, 2012. Jason ‘05 and Bryn Mullet ‘06 Good, Harrisonburg, Va., James Nelson, July 13, 2012.
Christina and Eugene Kraybill, both enrolled in Eastern Mennonite Seminary, are chaplains at Dulles International Airport.
Seminary Couple Offer Ministry at Dulles Airport Preaching from a pulpit on Sundays is not the aspiration of seminary students Eugene and Christina Kraybill. Eugene, in fact, is often in the sky Sunday mornings, piloting his United Airlines CRJ-700 from Dulles International Airport – a job he enjoys and plans to continue indefinitely. Ministry, for him, is “not ‘a calling’; it’s life.” “We really feel called to be workplace ministers,” adds Christina, who often joins her husband on flights, along with serving on the ground at Dulles, where both are volunteer chaplains. They enrolled in Eastern Mennonite Seminary in Harrisonburg, Va., in the fall of 2010. In a Sept. 22, 2012, service at the airport, they were licensed – a step toward Virginia Mennonite Conference ordination, which they hope will occur in 2014. Eugene has flown for 25 years, the past 12 with United and affiliates. The couple have been chaplains at Dulles for four years since relocating to Virginia from Pennsylvania. They live in Berryville, 40 miles east of Dulles and 80 miles north of Harrisonburg. Prior to EMU's seminary, they trained with the Fellowship of Christian Airline Personnel. After approaching Dulles senior chaplain Ralph Benson to offer much-needed office-organizing skills, Christina became the first woman among the airport’s 15 chaplains – including Eugene, the group’s only airline employee. All chaplains, except Benson, are volunteers, including an imam and a Catholic priest. Christina’s social-work background proves helpful. “We often see passengers who have arrived and have nowhere to go,” she says – and penniless travelers who take free shuttles from D.C. to the airport. Other times, employees request prayer – including a woman anxious about her troubled teenager. Close friends the Kraybills have made among Dulles' international community include a ramper (who moves planes into position) and his wife, who are Muslims from Tunisia. At the airport chapel, where Christina conducts Bible classes, she also sometimes watches children of Muslim women while they pray. When hosting employee dinners, the Kraybills include invitations to mechanics, who previously felt excluded. Christina’s a native of Pennsylvania. Eugene was born in Vietnam to a Mennonite medical missionary family and spent some of his formative years in Ethiopia. EMS has enrolled 11 couples over the past decade, says Laura Amstutz, MDiv '06, associate director of admissions and communication coordinator for the seminary. — Chris Edwards www.emu.edu | crossroads | 61