Organizations Filed Purposes:
OUR MISSION IS TO EDUCATE, INSPIRE AND WITNESS TO THE CHURCH AND COMMUNITY BY COLLECTING, PRESERVING AND SHARING THE ANABAPTIST/MENNONITE STORY.
EXHIBITS AT THE MENNONITE HERITAGE CENTER DEPICT MENNONITE FAITH AND CULTURE FROM OVER THREE HUNDRED YEARS IN SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA COMMUNITIES. EXHIBITS FROM APRIL 2019 THROUGH MARCH 2020 INCLUDED: "PERKIOMEN VALLEY ART CENTER MEMBERSHIP" EXHIBIT, "HEROES OF PEACE AND JUSTICE" EXHIBIT, "DOCK ACADEMY INTERGENERATIONAL ART SHOW", "FOOD: OUR GLOBAL KITCHEN: AN AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY EXHIBIT", AND "FOOD HERITAGE OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA". LONG-TERM EXHIBITS ARE THE HISTORY EXHIBIT "WORK AND HOPE- AND THE FRAKTUR GALLERY.
THE MENNONITE HERITAGE CENTER HOUSES MUSEUM, LIBRARY AND ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS. THE MUSEUM COLLECTION CONSISTS OF TEXTILES, CERAMICS, EARTHENWARE, FRAKTUR, FURNITURE, GLASSWARE, HOUSEHOLD, UTENSILS, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, PAINTINGS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND TOOLS. THE LIBRARY COLLECTION CONSISTS OF BOOKS AND PERIODICALS ABOUT MENNONITE CULTURE, HISTORY AND THEOLOGY PERTAINING TO LOCAL CHURCH AND COMMUNITY HISTORY, AS WELL AS PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN MATERIALS, FAMILY BIBLES, HYMNALS, MAPS, BROADSIDES, CHARTS, PRINTS, SONGBOOKS AND AUDIO AND VISUAL RECORDINGS. THE ARCHIVAL COLLECTION CONSISTS OF MATERIALS SUCH AS CONGREGATION AND CONFERENCE RECORDS AND PERSONAL, FAMILY OR BUSINESS PAPERS SUCH AS ACCOUNT BOOKS, DIARIES, LETTERS AND OTHER MANUSCRIPTS. THE COLLECTIONS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH EXHIBITS AND TO INDIVIDUAL RESEARCHERS.
THE MENNONITE HERITAGE CENTER CONDUCTS PROGRAMS, WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY. EVENTS FROM APRIL 2019 THROUGH MARCH 2020 INCLUDED THE HARLEYSVILLE HANK GROUNDHOG DAY EXTRAVAGANZA, THE WHACK AND ROLL CROQUET TOURNAMENT FOR COMMUNITY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, THE ANNUAL APPLE BUTTER FROLIC AND THE DECEMBER FINE CRAFT SHOW. PROGRAM TOPICS INCLUDED: "JONAS SCHULTZ AND THE BIG TENT: AND INTERESTING LIFE AND THE AMAZING 1858 TRAVELING CHURCH" BY PASTOR BOB GERHART, "HEX SIGNS: MYTH AND MEANING" BY PATRICK DONMOYER, "THIS VERY GROUND, THIS CROOKED AFFAIR" BY HISTORIAN JOHN RUTH, AND "DO GOD, FARMING, AND MINISTRY REALLY GO TOGETHER?" BY NATE STUCKY. WORKSHOPS INCLUDED BASKET WEAVING, SGRAFFITO POTTERY, TUFTED WOOL EMBROIDERY, TRADITIONAL OIL PAINTING, AND MAKING SAUERKRAUT.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Sarah Heffner | ACTING EXECU | 45 | $62,022 |
| Stuart Suter | TRUSTEE | 0.5 | $0 |
| John L Ruth | TRUSTEE | 0.5 | $0 |
| Donald Nice | TRUSTEE | 0.5 | $0 |
| Andrew S Lapp | TRUSTEE | 0.5 | $0 |
| Edie J Landis | TRUSTEE | 0.5 | $0 |
| S Duane Kauffman | TRUSTEE | 0.5 | $0 |
| Jeffrey T Hackman | TRUSTEE | 0.5 | $0 |
| Kathleen Q Bauman | TRUSTEE | 0.5 | $0 |
| Natasha Alderfer | TREASURER | 2 | $0 |
| J Oliver Gingrich | SECRETARY | 2 | $0 |
| Gerald A Benner | VICE-PRESIDE | 2 | $0 |
| Christopher J Detweiler | PRESIDENT | 3 | $0 |
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