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About Us ChurchOutreach.com is sponsored by Media For Living, a parachurch organization established in 1991 to produce and disseminate quality, easy-to-utilize communication tools for Christian churches. A non-profit 501c3 organization, Media For Living works closely with denominational outreach agencies, including the Church of God, a partnership of Mennonite and Church of the Brethren and Brethren churches, American Baptists and the Brethren in Christ. Staff
Board of Directors
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Dorothy Hartman, is administrative assistant and works with the Together editors.
Melodie M. Davis, national editor of Together and Living. She also serves as writer/producer for Mennonite Media.
Shawn Snider, graphic designer and webmaster for Media For Living. From Harrisonburg, VA, he is a 2000 graduate of Eastern Mennonite University with a degree in computer science.
Jonas Borntrager, president, Harrisonburg, Virginia. Partner in Layman, Borntrager, Diener Insurance. Contact: Layman, Diener, & Borntrager, 205A South Liberty, Harrisonburg, VA 22802-9959; 
Philip C. Stone, treasurer, Harrisonburg, Virginia. A self-employed attorney practicing in the fields of tax, banking, business and securities law and estate planning. Contact: PO Box 640, 250 East Market Street, Harrisonburg, VA 22803; 
Steven E. Clapp, Fort Wayne, Indiana. President of Christian Community, a
research and development agency for church outreach and growth. He is published
widely with many books and pamphlets on such topics as hospitality, worship,
sexuality and religion, recovery and renewal, church finances and public
relations, stewardship and preaching. He has worked closely with Fred Bernhard, a
well-known, successful church planter with the Church of the Brethren, and
has served on the board of New Life Ministries, an inter-Anabaptist resource
agency, for which he is currently its senior consultant. Contact: 260-744-6510; 
Terry S. Derstine of Souderton, PA, is president of Executive Promotions & Marketing, a company helping businesses and non-profit organizations "get noticed in the marketplace." He has experience in the print field and is former business owner of a commercial print shop. Terry has a heart for community outreach through non-profit organizations and to tell the story of hope we personally know and experience each day. Contact: 
Mary Ann Heatwole, of Harrisonburg, VA is a retired businesswoman and grandmother with an interest in outreach to one's next-door neighbors. Married to John Heatwole for 45 years, she has roots in the Souderton, PA area in the Abe Godshall family. She is the mother of four adult children, three of whom are computer specialists and one a registered nurse. Two of her four grandchildren are adoptees from Guatemala and are deaf, giving her a special interest in the deaf culture. She is attempting to learn sign language to better communicate with them. She is a member of Park View Mennonite Church. Contact: 
Kristen Leverton-Helbert, Outreach Director for Christian Community from Perrysburg, Oh, is coauthor of Fifty Strategies for Outreach to Teenagers. Kristen uses her marketing knowledge to further the outreach of congregations and other nonprofit organizations. Contact: 
Nathan Paine of Harleysville, PA is president of Salford Software Inc, a
small company providing custom software and web sites for business and
institutional clients. He and his wife are involved in the children's
ministry at their church and enjoy gardening, travel, and outdoor
activities. Contact: 
Virginia Spicher of Harrisonburg, VA, is a retired nurse, married to her high school sweetheart for 47 years, John Spicher, is the mother of three—a doctor, a poet and a nurse practitioner who is a college professor. She has on ongoing interest in outreach of the unchurched, currently taking a course in this subject She manages a few townhouses and volunteers at Gift and Thrift weekly and tries to visit a prisoner once a month. She sings with the Shenandoah Valley Choir. Contact: 
Donald E. Zechman, a retired United Methodist pastor from Mount Joy, PA, is experienced in church radio and television ministry, producing a children's TV program called The Magic Cocoon for WGAL-TV during the 1970s and another program called Reel to Reel, shown on WHTM-TV during the 1980s. His most recent pastorate was as senior pastor of the St. Mark's United Methodist Church in Mount Joy. Contact: 
