Loved, blessed, and freed to hear God's call

Gary and Lydia Neufeld Harder are semi-retired from their respective careers, Gary as a pastor. Now they work part-time as interim pastors of Hagerman Mennonite Church (near Toronto). They continue to teach a course on church and ministry at Conrad Grebel University (Waterloo, Ontario). Gary has written a book on his pastoral experience, entitled Dancing through Thistles in Bare Feet: A Pastoral Journey (Herald Press, 2007). 

Gary and Lydia Neufeld Harder are semi-retired from their respective careers, Lydia as a professor of theology. Now they work part-time as interim pastors of Hagerman Mennonite Church (near Toronto). They continue to teach a course on church and ministry at Conrad Grebel University (Waterloo, Ontario).  Lydia’s scholarly writings have explored the nature of church as a hermeneutical community.