Upcoming Events
All events are open to the public, and all are free of charge.
For events in the Bucher Meetinghouse, use “450 Campus Road, Elizabethtown, PA” in your navigation app. Although not an actual physical address, it will place you close to the entrance of the Young Center parking lot. Then use the building’s main entrance—beside the Young Center sign—to access the meetinghouse.
Thursday, September 24, 2026 • 3 pm • Bucher Meetinghouse
BROWN BOOK AWARD LECTURE, part 1
Chasing the Hutters through the Hills: Sources and Translation
What did Jakob and Katharina look like or sound like? What is their story? What were their personalities and leadership styles? After compiling a fuller historical record from 16th-century records, comparing manuscript copies of his letters, sorting through both hagiographic and negative portrayals of Jakob Hutter, and attempting to understand the times he lived in, some questions still remain!
Thursday, September 24, 2026 • 7 pm • Bucher Meetinghouse
BROWN BOOK AWARD LECTURE, part 2
Leader in a Turbulent Time: Hutter’s Enduring Legacy
Jakob Hutter was a compelling leader who had a brief ministry in Tyrol and Moravia. In Tyrol, he served as a missionary, baptizing and arranging secret conferences, while living in constant danger for his life. He was repeatedly summoned to Moravia to arbitrate among various Anabaptist factions until he forged a unified congregation that lives on in the church that bears his name.
Emmy Barth Maendel is the Senior Archivist at Bruderhof Historical Archives.
Jonathan Seiling, PhD is the Publisher at Gelassenheit Publications.
Videos of Past Events