Events at: Mennonite Heritage Center

Oil Painting Workshop Postponed to Spring ’22

This workshop has been cancelled.

Pat Wilson-Schmid Oil Painting Classes

Do you dream in technicolor? Do colors excite you? Do your grandchildren need to put your art work on their refrigerator door?  Come join an oil painting class at MHEP on Tuesday evenings. All skills levels are invited. Painting is mostly a learned activity. Bring your own materials and several photographs and let’s play. A list of suggested materials will be provided.

Join along with Pat as she guides each student on their

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Plush Template Embroidery Workshop Postponed Spring ’22

This workshop will be led by textile artist Ann Hermes.

Plush template embroidery (also called stump work and tufted wool embroidery) is a method used to create plush designs. It is done by stitching with wool yarn over a template. The yarn is cut in a strategic way to release the template, then trimmed, brushed and sculpted to give stars, hearts, flowers, and other fanciful designs.

This embroidery technique was done by women in southeastern Pennsylvania and other regions of the US

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Remembering Your Family Stories, and Writing about Them *Program*

When have you last thought about              
—your earliest memory from childhood?              
—that favorite room in the house where you were raised?
—your spiritual heritage; how you were influenced in forming your beliefs and philosophy of life?

Have you ever thought about putting such thoughts into writing?   

How you remember them, why and how to write them, and share them. You will learn some beginning steps in a fun-filled experience exploring and writing about your own past—and gain some ideas

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Write Your Memoir

Join Linda Wisniewski  as she guides us through writing a personal memoir workshop.

Regardless of our age, telling our stories can help us learn about ourselves and make the most out of our lives. It can assure that our knowledge and wisdom is not lost.  Finally, writing is healing.  Clinical studies show that it strengthens the immune system.

In this class, you will learn the basic elements of memoir, practice using them in class to write about your experiences, learn to recognize

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Write Your Memoir

Join Linda Wisniewski  as she guides us through writing a personal memoir workshop.

Regardless of our age, telling our stories can help us learn about ourselves and make the most out of our lives. It can assure that our knowledge and wisdom is not lost.  Finally, writing is healing.  Clinical studies show that it strengthens the immune system.

In this class, you will learn the basic elements of memoir, practice using them in class to write about your experiences, learn to recognize

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Write Your Memoir

Join Linda Wisniewski  as she guides us through writing a personal memoir workshop.

Regardless of our age, telling our stories can help us learn about ourselves and make the most out of our lives. It can assure that our knowledge and wisdom is not lost.  Finally, writing is healing.  Clinical studies show that it strengthens the immune system.

In this class, you will learn the basic elements of memoir, practice using them in class to write about your experiences, learn to recognize

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Write Your Memoir

Join Linda Wisniewski  as she guides us through writing a personal memoir workshop.

Regardless of our age, telling our stories can help us learn about ourselves and make the most out of our lives. It can assure that our knowledge and wisdom is not lost.  Finally, writing is healing.  Clinical studies show that it strengthens the immune system.

In this class, you will learn the basic elements of memoir, practice using them in class to write about your experiences, learn to recognize

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Write Your Memoir

Join Linda Wisniewski  as she guides us through writing a personal memoir workshop.

Regardless of our age, telling our stories can help us learn about ourselves and make the most out of our lives. It can assure that our knowledge and wisdom is not lost.  Finally, writing is healing.  Clinical studies show that it strengthens the immune system.

In this class, you will learn the basic elements of memoir, practice using them in class to write about your experiences, learn to recognize

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Paint a Document Box and Square Frame Workshop

Paint a document box and square frame

This class features folk painting in the Pa German style of hand printing and combing. Using water based glazes in traditional colors learn the many ways utilitarian everyday items were embellished in days past.

Participants will learn to grain paint a softwood 10 x 10 mirror and frame and a 4”x5”x8 document box. A dark glaze is applied over yellow paint. Then while the glaze is wet a spontaneous texture is created using the traditional

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Yoga at the Barn

Join us October 24th 3PM for outdoor yoga located at our Historic Barn. Bring your yoga mat, water bottle and a friend!
Jackie from Holistic Flows Yoga guides us through a peaceful and engaging yoga class.

Yoga at the barn   or drop in the day of for $10.00

Jackie Herman is a Registered Yoga Instructor, based out of Doylestown, PA. Her teaching style reflects a blend of her Classical Yoga education, as well as her background as a student of Power Vinyasa.

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