Complete Schedule of Events
August 3-6, 2017
THURSDAY, AUGUST 3
4:00 – 9:00 PM Arrival: visit our Welcome Center to pick up your credentials, lodging and meal information. Location: Student Memorial Center (SMC)
7:15 PM Welcome and Opening Remarks Location: Student Memorial Center (SMC) Multi-Purpose Room (MPR)
7:30 PM SMC – Room MPR Keynote Message: The Purpose of Memories by Shirley Hershey Showalter
FRIDAY, AUGUST 4
7:00 AM – 6:00 PM Our Welcome/Hospitality Center will be open to register attendants as they arrive and answer any questions that our event participants might have.
7:00 – 9:00 AM Breakfast Location: Gordinier Hall
8:30 – 8:45 AM Welcome and Overview of the Weekend Celebration Location: Multi-Purpose Room (MPR)
9:00 – 9:45 AM Concurrent Sessions:
SMC – Room MPR From Bridge to Boats, Brubaker Origins/Migrations in Europe by Martin Brubaker
SMC – Room 118E Brubakers in Politics by Harold Brubaker and Michael Brubaker
SMC – Room 18 Early American Decorative Art – 1700s to early 1800s by Linda Brubaker
10:00 – 10:45 AM Concurrent Sessions:
SMC – Room MPR The DNA of the Brubaker/Brubacher family, What does it tell us about our European origins? by Darvin Martin
SMC – Room 118E Maintaining Brain Health As We Age by J. Kenneth Brubaker, M.D.
SMC – Room 18 So You Want to Be a Writer? by Shirley Showalter & Sharon Brubaker
11:00 – 11:45 AM Concurrent Sessions:
SMC – Room MPR What Makes Lancaster & Lancaster Brubakers So Unique? by Jack Brubaker
SMC – Room 118E Brubachers in Canada – Our Story by Erin Brubacher and Christine Brubaker
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM Lunch Location: Gordinier Hall
SMC – Room 113 – Genealogy search opportunities available (check the times available that will be posted on the door)
11:00 AM – 6:00 PM Be sure to visit the various artisans and craftspeople in the Atrium of the Student Memorial Center (SMC).
12:30 PM – 5:00 PM Tours *You must be pre-registered and be at the scheduled pick up location 15 minutes prior to the start of the tour. Pick up location information will be in each participant’s Welcome Packet.*
**When considering signing up for a tour, keep in mind that it may overlap with the breakout sessions. Plan your session registration times accordingly.**
- 12:30 PM Amish Country Farmlands Tour
- 1:00 PM Award-winning cutting edge Brubaker Dairy Farm Tour
- 1:00 PM Brubaker Rohrerstown Heritage Tour
- 1:00 PM Walking tour of where your ancestors walked, shopped, and married in Historic Lancaster City
2:00 – 2:45 PM Concurrent Sessions:
SMC – Room MPR From Bridge to Boats, Brubaker Origins/Migrations in Europe by Martin Brubaker
SMC – Room 118E Brubakers in Politics by Harold Brubaker and Michael Brubaker
SMC – Room 18 Early American Decorative Art – 1700s to early 1800s by Linda Brubaker
3:00 – 3:45 PM Concurrent Sessions:
SMC – Room MPR The DNA of the Brubaker/Brubacher family, What does it tell us about our European origins? by Darvin Martin
SMC – Room 118E Maintaining Brain Health As We Age by J. Kenneth Brubaker, M.D.
SMC – Room 18 So You Want to Be a Writer? by Shirley Showalter & Sharon Brubaker
4:00 – 4:45 PM Concurrent Sessions:
SMC – Room MPR What Makes Lancaster & Lancaster Brubakers So Unique? by Jack Brubaker
SMC – Room 118E Brubachers in Canada – Our Story by Erin Brubacher and Christine Brubaker
Room 113 – Genealogy search opportunities available (check the times available that will be posted on the door)
11:00 AM – 6:00 PM Be sure to visit the various artisans and craftspeople in the Atrium of the Student Memorial Center (SMC).
4:00 – 7:00 PM Dinner Location: Gordinier Hall **Be sure to verify more specific times listed in your Welcome Packet**
5:30 PM Group photo Location: Student Memorial Center (SMC) Multi-Purpose Room (MPR)
6:30 PM Short presentation and invitation to join in on our 2018 Brubaker Tour to Switzerland with Tour Guides Lemar and Lois Ann Mast, and Dr. Warren Brubaker Location: Student Memorial Center (SMC) Multi-Purpose Room (MPR)
7:30 PM SMC – Room MPR Keynote Message: The Brubaker Piece of the Anabaptist Puzzle by Donald B. Kraybill and “Pud” Sam Stoltzfus
SATURDAY, AUGUST 5
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM Our Welcome/Hospitality Center will be open to register attendants as they arrive and answer any questions that our event participants might have.
7:00 – 9:00 AM Breakfast Location: Gordinier Hall
7:30 – 9:30 AM Birdwatching Tour **You must be pre-registered and at the designated gathering location. The ending location for this tour will be at Noel Dorwart Park. Group size is limited to 24 participants**
9:30 – 11:00 AM Memorial Plaque Dedication at Noel Dorwart Park in East Hempfield Township on original Brubaker lands. **Vehicle parking will be available up the street at the Lancaster General Health Pavilion with shuttle bus service to and from Noel Dorwart Park for this event. There will be little to no parking available at the Park.**
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM Lunch Location: Gordinier Hall
12:30 PM – 5:00 PM Tours *You must be pre-registered and be at the scheduled pick up location 15 minutes prior to the start of the tour. Pick up location information will be in each participant’s Welcome Packet.*
**When considering signing up for a tour, keep in mind that it may overlap with the breakout sessions. Plan your session registration times accordingly.**
- 12:30 PM Amish Country Farmlands Tour
- 1:00 PM Award-winning cutting edge Brubaker Dairy Farm Tour
- 1:00 PM Brubaker Rohrerstown Heritage Tour
- 1:00 PM Walking tour of where your ancestors walked, shopped, and married in Historic Lancaster City
2:00 – 2:45 PM Concurrent Sessions:
SMC – Room MPR From Bridge to Boats, Brubaker Origins/Migrations in Europe by Martin Brubaker
SMC – Room 118E Brubakers in Politics by Harold Brubaker and Michael Brubaker
SMC – Room 18 Early American Decorative Art – 1700s to early 1800s by Linda Brubaker
3:00 – 3:45 PM Concurrent Sessions:
SMC – Room MPR What Makes Lancaster & Lancaster Brubakers So Unique? by Jack Brubaker
SMC – Room 118E Maintaining Brain Health As We Age by J. Kenneth Brubaker, M.D.
SMC – Room 18 So You Want to Be a Writer? by Shirley Showalter & Sharon Brubaker
4:00 – 4:45 PM Session:
SMC – Room 118E Brubachers in Canada – Our Story by Erin Brubacher and Christine Brubaker
11:00 AM – 6:00 PM Be sure to visit the various artisans and craftspeople in the main lobby of the Student Memorial Center (SMC).
4:00 – 7:00 PM Dinner Location: Gordinier Hall **Be sure to verify more specific times listed in your Welcome Packet**
6:30 PM Keynote Presentation: The Menno Simons Story Play by Dr. Gerald Brunk Location: Student Memorial Center (SMC) Multi-Purpose Room (MPR)
After the Keynote Presentation:
• Merchandise Auction including the Auction of the original 300th Anniversary Fraktur created by Lynn Sommer
SUNDAY, AUGUST 6
7:00 – 9:00 AM Breakfast Location: Gordinier Hall
9:00 – 10:30 AM Celebration Conclusion and ecumenical worship service Location: Student Memorial Center (SMC) Multi-Purpose Room (MPR)
The final gathering of our greater Brubaker – Brubacher family to worship together and give thanks for what God has done for us. We look at how our history and faith have shaped us, where we have come from, and what God calls us to be and do going forward.
Song Leader, David Sauder, will help us learn and experience some of our faith heritage through song.
Lancaster area mezzo-soprano Amy Yovanovich will provide special music.
11:00 AM — Room checkout