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February 25, 2024

Harvey Yoder to retire from his job … but not from his activism 

By Mike Grundmann, contributor

Harvey Yoder, 84, is finally retiring … sort of. Yoder—a soft-spoken Mennonite pastor, activist, blogger and newspaper columnist in Harrisonburg—is stepping down March 18 from his day job as counselor at the Family Life Resource Center.

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