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Valerie Wiebe is an artist and designer based in Langham, Saskatchewan, Canada. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Architecture and Design from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco and another in Fine Arts with Honours from the University of Saskatchewan. With a background in Arts...

Andre Wiederkehr is a Mennonite lay leader and farmer in Ontario, Canada. (Source: mcec.ca)

Ruth Isaac Wiederkehr is an ordained Mennonite pastor with experience in multiple congregational settings, including a pastorate in Saskatoon and a position at Welcome Inn in Hamilton, Ontario. She studied theology in Winnipeg and attended Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Indiana. She served with Mennonite Central Committee's SALT program and...

Sheila Wiens Neufeld is a member of the Mennonite Church and a frequent contributor to Together in Worship.

Virginia Wieringa is a Grand Rapids–based artist and longtime art educator whose career spans decades of teaching, independent studio work, and ongoing experimentation across media. With degrees from Calvin College and additional study with a range of artists, she taught in public schools and at local colleges before...

Johannes Wierix (1549- 1620) was a Flemish engraver, draughtsman and publisher. He was a very accomplished engraver who made prints after his own designs as well as designs by local and foreign artists. He further made engravings on silver and ivory, and is also known for his miniature pen drawings. Together...

Rev. Dr. Warren W. Wiersbe (1929–2019) was an American pastor, Bible teacher, conference speaker, and prolific author of over 150 Christian books, including the well-known "BE" series. He earned his theological training from Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, where he graduated in 1953, and was ordained as pastor of Central Baptist...

Dr. Hans Wiersma is associate professor of religion at Augsburg University in Minneapolis, MN. He previously served as pastor in The American Church of The Hague, The Netherlands; St. Paul Lutheran Church, Lodi, CA; and, St. Andrew Lutheran Church, Eden Prairie, MN. He is a graduate of University of California...

Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel (1928-2016) was a Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor. He authored fifty-seven books, written mostly in French and English, including Night, a work based on his experiences as a Jewish prisoner in the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps. He was a professor of the humanities at Boston University, which created the Elie Wiesel Center...

Joanna Wigboldy is a Program Manager at the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, serving on the Vital Worship, Vital Preaching grants team and directing the Ministry Leadership Cohort program. She is a graduate of Calvin University (English and Music and Worship). Joanna is an ordained minister in the Reformed Church...