Senior Connections will meet at Conestoga Mennonite Church, 2779 Main St., Morgantown, on Thursday, Oct. 14.

Lunch will be held at noon followed by a program featuring pastor Jeremiah Martin, and his wife, Shaelagh, who will share about their lives as missionaries in France.

The couple, along with their two daughters, served as missionaries with WorldVenture for 15 years in the suburbs of Paris, France. In May 2021, the Martins moved back to the Morgantown area, where Jeremiah was born and raised, and in September, Jeremiah began his role as lead pastor of Conestoga Mennonite Church. While in France, Jeremiah and Shaelagh worked to support young churches make the difficult transition to fully independent, self-supporting congregations.

In addition to pastoral ministry, Jeremiah worked in the French university system as an English teacher and graduate student, while Shaelagh created curriculum for the Institute of Applied Evangelical Theology. Before moving to France, Jeremiah and Shaelagh studied theology and ministry at Moody Bible Institute and Wheaton College Graduate School.