Mennonite Life and Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) will host a program in which author John Hillegass will discuss his book, "Canner Boy: An Impossible Journey of Faith and Service with the World's Only Mobile Cannery." The event will take place on Thursday, Sept. 5, at 7 p.m. at the MCC Material Resource Center, 517 W. Trout Run Road, Ephrata.

Hillegass worked with MCC for 13 years, including overseeing the design and construction of a new mobile cannery in 2015. Hillegass' book answers questions like "What is a mobile cannery?" and "What does it mean to be a canner boy?"

Attendees will learn about the thousands of volunteers who make the global relief outreach possible and the impact it has had on millions of lives around the world.

The MCC mobile cannery will be on-site for the event.

This event is complimentary and does not require registration. To learn more, visit http://www.mennonitelife.org/events or call 717-393-9745.