Mennonite Life, 2215 Millstream Road, Lancaster, will host a family systems and genealogy workshop on Tuesday, March 24, from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Mennonite Life Community Room. The workshop will be led by Mennonite Life Visitors Center associate and former pastor Verle Brubaker.

Brubaker will introduce the eight concepts of Bowen family systems, a theory analyzing family connections and their emotional significance. Participants will then create their own family diagram by tracing relationships and identifying patterns within their families. The workshop will also equip researchers, pastors, and community leaders with tools to care for their communities through the framework of family systems and will connect all participants with experienced researchers.

Workshop participants do not need any prior experience with family systems but should come prepared with basic information about their immediate family tree.

There is a fee, and preregistration is required at http://www.mennonitelife.org/events.

Mennonite Life's vision is diverse communities connecting across boundaries by knowing and valuing their own and each other's stories of life, faith, cultures, and histories.