Annie Funk

Lived to Serve, Dared to Sacrifice

By Sharon Yoder

Illustrated by Jolynn Schmucker

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About the Book:

Annie Funk: Lived to Serve, Dared to Sacrifice is the first book in the "More Than Conquerors Series", a series of children's stories telling about the lives of Christian men and women who endeavored to follow Christ in difficult circumstances. As a young Mennonite woman, Annie Funk had a strong desire to serve God wherever He would call her. After serving in city missions in the United States, Miss Funk went to India as a missionary. While there, she started a girls' school.  When her mother became very ill, Miss Funk returned to the United States. Because of a ship company strike, she ended up on the Titanic for the voyage across the Atlantic Ocean and died in the sinking of the Titanic. Annie Funk is a role model of Christian service and sacrifice that we hope many children learn to follow. Here is a short excerpt from the story:

Annie peered warily into the watery darkness. The life boat was already loaded with people. “Hurry, lady!” the sailor insisted. Annie started carefully climbing over the ship’s edge down toward the lifeboat. Just then a frightened mother started climbing over the side of the ship, too. The crew pulled her back. “My children, my children!” the mother screamed. The lifeboat was too full for the distressed mother. Annie’s heart wrenched as she saw the children on the lifeboat frantically crying for their mother who was pulled away. What would Annie do?

What Others Are Saying:

"If you're looking for stories of real people to inspire your children to serve God, schoolteacher Sharon Yoder's Annie Funk: Lived to Serve, Dared to Sacrifice is a good choice."

--Kristina, Christian Children's Book Review. Read the rest of the review of Annie Funk by Christian Children's Book Review.

About the Author:
Sharon Yoder is an elementary teacher at Faith Builders Christian School in Guys Mills, PA. She also serves as an instructor and mentor at Faith Builders Educational Programs–a small two-year biblical training institute in the Anabaptist heritage that prepares teachers for conservative Mennonite schools and also offers a biblical worldview program. She received her B.S. from Grace College in 1992 and her M.A. from the Indiana University at South Bend in 2001. Her educational goals include co-laboring with educators who envision raising a generation of discerning readers and producing a generation of powerful writers who can impact a postmodern culture with truth and light. Sharon has had teaching experience in grades 1-8, although upper elementary has been the primary focus in her 23 years of teaching.

About the Illustrator:

Jolynn is married to J. Andrew Schmucker and they have four children: Vienna, Abbey, Maya, and Ian.  Jolynn aspires to help children and adults to know their Creator more fully through the avenue of visual arts.

For Educators...

The More Than Conquerors Series is intended for lower elementary students. On the Flesch-Kincaid readability scale, Annie Funk: Lived to Serve, Dared to Sacrifice has a 2.6 grade.

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