Full of Joy Podcast - Faith Stories: Adeline Schempp

January 12, 2026

Adeline Schempp

As the Full of Joy podcast kicks off a new year, you are in for a special treat! If longevity equals wisdom, then today we welcome Spirit of Joy’s wisest partner…Adeline Schempp. Adeline sits down with Marnie and shares about her life growing up on a farm outside of Menno during the “Dark ‘30s,” a time that included grasshoppers, cow pies for heat, snakes in the cellar, and lots and lots of dirt. She includes stories about attending & teaching in a one-room country schoolhouse, meeting her husband, raising four children, and working on their farm outside of Hurley. She also talks about the importance God’s presence during the death of her brother and how she was raised with the belief “If you can stay out the night before, you have to get up and go to church the next day.”