Campus Pastors Gather on Campus

group of campus pastors Participants were (standing, l. to r.): Brian Martin Burkholder, EMU; Stephen "Tig" Intagliata, Bluffton; Janeen Bertsche Johnson, AMBS; Bob Yoder, Goshen; Julie Haushalter, EMS. (Seated): Kevin Wilder, Hesston; Byron Peachey EMU, Ed Janzen, Conrad Grebel; and Sarah Straks, Bluffton.
Photo by Jim Bishop

Campus pastors, campus ministers and chaplains from several Mennonite colleges and universities in the U.S. and Canada met at Eastern Mennonite University Feb. 28 and March 1, 2007 for mutual support and sharing.

EMU President Loren Swartzendruber and Vice President for Student Life Ken L. Nafziger welcomed the group to campus.

Agenda included receiving updates from campus ministries on each campus, exploring programmatic approaches and meeting with student leaders.

Topics discussed included spirituality, apathy, alcohol use and abuse, sexuality, diversity and hospitality.

The group worshiped in university chapel and seminary chapel and prayed for each other in a closing service.