The Maundy Thursday Chapel Gathering in the Seminary centers around the rituals of Footwashing and Communion, followed by the traditional Thursday Lenten Lunch. In this podcast, Dr. Mark Thiessen Nation offers a meditation related to the experience of footwashing. The entire campus community is invited to every chapel worship service on campus. Eastern Mennonite Seminary… Read more »
Chapel Gathering in the Seminary
“Ministry as an invitation to failure” – Mark Schloneger
As part of EMU’s visiting pastor program, Mark Schloneger is on campus this week to interact with students, faculty and staff. Mark is the pastor of Springdale Mennonite Church, Waynesboro, VA, and he as a 2005 graduate of Eastern Mennonite Seminary. The entire campus community is invited to every chapel worship service on campus. Eastern… Read more »
Use of Self in Ministry: A Journey Towards Maturity
Penny Driediger, EMS Mentored Ministry Assistant and Adjunct Faculty. The entire campus community is invited to every chapel worship service on campus. Eastern Mennonite Seminary hosts chapel gatherings in Martin Chapel every Tuesday and Thursday; EMU Campus Ministries hosts chapel gatherings every Wednesday and Friday in Lehman Auditorium. Specifics and occasional changes are noted in… Read more »
Seminary Senior Capstone Presentations – Mar. 20, 2012
Lee Martin, Nurturing a Culture of Leadership Development Students in the seminary’s Master of Divinity program complete Capstone Integration Projects across the two semesters of their senior year. During the fall semester, they negotiate with the professors in the Formation in Missional Leadership class the design of their projects. They then complete their projects in… Read more »
Seminary Senior Capstone Presentations – Mar. 15, 2012
Adam Blagg, Transitions, Planning and Leadership: A look towards the future at Glossbrenner UMC Students in the seminary’s Master of Divinity program complete Capstone Integration Projects across the two semesters of their senior year. During the fall semester, they negotiate with the professors in the Formation in Missional Leadership class the design of their projects…. Read more »
Seminary Senior Capstone Presentations – Mar. 14, 2012
Nicholas Detweiler Stoddard, A Theology of Ministry and Pastoral Leadership Authority Students in the seminary’s Master of Divinity program complete Capstone Integration Projects across the two semesters of their senior year. During the fall semester, they negotiate with the professors in the Formation in Missional Leadership class the design of their projects. They then complete… Read more »
“Worshiping God as Mother” – Dr. Reta Halteman Finger
A Biblical metaphor for God, Reta Halteman Finger, Ph.D. Emerita Professor of New Testament, Messiah College. The entire campus community is invited to every chapel worship service on campus. Eastern Mennonite Seminary hosts chapel gatherings in Martin Chapel every Tuesday and Thursday; EMU Campus Ministries hosts chapel gatherings every Wednesday and Friday in Lehman Auditorium…. Read more »
“Into the Woods” – Dr. David F. Evans
David F. Evans, Ph.D., candidate for EMS faculty position in Mission, Intercultural and Interfaith Studies, preaches from Mark 1:9-15 Professor Evans is a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the History of Christianity at The Drew Theological School. He has academic degrees from Spring Arbor College in Michigan, Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C., and Drew University in… Read more »
Spiritual Life Week ‘Chapel Gathering’ – Shaun Groves
The good news of the Bible is not only about what we have been saved from, but also what we have been saved for – something to do with God’s plan to provide for the poor. This plan can be traced from an obscure law about bread in the biblical book of Exodus. Listen to… Read more »
“Brueggemann and the Fiction that Makes True” – Dr. Michael King
Referencing Hebrews 11:1-16, Eastern Mennonite Seminary Dean Dr. Michael King reflects and expands on some comments made by Dr. Walter Brueggeman, plenary speaker for this year’s School for Leadership Training in January. In “Preaching as Re-imagination,” Brueggemann writes, “It is my conviction that neither old liberal ideologies nor old conservative certitudes nor critical claims made… Read more »