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 the spring, producing a final paper and making a public presentation. These podcasts are of students’ public presentations.

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
individual chapel listings.

 Mar. 20, 2012 Lee Martin Capstone SemChapel [37:26] Play Now | Play in Popup

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. They then complete their projects in the spring, producing a final paper and making a public presentation. These podcasts are of students’ public presentations.

 Mar. 15, 2012 Adam Blag Capstone/Chapel [34:23] Play Now | Play in Popup

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 their projects in the spring, producing a final paper and making a public presentation. These podcasts are of students’ public presentations.

 Mar. 14, 2012 Nicholas Detweiler Stoddard [30:02] Play Now | Play in Popup

Brian Gumm,
Wringing Out Saturated Selves: Christian Education in a SecularAge

Aaron Kauffman,
Anabaptist Missional Project: In But Not of the (Mennonite) Empire?

Brian and Aaron are part of the Anabaptist Missional Project. AMP is a “network of emerging leaders who love Jesus, care about the church, and seek to be part of God’s mission in the world,” They are planning an upcoming conference that will also explore themes related to their capstone projects.  Visit the conference website to learn more.

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 the spring, producing a final paper and making a public presentation. These podcasts are of students’ public presentations.

**Note: Each presentation is followed by a Question & Answer time, for which the questions were not miked, so the inaudible sections have been removed from the podcast.  Therefore, the second part of each presentation may seem a bit disjointed

 Feb. 29, 2012 Senior Seminary Capstone Presentations [1:01:59] Play Now | Play in Popup

Dorca Kisare Ressler, International Student Services, and the International Student Organization lead in this chapel to recognize International Women’s Day with scripture and reflections on ordinary women as agents of social change.  Dorca Kisare Ressler serves as Director of International Student Services at EMU.

 Feb. 24, 2012 Dorca Kisare Ressler chapel [22:09] Play Now | Play in Popup

Booths with representatives from a wide range of camps surround the chapel gathering in the unique venue of the Campus Center Greeting Hall.  Glenn Nofziger II shares a message about identity in Christ, reflecting on his experiences at camp, college, and in short-term missions/evangelism.  Glenn, EMU class of ’02,  is an Eastern Mennonite Seminary student who served on staff at Little Eden, a camp on the shores of Lake Michigan.

 Feb. 1, 2012 Glenn Nofziger Camp Chapel [15:03] Play Now | Play in Popup

Brendon Derstine and Julia Schmidt offer reflections from their participation in the Ministry Inquiry Program, Summer 2011.

The Ministry Inquiry Program is an exciting opportunity of the Mennonite Church USA for college-age young adults to explore pastoral ministry. The program offers you the opportunity to experience first hand what ministry is and to test your own gifts and sense of call. Participants work under the supervision of a pastor and are involved in many aspects of a minister’s life and work. Effort is made to place you in the congregation or congregational setting of your choice—urban, rural, large, or small. For students of mission, an overseas assignment can be considered.

The Ministry Inquiry Program also offers pastors and congregations a specific way to be involved in helping students experience leadership in the church. Pastors serve as mentors and examples. Students learn by both observing and doing. At the conclusion of the summer, all participants and the pastor or supervisor submit a report and evaluation of the program.

 Jan. 25, 2012 Ministry Inquiry Program [21:46] Play Now | Play in Popup

Students from Campus Ministries offer a  service of community lament on accumulation and find abundance with modern day reflections, scriptures and other readings led by a celebration worship team.

This chapel theme was inspired by Dr. Walter Brueggemann, resource person for the recently held School for Leadership Training at the seminary.

 Jan. 20, 2012 Celebration Chapel [12:46] Play Now | Play in Popup

Catch up on more than 20  minutes of highlights from the Fall 2011 after-chapel Friday Announcement entertainment by Joel Rittenhouse and Justin Rittenhouse.  Towards the end of their announcements, they reveal the secret that they’ve been concealing for the whole semester! Some of the announcement information has been removed, but the humor is preserved.

 Standard Podcast [20:53] Play Now | Play in Popup

Students from the International Student Organization lead  the International Education Week chapel with a focus on what inspires to succeed globally.

 Nov. 16, 2011 International Education Week [11:29] Play Now | Play in Popup