University Colloquium: Simone Horst

The European Collection in the Menno Simons Historical Library contains many fine examples of rare books and marginalia. In this presentation, Simone Horst will share the findings from her summer sabbatical spent investigating the 16th-19th century volumes in the European Collection. She will highlight what she learned about the variety of bindings and provenance present....

“Meet Menno Simons” – an impersonation by Gerald Brunk

Hear History Professor Emeritus Gerald Brunk share an impersonation of Menno Simons.* Brunk’s rendition will challenge you to deepen your own life of faith, and to pursue your own calling. * “Menno Simons (1496 – 31 January 1561) was a former Catholic priest from the Friesland region of the Low Countries who became an influential Anabaptist religious leader. Simons was a contemporary....

“My Road to Decision” – Dr. Gerald Brunk

“My Road to Decision” features an impersonation of Menno Simons which describes his eleven-year journey to his decision to leave the Roman Catholic priesthood and the consequences of that decision. Dr. Gerald Brunk, EMU professor emeritus, brings his impersonation of Menno Simons back to chapel. The first time he did this impersonation in chapel was....