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Former NAACP president preaches Black history, past and present, is God’s movement among us and touches us all

February 26, 2020Last updated March 1, 2020 by Lauren Jefferson

It took a few years of persistence and many phone calls on the part of Eastern Mennonite University’s Director of Multicultural Services Celeste Thomas to bring The Rev. Dr. Cornell

MLK Day 2020 at EMU in photos

January 21, 2020Last updated August 25, 2020 by admin

Eastern Mennonite University’s MLK Day celebrations included service projects, lectures and workshops, a convocation, film showings and much more. Enjoy photos of highlighted events by Macson McGuigan, Kiana Childress and

‘Shalom in the Streets’: January 2020 School for Leadership Training

November 21, 2019Last updated January 20, 2020 by Randi B. Hagi

Right in the midst of what is being dismantled, biblical narratives beckon us to discover shalom in genuine relationships with the people in our neighborhoods, communities and cities. In the

UMC elder, Neighborhood Seminary founder to give Augsburger Lecture

October 29, 2019Last updated November 21, 2019 by Randi B. Hagi

The Rev. Dr. Elaine Heath – author, educator, United Methodist Church elder and co-founder of the Neighborhood Seminary – will visit Eastern Mennonite University Nov. 20-21 as part of the annual

Common Read selection Exit West ‘at once a love story, a fable, and a chilling reflection’ on displacement

October 14, 2019Last updated November 1, 2019 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

The Eastern Mennonite University Common Read for the 2019-20 academic year is the widely acclaimed Man Booker Prize finalist and bestselling novel Exit West by Mohsin Hamid (Riverhead, 2017). “We

Community in Camden: Finding purpose, growing opportunity

September 4, 2019Last updated August 25, 2020 by With Lauren Jefferson

AFTER GRADUATING IN 2007, Timothy and Cheryl Heatwole Shenk moved to Camden, New Jersey, to be part of an intentional Christian community, which includes 12 adults and five children living

Holy Week at EMU: Join in outdoor ‘community alfombra’ creation on Palm Sunday, worship with LSA mid-week

April 4, 2019Last updated April 26, 2019 by Lauren Jefferson

Two unique Holy Week worship experiences will be hosted at Eastern Mennonite University this Easter season — each rooted in the Central American artistic and spiritual tradition of the alfombra

Spring break Y-trip groups serve and learn

March 18, 2019Last updated March 21, 2019 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

For more than 30 Eastern Mennonite University students, spring break wasn’t just a chance to get away from classes for a week. Instead, it was a chance to make a

‘Deconstruct and decolonize our history’: UCC minister of racial justice The Rev. Dr. Velda Love urges ownership, truthtelling

March 15, 2019Last updated April 8, 2019 by Lauren Jefferson

The Rev. Dr. Velda Love brought her message of empowerment, truthtelling and biblical understanding to Eastern Mennonite University for three events related to Women’s History Month. Love is the United

Ubuntu through ‘putting on’ Christ: Divine Unity pastor urges a ‘wardrobe change’

February 28, 2019Last updated April 8, 2019 by Lauren Jefferson

Taking Galatians 3:27-28 as his main text, Pastor AJ Mosley’s sermon on the theme of ubuntu Wednesday offered practical advice. “Putting on Christ” is more than just putting on clothes,

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