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‘A celebration of hope in a weary world’: Concert, parade, lighting kick off Advent season

December 21, 2023Last updated December 20, 2023 by Ryan Cornell

Cups of cocoa, crates of cookies, a Christmas concert of carols and Claus on campus! The EMU community welcomed the Advent season all December long with events that spread holiday

Joy to the World – Eastern Mennonite style

December 11, 2014 by

Eastern Mennonite University campus community members sing “Joy to the World” to celebrate the Prince of Peace, Christmas 2014. The footage was shot in EMU’s Lehman Auditorium. http://www.emu.edu/advent “Joy to

EMU celebrates Advent 2013

December 9, 2013Last updated December 31, 2013 by Mike Zucconi

We celebrate the love of learning and joy of Christian service and embrace the ties that bind during the 2013 Advent season. EMU’s online Advent greeting for 2013 features the

Eastern Mennonite University Advent greeting 2013

December 3, 2013 by

Enjoy images of EMU’s past year accompanied by The Walking Roots Band singing “Come Down, O Love Divine.” This stop motion video is made up of over 5,500 photographs and

EMU Celebrates Advent 2012

December 7, 2012Last updated December 27, 2012 by Mike Zucconi

We celebrate the love of learning and joy of Christian service as we call out “Come, Come Emmanuel.” Enjoy our Advent message featuring the music of EMU alumni who are

Christmas at EMU: Celebrate the Season with Us!

December 1, 2009Last updated January 9, 2017 by

See what’s on the schedule, enjoy our Christmas message, read Advent reflections and meditations, and more. Come, Jesus, come! Read more…

EMU and Seminary Offer Online Advent Devotions

November 30, 2009 by Marcy Gineris

During Advent, join EMU and EMS faculty, staff, students and alumni in weekday devotions, beginning Nov. 30, 2009. 2009 Advent scriptures include the following: Week One – Luke 1:26-28 Week

Ornamental Friendships, or The Real Thing?

December 11, 2006 by Jim Bishop

By Jim Bishop The ornaments of our home are the friends who frequent it. This thought, not original with me but firmly implanted in my thick cerebrum, reverberated down the

Advent Reflection

November 30, 2006Last updated September 17, 2014 by Linetta S. A. Ballew

EMU Staff Collaborate on Worship Guide

November 30, 2004 by Jim Bishop

Worship guide planning group (standing, l. to r.): Kris Shank Zehr, Lucinda Swartzendruber, Kevin Clark, Brian Martin Burkholder. Middle: Edie Bontrager, Marlene Kropf. Front: Gloria Diener, Jill Landis, Shirley Yoder

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