Kenton Derstine Archives

‘Loaves and fishes’: Seminary’s Clinical Pastoral Education program honors founding donors Norman and Lena Yutzy

January 22, 2020Last updated February 10, 2020 by Lauren Jefferson

Like the parable of the loaves and fishes, one pastor’s visionary donation more than 20 years ago and his family’s ongoing support to the Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) program at

CPE celebrates 20 years: Lorrie Aikens, pastor of Bath United Methodist Charge

January 2, 2020Last updated January 6, 2020 by EMU communications

The Clinical Pastoral Education program at Eastern Mennonite Seminary celebrates its 20th anniversary this academic year. Since 1999, 290 people have been trained through the seminary’s program. They serve and

CPE celebrates 20 years: Carilion Clinic chaplain Lisa Meyer Vineyard

November 26, 2019Last updated December 2, 2019 by EMU communications

‘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

CPE celebrates 20 years: Shawn Gerber MDiv ’04, Indiana University Health

November 6, 2019Last updated November 12, 2019 by EMU communications

CPE celebrates 20 years: Landis Homes chaplain Anne Kaufman Weaver MDiv ’16

October 1, 2019Last updated November 6, 2019 by admin

Seminary’s School for Leadership Training ‘Broken Vessels, Thriving Pastor’ slated for January

November 30, 2017Last updated November 30, 2017 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

The ministry model of clay jars can take several twists: Are ministers cracked pots? Crackpots? Broken vessels? Is their work – to use another Biblical metaphor – but the sowing

School for Leadership Training addresses pastoral responses to a racialized and divided America

January 20, 2017Last updated February 1, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

“Some of us are more knowledgeable about what is happening with people 6,000 miles away, people we’ve never met, than what is happening with our neighbors,” said Professor David Evans

Lutheran senior community in Winchester serves as satellite site for seminary’s clinical pastoral education courses

June 21, 2016Last updated March 28, 2017 by EMU communications staff

Theological students from Eastern Mennonite Seminary, along with clergy and laypersons pursuing Clinical Pastoral Education, will be able to continue earning credits toward their denominational ordination requirements and/or certification as

Seminary Prof Also Teaches Bee Keeping

January 15, 2013Last updated January 30, 2013 by Laura Amstutz

Kenton Derstine, director of field education at Eastern Mennonite Seminary, is not just mentoring future pastors, he is also mentoring future beekeepers. Contributing to the university’s efforts at sustainability, Derstine

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