{"id":1585,"date":"2008-01-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-11T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/blog\/news\/?p=1585"},"modified":"2008-01-11T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-01-11T05:00:00","slug":"second-emu-group-leaves-on-cross-cultural","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2008\/second-emu-group-leaves-on-cross-cultural\/","title":{"rendered":"Second EMU Group Leaves on Cross-Cultural"},"content":{"rendered":"<p \/>\n<div style=\"width: 375px\" class=\"photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"EMU cross-cultural sending\" src=\"\/news\/images\/sending.jpg\" \/> <\/div>\n<p \/>\n<p> Thirty EMU students were commissioned during a chapel service Friday, Jan. 11 for a <a href=\"\/crosscultural\/mideast08\">semester of study and learning in the Middle East<\/a> and embarked later the same day.  <\/p>\n<p> It is the fifth time for <a href=\"\/personnel\/people\/show\/stutzmal?ssi=crosscultural\">Linford L. Stutzman<\/a>, associate professor of culture and mission at Eastern Mennonite Seminary, and Janet M. Stutzman, former director of alumni\/parent relations at EMU, to lead a cross-cultural program to the Middle East.  <\/p>\n<p> The group will live and study in Israel and the West Bank, immersing themselves in the ancient\/modern world of Jews, Christians and Muslims.  <\/p>\n<p> Earlier, 19 EMU students received a prayer of sending on Jan. 9 in the opening convocation of second semester prior to leaving the next day on a semester-long cross-cultural study program in <a href=\"\/crosscultural\/Guatemala08\">Mexico and Guatemala<\/a> led by <a href=\"\/personnel\/people\/show\/bp275?ssi=crosscultural\">Byron J. Peachey<\/a> and his spouse <a href=\"\/personnel\/people\/show\/dd983?ssi=crosscultural\">Deanna Durham<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thirty EMU students were commissioned during a chapel service Friday, Jan. 11 for a semester of study and learning in the Middle East and embarked later the same day. 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