{"id":1683,"date":"2008-05-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-13T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/blog\/news\/?p=1683"},"modified":"2008-05-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-05-13T04:00:00","slug":"lancaster-program-holds-second-commencement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2008\/lancaster-program-holds-second-commencement\/","title":{"rendered":"Lancaster Program Holds Second Commencement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"photo right\" style=\"width: 150px\"> <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" src=\"\/provost\/brubaker_beryl.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Beryl Brubaker, Provost of EMU\" \/> <br \/> Dr. Beryl Brubaker STEP graduation speaker <\/div>\n<p>EMU&#8217;s <a href=\"\/lancaster\/seminary\/step\">Study and Training in Effective Pastoral Ministry (STEP) program<\/a> will hold its second annual graduation at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 24, in the West Bethany Chapel at Landis Homes, 1001 E. Oregon Rd., Lititz, Pa. <\/p>\n<p> University Provost <a href=\"\/personnel\/people\/show\/brubakeb\">Beryl H. Brubaker<\/a> will address the graduates on the topic, &#8220;Lessons Learned.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"\/personnel\/people\/show\/wengermr?ssi=lancaster\">Mark R. Wenger<\/a>, director of the STEP program, will preside and confer certificates on the seven members of the STEP class of 2008. STEP graduates receive a certificate in pastoral ministry from EMU. <\/p>\n<p> The STEP program is intended to train leaders for congregational ministry. Most of the students are bi-vocational pastors without a college degree. The program meets in cohort format, with groups meeting one Saturday a month, September-May for three years. <\/p>\n<p> The commencement service is open to the public. <\/p>\n<p> For more information call Julie Siegfried at (717) 397-5190.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Beryl Brubaker STEP graduation speaker EMU&#8217;s Study and Training in Effective Pastoral Ministry (STEP) program will hold its second annual graduation at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 24, in the <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2008\/lancaster-program-holds-second-commencement\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"more-link\">... read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about Lancaster Program Holds Second Commencement<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8845,265],"tags":[8939,8381,8430,7426,7655],"feature":[],"class_list":["post-1683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emu-at-lancaster","category-seminary","tag-beryl-brubaker","tag-lancaster","tag-mark-wenger","tag-pastoral-ministry","tag-step"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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