{"id":39222,"date":"2018-08-17T11:40:46","date_gmt":"2018-08-17T15:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=39222"},"modified":"2018-11-01T09:48:47","modified_gmt":"2018-11-01T13:48:47","slug":"abigail-shelly-living-and-learning-with-the-indonesian-immigrant-community-in-south-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2018\/abigail-shelly-living-and-learning-with-the-indonesian-immigrant-community-in-south-philadelphia\/","title":{"rendered":"Abigail Shelly: Living and learning with the Indonesian immigrant community in South Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/bible\/ministry-inquiry\/\">Ministry Inquiry Program<\/a> participant <strong>Abigail Shelly<\/strong>, a junior education major at Eastern Mennonite University, attended the Aug. 4 Immigration Community Day hosted by Mennonite Central Committee in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39049\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39049\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2018\/08\/inquiry-program-offers-a-well-rounded-way-to-explore-ministry\/20180503-mip-students-002-1000px\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-39049\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-39049 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/08\/20180503-MIP-Students-002-1000px-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/08\/20180503-MIP-Students-002-1000px-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/08\/20180503-MIP-Students-002-1000px-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/08\/20180503-MIP-Students-002-1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39049\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eastern Mennonite University students Liz Marin (left), Anna Ressler, Lydia Haggard and Abigail Shelly are in the Ministry Inquiry Program, a partnership of Mennonite colleges, Mennonite Church USA and local congregations. (Photo by Macson McGuigan)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/themennonite.org\/immigration-community-day-held-philadelphia\/\">an article posted in The Mennonite<\/a>, she covers the annual celebration and day of advocacy, while including reflections of her summer placement with Philadelphia Praise Center. Shelly is from Collinsville, Mississippi, and attends Jubilee Mennonite Church in Meridian, Mississippi.<\/p>\n<p>Other 2018 MIP participants include\u00a0<strong>Liz Marin<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Anna Ressler<\/strong>, with\u00a0<strong>Lydia Haggard\u00a0<\/strong>participating in a similar arrangement.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2017\/07\/ministry-exploration-draws-five-students-summer-internships\/\">Read more about the 2018 participants and their placements<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>More than 300 EMU students have participated in the program, a partnership of the student\u2019s respective Mennonite college, home and host congregations and conferences, and Mennonite Church USA. Students receive a $500 stipend for living expenses from the host congregation, and, at the end of the program, a scholarship of up to $2,000 toward tuition costs at a Mennonite college or seminary for the next academic year, said\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.emu.edu\/personnel\/people\/show\/cjs946\">Carmen Schrock-Hurst<\/a>, MIP director and instructor of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/bible\/\">Bible and religion<\/a>\u00a0at EMU.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"fXyDAv7LEM\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2018\/08\/inquiry-program-offers-a-well-rounded-way-to-explore-ministry\/\">Inquiry program offers a \u2018well-rounded way\u2019 to explore ministry<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" src=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2018\/08\/inquiry-program-offers-a-well-rounded-way-to-explore-ministry\/embed\/#?secret=fXyDAv7LEM\" data-secret=\"fXyDAv7LEM\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Inquiry program offers a \u2018well-rounded way\u2019 to explore ministry&#8221; &#8212; EMU News\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ministry Inquiry Program participant Abigail Shelly, a junior education major at Eastern Mennonite University, attended the Aug. 4 Immigration Community Day hosted by Mennonite Central Committee in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 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