{"id":41760,"date":"2019-04-04T08:27:50","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T12:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=41760"},"modified":"2019-04-15T10:13:27","modified_gmt":"2019-04-15T14:13:27","slug":"c-henry-smith-contest-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2019\/c-henry-smith-contest-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior orator wins C. Henry Smith contest with speech on the silencing of the church&#8217;s &#8216;political&#8217; voice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Sylvia Mast<\/strong>, a senior biology major and honors minor from Broadway, Virginia, won the <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/applied-social-sciences\/peace-oratorical-contest\">C. Henry Smith oratorical contest<\/a> at Eastern Mennonite University with her speech \u201cAn Exploration of Language\u2014Recognizing Harm in Silencing the \u2018Political\u2019 Voice of the Church.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/c-henry-smith-2019-winner\/id305223711?i=1000433693832\">LISTEN HERE.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She will receive a cash prize and entry in the bi-national competition with winners from other Mennonite-related colleges and universities in the United States and Canada.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The annual contest, established in 1974 by the directors of the C. Henry Smith Trust, offers students an opportunity to discuss the application of the Christian peace position to contemporary concerns in an 8-10-minute speech.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Judges awarded a tie for second place to <strong>Cassidy Bontrager<\/strong>, a senior congregational and youth ministry major with minors in gender studies and peacebuilding from Wellman, Iowa, with \u201c What are you bringing to the table?\u201d and\u00a0<strong>Lydia Haggard<\/strong>, a junior Biblical studies major from Norristown, Pennsylvania,with \u201cGet creative with creation care!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_41763\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41763\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2019\/04\/c-henry-smith-contest-2019\/c-henry-smith-oratorical-convocation-2-1000px\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-41763\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-41763 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/04\/C.-Henry-Smith-Oratorical-Convocation-2-1000px-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/04\/C.-Henry-Smith-Oratorical-Convocation-2-1000px-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/04\/C.-Henry-Smith-Oratorical-Convocation-2-1000px-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/04\/C.-Henry-Smith-Oratorical-Convocation-2-1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41763\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left: Jacob Myers, Sylvia Mast, DeVantae Dews, Lydia Haggard, and Cassidy Bontrager.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two other students also competed: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>DeVante Dews<\/strong>, a senior liberal arts major from Lynchburg,Virginia, presented \u201cFrom Victimhood to Empowerment.\u201d <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Jacob Myers<\/strong>, a first-year environmental sustainability and bible major from Archbold, Ohio, presented \u201cPeace between Us: Shalom and Conversation in the Ohio Mennonite Conference.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Judges of the contest were <strong>Phil Kniss<\/strong>, senior pastor of Park View Mennonite Church;\u00a0<strong>Ervin Stutzman<\/strong>, former executive director of Mennonite Church USA and former dean of Eastern Mennonite Seminary; and <strong>Amy Knorr<\/strong>, peacebuilding practice director at EMU&#8217;s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The intercollegiate competition is administered by the Peace and Justice Ministries of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC). C. Henry Smith was an American Mennonite historian and professor at Mennonite colleges and the University of Chicago. He taught history for nearly 50 years at the collegiate level, and was well-known for his numerous books on Mennonite history and his particular attention to the peace commitments of the Mennonite tradition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eastern Mennonite University has participated in the event since 2003, with the exception of 2015. EMU students have won the grand prize at the bi-national level in 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009 and 2011. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2018\/09\/is-this-a-bonhoeffer-moment-takes-second-in-bi-national-c-henry-smith-oratorical-contest\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Caleb Schrock-Hurst, EMU\u2019s 2018 contest winner<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, placed second in the bi-national C. Henry Smith Oratorical Contest with his speech titled \u201c\u2018Is This a Bonhoeffer Moment?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The contest is sponsored by EMU Bible and religion, language and literature, and peacebuilding and development programs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sylvia Mast, a senior biology major and honors minor from Broadway, Virginia, won the C. Henry Smith oratorical contest at Eastern Mennonite University with her speech \u201cAn Exploration of Language\u2014Recognizing <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2019\/c-henry-smith-contest-2019\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"more-link\">... read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about Senior orator wins C. 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