{"id":43692,"date":"2019-10-29T13:48:49","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T17:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=43692"},"modified":"2019-11-21T16:53:14","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T21:53:14","slug":"umc-elder-neighborhood-seminary-founder-to-give-augsburger-lecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2019\/umc-elder-neighborhood-seminary-founder-to-give-augsburger-lecture\/","title":{"rendered":"UMC elder, Neighborhood Seminary founder to give Augsburger Lecture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <strong>Rev. Dr. Elaine Heath<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0author, educator, United Methodist Church elder and co-founder of the Neighborhood Seminary \u2013 will visit Eastern Mennonite University Nov. 20-21 as part of the annual Augsburger Lecture Series, in collaboration with Virginia Mennonite Conference, Park View Mennonite Church and Virginia Mennonite Missions.<br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heath\u2019s main lecture at EMU, open to the public on Wed. evening at 7 p.m. in the seminary\u2019s Martin Chapel, is titled &#8220;Is There Good News for a World in Trauma?&#8221; Heath will address what it means to be a \u201cmissional church\u201d ministering to individuals and neighborhoods dealing with trauma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\tOther public events include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>&nbsp;Wednesday, Nov. 20, 10:10 a.m. \u2013 Convocation, Lehman Auditorium, on \u201cReclaiming Apostolic Soul.\u201d<\/li><li>Thursday, Nov. 21, 11 a.m. \u2013 Seminary service, Martin Chapel, on \u201cWilderness Credentials.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Heath will also convene a workshop for local pastors called \u201cForming and Leading Micro-Communities of Hope,\u201d offering guidance for those starting \u201cnew forms of faith communities in post-Christendom contexts.\u201d She will visit with students, faculty, and visiting pastors while on campus \u2013 including a breakfast with area pastors.<br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pastors\u2019 breakfast is an ongoing corollary to the Augsburger series, which Park View Mennonite Church Pastor <strong>Phil Kniss<\/strong> says aims \u201cto open up mutually beneficial dialogue between area Anabaptist-Mennonite pastors, and missional practitioners and theologians from outside the Anabaptist stream.\u201d<br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are excited to have Dr. Heath, with her scholarship and practice in new approaches to evangelism and Christian community, with us for this year\u2019s Augsburger lecture,\u201d said <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/faculty-staff\/?show=azs4949\">Andrew Suderman<\/a><\/strong>, assistant professor of Bible, religion and theology.&nbsp; \u201cHer background in the field of trauma and ministry will help our community grapple with what it means to participate in the \u2018Good News\u2019 and how to embody it with, among, and as people who have experienced trauma.&nbsp; She will help us reflect on how following Jesus in our broken and violent world challenges us to meet people where they are \u2013 physically, spiritually and socially \u2013 and what it looks like to offer hope and healing.\u201d<br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heath writes that her life\u2019s work is \u201cinterdisciplinary, weaving together the study of Scripture, theology, and Christian spirituality in ways that help the church to reach beyond its walls and into the community.\u201d This approach of taking \u201cchurch to the people,\u201d as Heath says, characterizes the aims of the Neighborhood Seminary, where Heath is president and co-founder.<br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Neighborhood Seminary offers a two-year, non-degree program which provides theological and spiritual education to lay people using the cohort model. Currently, four cohorts are active in North Carolina and Virginia. The seminary\u2019s goal is to teach students \u201chow to neighbor well, how to help their neighborhoods flourish, and how to foster life-giving community,\u201d according to its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.neighborhoodseminary.org\/welcome\">website<\/a>.<br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her newest book, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonpress.com\/product\/9781501877704\"><em>Celebration<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>(Abingdon Press, 2020) delves into the \u201cspiritual discipline of celebration when facing grief, trauma, failure, or a dark night of the soul.\u201d It is part of the eight-volume <em>Holy Living Series, <\/em>of which Heath is also an editor.&nbsp;<br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As an educator, Heath served as dean of the Divinity School at Duke University, and as a professor at the Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University and the Ashland Theological Seminary.<br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heath now lives at an intentional Christian community and farm in North Carolina, Spring Forest, where she serves as the community abbess.<br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The series was founded in 1984 by <strong>Myron S.<\/strong> and <strong>Esther Augsburger<\/strong> to address \u201ctopics in the area of Christian evangelism and mission for the stimulation and development of a vision for evangelism and missions for the EMU community.\u201d<br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Previous Augsburger lecturers include:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>2018: <strong>N.T. Wright<\/strong>, Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at the University of Saint Andrews in Scotland. Wright presented on \u201cPromised Glory: Thinking Straight about God and the World.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2018\/new-testament-scholar-n-t-wright-draws-standing-room-only-crowds-in-harrisonburg\/\"><em>Article<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/podcast\/2018\/11\/13\/chapel-gathering-in-the-seminary-n-t-wright\/\"><em>podcast<\/em><\/a><\/li><li>2017: <strong>James Krabill \u201871<\/strong>, senior mission advocate with Mennonite Mission Network, who convened a panel with <strong>Leonard Dow \u201987<\/strong> and <strong>Esther Augsburger \u201972<\/strong>, all alumni who have served in Christian evangelism and missions. <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2017\/ecuador-los-angeles-centennial-augsburger-lecture-series-features-alumni-diverse-missions-experience\/\"><em>Article<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/podcast\/2017\/10\/17\/pauls-motto-could-be-worse-james-krabill-esther-augsburger-leonard-dow\/\"><em>podcast<\/em><\/a><\/li><li>2016: <strong>The Reverend Canon Dr. Scot McKnight<\/strong>, New Testament scholar, theologian, historian, and author.<em> <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2016\/augsburger-lecturer-scot-mcknight-shares-missional-message\/\"><em>Article<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/podcast\/2016\/09\/29\/tell-the-story-of-jesus-dr-scot-mcknight-augsburger-lecture\/\"><em>podcast<\/em><\/a><\/li><li>2015: <strong>Nelson Okanya<\/strong> MDiv \u201903, president of Eastern Mennonite Missions, who spoke on the changes in global missions over the last half-century. <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2015\/eastern-mennonite-missions-president-discusses-challenges-of-global-mission-engagement-in-augsburger-lecture-series\/\"><em>Article<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/podcast\/2015\/03\/26\/inspiring-the-next-generation-for-mission-engagement-nelson-okanya-02\/\"><em>podcast<\/em><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Augsburger Committee includes Professor <strong>Andrew Suderman<\/strong> (co-chair), Professor <strong>David Evans <\/strong>(co-chair), Technical Services Librarian <strong>Jennifer Ulrich<\/strong>, Campus Pastor <strong>Brian Martin Burkholder<\/strong>, and <strong>Emily North<\/strong>, administrative assistant to the Dean of the School of Theology, Humanities, and the Performing Arts.<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rev. 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