{"id":5799,"date":"2011-02-11T09:16:37","date_gmt":"2011-02-11T14:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=5799"},"modified":"2014-09-26T16:18:47","modified_gmt":"2014-09-26T20:18:47","slug":"emu-alumnus-to-lead-spiritual-life-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2011\/emu-alumnus-to-lead-spiritual-life-week\/","title":{"rendered":"EMU Alumnus to Lead Spiritual Life Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Philadelphia church leader will lead spring <a href=\"\/studentlife\/campus-ministries\/spiritual-life-week\/\">Spiritual Life Week<\/a> Wednesday through Saturday, Feb. 16-19 at Eastern Mennonite University.<\/p>\n<p>Leonard Dow will seek to combine his reflections on pastoral ministry in an urban and multicultural context while addressing the program theme, &#8220;Called by God.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Schedule of events<\/h3>\n<p>He will speak in chapel services and classes, meet with student groups and individuals, minister with the <a href=\"\/athletics\/basketball-m\/\">men&#8217;s basketball team<\/a> and facilitate dialogue in a coffeehouse event.<\/p>\n<p>Dow, a 1987 EMU alumnus, is pastor of Oxford Circle Mennonite Church, a multi-ethnic community in Philadelphia, a bishop of the Lancaster Conference Philadelphia District, board chair of Oxford Circle Christian Development Association and board member of Singing City, a non-profit music industry. He previously was involved in banking.<\/p>\n<p>Dow was the all-time scoring leader for the EMU Royals men&#8217;s basketball team as a student with 2,192 points and 1,102 career rebounds. He was named to the <a href=\"\/athletics\/hallofhonor\/\">EMU athletic hall of honor<\/a> and was the first EMU athlete to have his jersey retired in 1987.<\/p>\n<p>Dow will open the program theme in <strong>university chapel 10 a.m. Wed., Feb. 16<\/strong> in Lehman Auditorium, speak in <strong>seminary chapel 11 a.m Thur., Feb. 17<\/strong> in Martin Chapel and again <strong>10 a.m. Fri., Feb. 18<\/strong> in Lehman Auditorium.<\/p>\n<p>He will lead a session on <strong>&#8220;what does it mean to be alive in your faith&#8221; 8 p.m. Thurs., Feb. 17 in the Common Grounds Coffeehouse<\/strong> in the University Commons. The EMU Gospel Choir will sing, and free refreshments will be served.<\/p>\n<h3>Additional events<\/h3>\n<p>Local <strong>singer-composer Jessica Crawford<\/strong>, a recent Eastern Mennonite Seminary student, will play at 9 p.m. Fri., Feb. 18 in Common Grounds Coffeehouse.<\/p>\n<p>Interim Associate Campus Pastor Dawn Monger and Maria Zehr, undergraduate student, conclude the week by leading a <strong>&#8220;Called to Ministry&#8221; retreat 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 19<\/strong>, held at Park View Mennonite Church.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I expect Leonard Dow to bring energetic and focused teaching on understanding how and to what God calls all of us as well as guidance for discerning our personal calling,&#8221; said EMU campus pastor Brian Martin Burkholder. &#8220;This is a theme that touches everyone &#8211; students, faculty, staff and community members.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/studentlife\/campus-ministries\/spiritual-life-week\/\">spiritual life week webpage<\/a> or call campus ministries at 540-432-4115.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Philadelphia church leader will lead spring Spiritual Life Week Wednesday through Saturday, Feb. 16-19 at Eastern Mennonite University. 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