{"id":802,"date":"2005-01-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-01-27T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/blog\/news\/?p=802"},"modified":"2005-01-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-01-27T05:00:00","slug":"peachey-licensed-for-emu-campus-ministry-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2005\/peachey-licensed-for-emu-campus-ministry-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Peachey Licensed for EMU Campus Ministry Role"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"photo left\" style=\"width: 300px\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/images\/byroncommission.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" border=\"1\" alt=\"prayers of commissioning for Byron Peachey as part of licensing service\" \/> L. to r.: George R. Brunk III, Loren Swartzendruber, Earl Zimmerman and Owen Burkholder lead prayers of commissioning for Byron Peachey (at podium) as part of a licensing service for campus ministry at EMU.<br \/> Photo by Jim Bishop <\/div>\n<p>  Byron J. Peachey&#8217;s call to pastoral ministry, forged over several decades, was publicly recognized in a chapel service Wednesday, Jan. 26, at Eastern Mennonite University.<\/p>\n<p> Peachey was licensed to the ministry for his continuing role as associate campus pastor. He is a member of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/studentlife\/campusministries\/\">campus ministries<\/a> team, formed in August, 2003, that includes <a href=\"\/studentlife\/campusministries\/pastors.html\">Brian Martin Burkholder<\/a> and <a href=\"\/studentlife\/campusministries\/pastors.html\" title=\"Julie A. Haushalter\">Julie A. Haushalter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> Prior to the installation ceremony, persons close to Peachey told stories, laced with humor, that were pivotal in shaping his call to ministry &#8211; Laban Peachey, Peachey&#8217;s father; Johann Zimmerman, who worked closely with Peachey in urban ministry in Washington, D.C.; and Deanna Durham, Peachey&#8217;s spouse. They met in Washington in 1983.<\/p>\n<p> &quot;God has a special twinkle in His eye today as we celebrate Byron&#8217;s readiness to do God&#8217;s work,&quot; said Haushalter in opening the service.<\/p>\n<p> Items that symbolize Peachey&#8217;s life and special interests appeared on the platform &#8211; books by Catholic writer Thomas Merton (meditation as spiritual discipline), a cross from El Salvador (peace and justice concerns) and an old wooden pitchfork (his farming background and adherence to a theology of the land).<\/p>\n<p> Peachey, of Harrisonburg, was interim campus pastor at EMU during the 2002-03 school year. Earlier, he served four years as co-director of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcc.org\" target=\"_blank\">Mennonite Central Committee<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>L. to r.: George R. 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