Convocation: Cousins through Slavery

Women’s History Month features Betty Kilby Baldwin and Phoebe Kilby, co-authors of Cousins: Connected through Slavery. What happens when a White woman, Phoebe, contacts a Black woman, Betty, saying she suspects they are connected through slavery? First surprise? Betty responds, “Hello, Cousin.” Betty had fought for an education and won. She broke through the concrete ceiling in....

Chapel Gathering: Seminary

Interfaith Chapel Service – Rabbi Randi Nagel of Temple House of Israel in Staunton, Virginia will speak on “Torah and the Essence of Jewish Prayer.” This inaugural Interfaith Chapel Service is co-sponsored by Eastern Mennonite Seminary and the Center for Interfaith Engagement.  Rabbi Randi Chudakoff Nagel was born and raised in Youngstown, Ohio.  Her childhood rabbi recognized....

Campus Worship: Christian Nationalism

Gather with Drew Strait to explore biblical perspectives on Christian nationalism with an address titled, Disputing Christian Nationalism with the God Who Serves inspired partly by Luke 22:24-27. Grapple with the challenges patriotism and Christian nationalism present to discipleship in Anabaptist perspective. Through personal stories and engagement with biblical texts, this address empowers us to become an alternative global....

Chapel Gathering: Seminary

Focusing on Jesus’ healing of the woman crippled for 18 years, we will celebrate God’s healing love shown to all people regardless of gender, race, age, and ability. We will lament the injustice faced by women around the world.  And we will be inspired to use our voices, hands and feet for the liberating work....