Chapel Gathering: Seminary
Chapel will include brief reflections by Seminary Dean Sue Cockley and Seminary Associate Dean Nancy Heisey. We will also have a time of guided prayer for victims of the pandemic and for the unrest in our country and safety for the inauguration.
Fall Student Recognition Ceremony
Prepare for a fun time as we playfully recognize students who have remained ENGAGED and provided LEADERSHIP in the midst of this most unique semester! Our hosts are Tyler Goss and Emily Powell, along with other faculty and staff, unveiling and honoring undergraduate and graduate students as well as student organizations/clubs/groups that have been nominated for these awards: Amazing Leadership –....
Chapel Gathering: Seminary
Back by popular demand: The Shenandoah Valley Storytellers Guild will bring the Christmas Scripture passages to life.
Chapel Gathering: Seminary
Longing for Light. We will fast forward the liturgical calendar by several days and begin our observance of Advent. Truly this is a year when our Advent longs are especially poignant.
Convocation: A Healing Space
We’ve been through a lot since March. Gather for a facilitated healing space led by Katie Mansfield, Trina Trotter Nussbaum and Shannon Dycus.
Chapel Gathering: Seminary
Join us to pray for our community, our country and our world guided by prayers from the Iona Abbey Prayer Book.
Campus Worship for prayerful reflection
It’s the morning after the presidential election. Where are we now? What do you need and what do we need together? Gather for prayerful reflection drawing from the wisdom of several area spiritual directors offering reflections on holding space for prayerful awareness. Campus Pastors Kevin Clark and Brian Martin Burkholder will lead a litany of truth-telling with....
Chapel Gathering: Election Day Communion
Gather for a service featuring Election Day Communion. In the midst of the current polarization, meet God at the communion table. We will pray together: ‘Hear us Lord. Heal us Lord. Our hope is in you alone.
University Colloquium – Rick Shenkman
Why is Democracy so @#$&! Hard?Rick ShenkmanHistorian, Author, Investigative ReporterGeorge Washington University’s History News Network In the 1940s, six in ten Americans hadn’t gone past the eighth grade. Today a majority have attended college. But surveys show that Americans today are no better educated about politics. A majority don’t even know that we have three branches....
Convo-Election: Looking Forward Together
This election process has already been hard for many of us. Very hard. What will election day bring? What about post-election? How do we show up and hold this space that feels charged, tense and unsafe for many? Dean of Students Shannon Dycus and EMU student leaders call for “Facing the Election: Looking Forward Together” and President Susan Schultz....