Chapel Gathering: Seminary
Rev. Dr. Paula Owens Parker of the Center for Womanist Leadership at Union Presbyterian Seminary will preach on Matthew 25:31-40, “Lifting as We Climb: The Black Women’s Club Movement”
Chapel Gathering: Augsburger Lecture
Lecture 1 in Nancy Bedford’s Augsburger Lecture Series: Why Does Theology Matter? Malleability What is theology and why should we care about it? Who gets to count as the “we” in this question? Why does the malleability of theology matter?
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
During this week of St. Patrick’s Day, join us for a celebration of Celtic music and prayers featuring guest musicians Shannon Dove, Cheryl Tobler, and Phyllis and Jim Gaskins!
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....
Campus Worship: Black Excellence
Join the Black Student Alliance (BSA) and their featured guest, Melody Pannell, for this worship service developing this year’s theme of Black History Month at EMU, “Celebrating Black Excellence“. Melody Pannell’s address is entitled, Black Excellence: Revisiting Resistance, Resilience and Radical Hope based in part on Romans 5: 1-5 in the Christian scriptures. Melody M. Pannell is a native of Harlem,....
Chapel Gathering: Seminary
Rev. Courtney Joyner, instructor of preaching and Seminary Chapel Minister, will preach on Psalm 13, “God’s Vacation Responder Status: AWOL“
Convocation: Life & Legacy of MJ Sharp
Disarmed: The Radical Life and Legacy of Michael “MJ” Sharp – Marshall V. King ’92 At 34 years old, Michael J. “MJ” Sharp, EMU ’05 alum, was working for the United Nations Group of Experts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo – urging rebels to lay down their weapons – when he and his colleague,....