“Homeward Bound – A Safe Space”
Homeward Bound: A Safe Space Chapel Gather with leaders and friends of Safe Space for a chapel focused on welcome and genuine hospitality. Luke 14:7-14
“About Spiritual Gifts” – Micah Hurst
How do you know your spiritual gifts and what are they for? Join Pastor Micah Hurst in exploring spiritual gifts in light of sharing God’s love with the world. Micah Hurst serves as Pastor of Youth and Young Adult Ministries at Weaver’s Mennonite Church here in Harrisonburg, Va. His previous roles at Eastern Mennonite University....
Homecoming Centennial Chapel – “Changing the world One Life at a Time” – John and Michele Sharp
Changing the World One Life at a Time John and Michele Sharp share reflections from the life and calling of their son, Michael J. (M.J.) Sharp, recipient of the 2017 EMU Life Service Award, who was killed while on a United Nations peacemaking mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo in March 2017. John Sharp....
DACAmented Stories and Prayer
How can we best support DACAmented people on campus and in our communities? Might better understanding the DREAM Act and DACA be a start? How about hearing a personal narrative from a DACAmented student and those who resource immigrants from a posture of faithfulness? What about prayer? How do we follow Jesus on this journey?....
“Between Paul, Church, Coates, Me” – Brian Martin Burkholder
Between the Apostle Paul, the Early Church, Ta-Nehisi Coates and Me – Campus Pastor Brian Martin Burkholder One white man’s attempt with confronting “the dream” as expressed by Coates in the EMU Common Read – Between the World and Me and noted in the admonitions of the Apostle Paul in the Christian scriptures informing the Student Life theme – Many Parts, One....
“#GivingIsReceiving” – Carolyn Stauffer
Join the International Student Organization (ISO) in hosting Dr. Carolyn Stauffer presenting #GivingIsReceiving for an international education emphasis on Bringing Wholeness to Sexual Violence Victims in Central Africa.
International Hymn Sing Chapel: Matthew Hunsberger
Matthew Hunsberger leads an International-themed hymn sing in University Chapel with David Berry, Katie Derstine, and students Perry Blosser and Joseph Harder.
“Hope in Ruins” – Adam King
“Hope in Ruins: Reflections and Poems from Palestine/Israel ” Psalm 74, Matthew 24:1-14 Adam King, EMS student and Rise Church Pastor, shares out of his experience with the May 2017 seminary cross-culture “Places, People and Prayers, A cross-cultural encounter with the Holy Land”
“Me and My Messy Humanness” – Moriah Hurst
Moriah Hurst, Nurture and Faith Development Pastor of Park View Mennonite Church., speaks on Me and My Messy Humanness (Isaiah 43:1-5) continuing the emphasis on Faith on a Human Scale introduced on Wednesday by Mandy Smith. Moriah Hurst joined the Park View Mennonite pastoral team in May 2016 after finishing an 8-year term with Mennonite Mission....
“Faith on a Human Scale” – Pastor Mandy Smith
What if it’s not our job, as Christians, to have all the answers? What if our greatest task is to daily rely on God? What if our reliance on God, not our answers, is what will transform the world? Are we willing to let them see us in need? Or only in strength? Originally from....