Chapel Gathering: Seminary
ACE Festival/Senior Capstones: “Playing and Praying with Scripture: Rediscovering Biblical Imagination through Ignatian Contemplation” by MaryBeth Moore and “To Glaze with Love: Visual Arts as Spiritual Formation” by Carmen Miller.
Chapel Gathering: Seminary
Join us for an All Saints Day Observance with candle lighting, remembrance prayers and a brief meditation by Courtney Joyner, Wesley Theological Seminary Liaison to the United Methodist seminary students.
Chapel Gathering: Seminary
Join us for a Service of Morning Prayers adapted from the book of Common Prayer with readings from Eugene Peterson’s The Jesus Way.
Indigenous Peoples’ Day: VeRONAka film
Screening of VeRONAka with a response from filmmaker Kahstoserakwathe Paulette Moore of The Aunties Dandelion Project and a panel of EMU faculty and staff members.Panelists: Kahstoserakwathe Paulette Moore, Celeste Thomas, Jerry Holsopple, Katie Mansfield, and Tala Alngag Bautista with Kirsten Beachy as host. From Kahstoserakwathe Paulette Moore:The VeRONAka movie is a 10-minute comedy/drama with a documentary twist. The film is....
Campus Worship: -the very messy middle-
Are you weary of conflict? Disagreements in the public square? Disharmony in meetings? Lean in to listen, learn and love …Join Rev. Michael Gulker, of The Colossian Forum, for his presentation, “Leaves of the Tree of Life: Remembering Our End During the Very Messy Middle.” Reading Revelation 22 (especially, vv1-5) could be helpful preparation. We are....
Chapel Gathering: Seminary
Mennonite pastor Rev. Michael Gulker, President, Colossian Forum will be preaching on Revelations 22:1-5 in a sermon entitled: “Leaves of the Tree of Life: Witnessing to Our End During a Very Messy Middle,” In the face of complex cultural issues, the Colossian Forum equips Christians to transform these conflicts into opportunities for spiritual growth and witness. Striving to....
Chapel Gathering: Seminary
Join us for a time of prayer from the Anabaptist Prayer Book with readings from Father Richard Rohr
Campus Worship: Where are we in God’s story?
Given layered dynamics of the COVID-19 health pandemic, racial injustice/systemic white supremacy, class oppression, climate change and a global economic crisis, where are we in God’s story? Several area Christian pastors respond. Stephanie Sorge, Trinity Presbyterian ChurchMoriah Hurst, Park View Mennonite ChurchScott Harris, Greenmount Church of the BrethrenAmanda Miller Garber, Rise Faith CommunityChris Johnson, Divine Unity Community....
Convocation – Pádraig Ó Tuama
In the Shelter: Finding a Home in the World Hello to Language. What does it mean to use language today? — in a time of pandemic, in the latest racist decade of a racist era, in a time where truth is questioned and language is fake if it’s labelled fake. Taking an approach from his....
Seminary Chapel – Pádraig Ó Tuama
Our special guest Pádraig Ó Tuama will be speaking on, Jesus of Nazareth: Strange Man in Strange Times. This chapel will take a fresh exploration at some stories of Jesus of Nazareth. Taking a literary approach to the gospel texts, we will consider — through story, poetry, literary analysis and imagination — the character of this man....