“Reflections on Listening together” – Dr. Loren Swartzendruber

President Swartzendruber discusses the Listening Process as the Seminary Community is called to prayer for discernment. The entire campus community is invited to every chapel service on campus. Eastern Mennonite Seminary hosts chapel gatherings in Martin Chapel every Tuesday and Thursday morning at 11:00.

Inside Athletics: January 24, 2014

In this week’s “Inside Athletics” podcast, Dave and James discuss the basketball teams and their respective three-game winning streaks.  Dave then talks about the NCAA Convention he attended last week, giving some bullets points from two sessions he attended on a pair of hot-button current events. Inside Athletics is a weekly podcast hosted by Director....

“Take the First Step in Faith: A History of Inclusion at EMU” – Mark Metzler Sawin

Ideas of community identity are often built by drawing lines, defining what and who a community is and is not. When a community decides that Inclusion is a trait it values, it thus presents a challenge. This chapel address is a local look at how the Harrisonburg community and the Mennonites of the Valley addressed....

Inside Athletics: January 17, 2014

In this week’s “Inside Athletics” podcast, James flies solo with Dave at NCAA meetings in sunny San Diego.  James digs a little deeper into the big wins for both men’s and women’s basketball in their games Wednesday night, and talks about some big milestones for two individual players.  He also sheds a little more light....

“Christian Unity in Song, Hymns, and Scripture” — Matthew Hunsberger and Seth Crissman

In Preparation for the upcoming Week of Prayer for Christian Unity and the accompanying chapel service led by guests from the Focolare movement on Thursday, Matthew Hunsberger and Seth Crissman lead a song service focusing on Christian unity within diversity. Kevin Clark and Dorothy Jean Weaver lead in prayers and the reading of scripture.

“14 Things that Climate Change is Ruining” – Earthkeepers

As a follow-up to President Swartzendruber’s opening convocation, students reflect on how climate change is impacting students and communities connected to EMU and what our role is in keeping the earth as a practice of faithfulness. Erin Rheinheimer and Melinda Norris present a list of “14 of Your Favorite Things that Climate Change is Ruining.”....

Inside Athletics: January 10, 2014

  In this week’s “Inside Athletics” podcast, Dave and James open the show by talking about the final non-conference game for the basketball teams.  Men’s volleyball coach Dominick Porter then joins the show, shedding light on his history both as a player at EMU and then on his time playing professionally in Germany and with....

University Convocation: “Turn Down the Heat” – President Loren Swartzendruber

President Loren Swartzendruber launches a new semester as he addresses the campus community with a message inspired by Psalm 24:1; Romans 8:20-22; Colossians 1:15-17; and Revelation 22:1-2. Chapel closes with a time of sending for the Guatemala & Mexico Cross Cultural group.

“Discernment, Fear, & Hope” — Dr. Lonnie Yoder

In the Seminary Spring Convocation address, Dr. Lonnie Yoder, EMS Associate Dean and Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling, offers Reflections on “Discernment, Fear, and Hope.” The entire campus community is invited to every chapel service on campus. Eastern Mennonite Seminary hosts chapel gatherings in Martin Chapel every Tuesday and Thursday morning at 11:00.