“I always knew I would be a teacher” – Dorothy Jean Weaver
In Chapel Gathering at Eastern Mennonite Seminary, Dr. Dorothy Jean Weaver, retiring Professor of New Testament at EMS, shares reflections on her vocational journey leading her to teach at EMS.
“Reclaiming Our Power” – Andrew Suderman
Andrew Suderman, Instructor in the EMU Bible and Religion Department, addresses Chapel Gathering at EMS with his message, “Reclaiming our Power” drawing from Acts 1:1-8.
“Shining Like Stars in the World!” – Bruce Campbell Janz
Bruce Campbell-Janz, Executive Director of Mennonite Central Committee, East Coast, addresses the gathered community in Martin Chapel at Eastern Mennonite Seminary with a message based on Philippians 2:1-15.
“God’s Own People: Re-imagining the Community of Jesus” – Earl Zimmerman
Earl Zimmerman, pastor at Daniel’s Run Peace Church in Fairfax, VA, addresses Chapel Gathering at Eastern Mennonite Seminary with his message, “God’s Own People: Re-imagining the Community of Jesus.”
“Attending to God” – Janeen Bertsche Johnson
“Attending to God,” reflections on Isaiah 42 by Janeen Bertsche Johnson, campus pastor of Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminaries, Elkhart, IN.
“Meet Menno Simons” – an impersonation by Gerald Brunk
Hear History Professor Emeritus Gerald Brunk share an impersonation of Menno Simons.* Brunk’s rendition will challenge you to deepen your own life of faith, and to pursue your own calling. * “Menno Simons (1496 – 31 January 1561) was a former Catholic priest from the Friesland region of the Low Countries who became an influential Anabaptist religious leader. Simons was a contemporary....
“Hope and History in King, Obama and Coates” – Peter Dula
Powerpoint Slides Peter Dula offered a similar version of this Chapel Gathering at University Chapel on January 24. Does the arc of history really bend towards justice as King and Obama liked to say? Think theologically about hope and history with Professor Peter Dula as part of the Common Read Chapel Series on Between the....
“Back to the Future” – Pastor Kirk Hanger
Pastor Kirk Hanger speaks in Seminary Chapel Gathering from Acts 11:19-30 and Acts 13:1-5.
“Not Knowing, Being Known” – Seminary Convocation with Dr. Nancy Heisey
Dr. Nancy Heisey delivers the address at the Spring Semester 2018 opening convocation: “Not Knowing, Being Known.” Her remarks draw from Psalm 139 and 1 Samuel 3:1-10.
“The End of Lament” – Andrea Dalton Saner
Dr. Andrea Dalton Saner, Assistant Professor of Old Testament and Hebrew Language at EMS, addresses Chapel Gathering around Psalm 88 and Romans 8:18-39. Context: Romans 8 is not an Advent text, but perhaps it could be. Advent is a season of waiting–perhaps of groaning–and repenting, preparing ourselves to be awake and ready for the coming....