“Let Go and Let It Be” – MA in Counseling program

Masters in Counseling Program Faculty and Students lead this Chapel Gathering in the Seminary (Reflection by LaDawn Knicely). The entire campus community is invited to every chapel worship service on campus. Eastern Mennonite Seminary hosts chapel gatherings in Martin Chapel every Tuesday and Thursday; EMU Campus Ministries hosts chapel gatherings every Wednesday and Friday in....

It’s Time to Jump – Mama Brenda Matthews

Mama Brenda Matthews, Undergraduate Spiritual Life Week speaker, addresses Chapel Gathering in the Seminary.  Brenda is an ordained pastor, social activist and poet pregnant with purpose. She seeks to plant seeds of change in the hearts of those who have fallen through the cracks. Chapel Gathering services held in Martin Chapel at Eastern Mennonite Seminary....

“Jesus’ Influence toward Peacebuilding” – Dann and Joji Pantoja

On two separate  occasions this week, the EMU Campus had the opportunity to hear and visit with Dann and Joji Pantoja, MCC Canada Witness workers hosted locally by Virginia Mennonite Mission.  In these chapels, the couple gives witness to Jesus’ influence on their lives and peacebuilding. As a young man raised in a church planting....

Seminary SLW3: “A Bridge To God” – Conrad and Donna Mast

Seminary Spiritual Life Week speakers Donna and Conrad Mast speak this week on the theme “Passage: Building bridges you’d rather burn.” Thursday’s Chapel: “A Bridge to God”- Jonah 1:1-12 The entire campus community is invited to every chapel worship service on campus. Eastern Mennonite Seminary hosts chapel gatherings in Martin Chapel every Tuesday and Thursday;....

Seminary SLW2: “A Bridge To Others” – Conrad and Donna Mast

Seminary Spiritual Life Week speakers Donna and Conrad Mast speak this week on the theme “Passage: Building bridges you’d rather burn.” Wednesday’s Chapel: “A Bridge To Others”- Acts 9:10-18 Ananias meeting Saul; Ephesians 2:13-22 God has broken down the dividing wall. The entire campus community is invited to every chapel worship service on campus. Eastern....

Seminary SLW1: “A Bridge To Self” – Conrad and Donna Mast

Seminary Spiritual Life Week speakers Donna and Conrad Mast speak this week on the theme “Passage: Building bridges you’d rather burn.” Tuesday’s Chapel: “A Bridge To Self”- Romans 12:1-5; Genesis 32:24-30 The entire campus community is invited to every chapel worship service on campus. Eastern Mennonite Seminary hosts chapel gatherings in Martin Chapel every Tuesday....

“Still Holding On” – David Evans

New EMS Assistant Professor of History, Mission, Intercultural, and Interfaith Studies David Evans draws from the following scripture texts as he engages us in our Chapel Gathering on the topic, “Still Holding On:” Psalm 22:1-15, Mark 15:33-37, John 10:27-30. The entire campus community is invited to every chapel worship service on campus. Eastern Mennonite Seminary....

“Finding God between time and infinity” Les Horning

Les Horning is the Seminary Associate Director of Development, Admissions and Church Relationships. The entire campus community is invited to every chapel worship service on campus. Eastern Mennonite Seminary hosts chapel gatherings in Martin Chapel every Tuesday and Thursday; EMU Campus Ministries hosts chapel gatherings every Wednesday and Friday in Lehman Auditorium. Specifics and occasional....

“From Position Statements to Communities of Discernment” — Dr. Michael King

Seminary Dean, Dr. Michael King, opens the EMS fall semester with his convocation address, ” From Position Statements to Communities of Discernment: EMS as Discernment Training Center.” Dr King’s comments and reflections to close this chapel offer a helpful summary of his address: “I know only in part—only as if through a mirror dimly.  That....

“Banqueting in Corinth” – The Augsburger Lectures

“Our Journey into Worship and Mission” is the theme Alan and Eleanor Kreider will bring to the campus community as guests for the Augsburger Lecture series this spring. Their theme for seminary chapel on April 12 is “Banqueting in Corinth.” Alan and Eleanor Kreider The Kreiders bring scholarship, storytelling, and experience to incarnational missiology. The....