Spiritual Life Week ‘Chapel Gathering’ – Shaun Groves
The good news of the Bible is not only about what we have been saved from, but also what we have been saved for – something to do with God’s plan to provide for the poor. This plan can be traced from an obscure law about bread in the biblical book of Exodus. Listen to....
Seminary Convocation: “Sustaining Life” Dr. Lonnie Yoder
Dr. Lonnie Yoder, Eastern Mennonite Seminary Associate Dean, offers the Spring semester convocation address for Chapel Gathering at the Seminary Chapel Gathering services held in Martin Chapel at Eastern Mennonite Seminary are planned by the Seminary community but open to all.
Seminary Spiritual Life Week: Opening to Presence
“The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us” Speakers: John and Sandy Dresher-Lehman John has a bachelor’s degree in rehab counseling and masters of social work from Virginia Commonweath. He worked with addictions and trauma work for 15 years. Since 2003 he has been working in private practice, with a focus on trauma....
Seminary Spiritual Life Week: Deepening into Silence
“The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it” Speakers: John and Sandy Dresher-Lehman John has a bachelor’s degree in rehab counseling and masters of social work from Virginia Commonweath. He worked with addictions and trauma work for 15 years. Since 2003 he has been working in private practice, with a....
Seminary Spiritual Life Week: Born of Words
“The Word gave life to everything that was created, and his life brought light to everyone” Speakers: John and Sandy Dresher-Lehman John has a bachelor’s degree in rehab counseling and masters of social work from Virginia Commonweath. He worked with addictions and trauma work for 15 years. Since 2003 he has been working in private....
Seminary Fall Convocation
Michael A. King,Vice President and Dean of Eastern Mennonite Seminary, offers the address in this Fall Convocation chapel gathering in the seminary. His message is titled, “A Bible as big as the Universe”.
Losing that Loving Feeling–Leonard Dow
In this chapel gathering in the Seminary connected with the University’s Spiritual Life Week, Pastor Leonard Dow references the 1964 song by the Righteous Brothers, “You’ve lost that loving feeling” as he speaks from the heart, reflecting on Revelations 2:1-7. Each semester, campus ministries hosts Spiritual Life Week, an engaging series of events aimed at....
Seminary Convocation – “Sabbath: a freeing discipline”
In the Seminary Spring semester convocation address Lonnie Yoder invites students, faculty, staff, and guests to consider the discipline of sabbath amidst frenzied schedules. Dr. Yoder serves as Associate Dean of Eastern Mennonite Seminary and Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling. In this convocation, he draws on Matthew 11: 25-30.
Taking Root Downward: A Call to Bio-regional Discipleship
Elaine Enns and Ched Myers speak for this third event in the annual Augsburger Lecture Series on “Taking Root Downward: A call to bio-regional Discipleship.” Their work is in the faith-based peace and justice movement. For information about their organization, check out Bartimaeus Cooperative Ministries. The 2010 Augsburger Lecture Series is co-sponsored by the Augsburger....
Cultivating Life in the Spirit–Willi Hugo Perez
Willi Hugo Perez wraps up Eastern Mennonite Seminary’s Spiritual Life Week with this third of three chapel addresses. Perez, a 2004 graduate of EMS, is the current rector (president) of SEMILLA, the Latin American Anabaptist Seminary in Guatemala. In this chapel, he speaks in Spanish and is translated by Marvin Lorenzana, Director of Multicultural Services.