Chapel Gathering: Seminary

Let’s celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month!  “Rejoice with Those Who Rejoice, Mourn with Those Who Mourn” – Seminary student and pastor of Iglesia Mennonita Manantial de Vida, Carlos Malvaez, will share his journey of discovering and being called to ministry through the Mennonite Church.

Convocation: Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Indigenous Peoples’ Day Convocation features Sarah Augustine, author of The Land is Not Empty: Following Jesus in Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery. Sarah Augustine, a Pueblo (Tewa) descendant, is founder and co-chair of the Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery Coalition and executive director of a dispute resolution center in central Washington State. She is also the co-founder....

Convocation: Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Indigenous Peoples’ Day Convocation features Sarah Augustine, author of The Land is Not Empty: Following Jesus in Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery. Sarah Augustine, a Pueblo (Tewa) descendant, is founder and co-chair of the Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery Coalition and executive director of a dispute resolution center in central Washington State. She is also the co-founder....

Campus Worship: Exploring Voices Together

Professor Benjamin Bergey leads this Hymn Sing featuring our new worship resource, Voices Together. Hear the stories behind the selected songs, prayers and more while also dedicating Voices Together for faith and spiritual nurture at EMU. Dr. Benjamin Bergey serves as Assistant Professor of Music at EMU and was the music editor for the Voices Together project.

Chapel Gathering: Seminary

“Nothing Can Happen Without Admitting Who We Are.” Rev. Crystal Sygeel, Associate Director for Call and Candidacy from the Office of Clergy Excellence will be our guest preacher.  She will preach from I Samuel 28:3-25 and Matthew 16:13-20. We welcome guests from the Virginia Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church.

Convocation: Jackie Font-Guzmán

Hear our EMU Executive Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Jackie Font-Guzmán, present her priorities for EMU in this address: Forging a community where we ALL belong and flourish. Jacqueline N. Font-Guzmán (Jackie) serves as the inaugural executive director of diversity, equity, and inclusion, president’s office. She is also a tenured professor in the Center for Justice....

Campus Worship: Lies I Learned in Church

Jesus is Nice and Other Lies I Learned in Church with Melissa Florer-Bixler Pastor and author Melissa Florer-Bixler teaches from her newest book, How to Have an Enemy: Righteous Anger and the Work of Peace, in which she looks closely at what the Bible says about enemies—who they are, what they do, and how Jesus and his....

Evening Lecture: Melissa Florer-Bixler

Is Polarization the Problem?: New Imagination for Times of Conflict with pastor and author Melissa Florer-Bixler. Pastor and author Melissa Florer-Bixler teaches from her newest book, How to Have an Enemy: Righteous Anger and the Work of Peace, in which she looks closely at what the Bible says about enemies—who they are, what they do, and how Jesus....