Jake Kave,
“Evangelism in a Pluralistic Society”
Students in the seminary’s Master of Divinity program complete Capstone Integration Projects across the two semesters of their senior year. During the fall semester, they negotiate with the professors in the Formation in Missional Leadership class the design of their projects. They then complete their projects in the spring, producing a final paper and making a public presentation.
Gather for student leader perspectives on celebrating student-centered leadership and offering a prayerful blessing for Dr. Susan Schultz Huxman during this week of inauguration activities. Several student musical groups enhance this time of worship, celebration and blessing.
Reflections – Quinn Kathrineberg, Ariel Barbosa and Abigail Shelly.
Stings Ensemble – Jacinda Stahly, Isaac Dahl, Quinn Kathrineberg and Matthew Hunsberger.
Vocal Ensemble – Jon Bishop, Michaela Mast, Sylvia Mast, and Brandon Chupp.
Gospel Choir – Cameron White, Brittany Williams, Tae Dews, Ariel Barbosa, Andrew Troyer, Justin Odom, and Oksana Kittrell.
Gospel Choir Musicians – Earnest Kiah, Joseph Harder, Matej Gilgorevic, and Bruce Cypress.
Steve Wilcox,
“Do we need church?”
Students in the seminary’s Master of Divinity program complete Capstone Integration Projects across the two semesters of their senior year. During the fall semester, they negotiate with the professors in the Formation in Missional Leadership class the design of their projects. They then complete their projects in the spring, producing a final paper and making a public presentation.
Students from the Washington Community Scholars’ Center (WCSC) report on their experiences in the capital city.
EMS student Rebekah Nolt speaks in Chapel Gathering at Eastern Mennonite Seminary drawing on Matthew 3:13-4:11.
Julie Nitzsche,
“Becoming an Intergenerational Community of Faith”
Students in the seminary’s Master of Divinity program complete Capstone Integration Projects across the two semesters of their senior year. During the fall semester, they negotiate with the professors in the Formation in Missional Leadership class the design of their projects. They then complete their projects in the spring, producing a final paper and making a public presentation.
Andrea Yoder,
“Why did you come and why have you stayed? Examining the role and efficacy of seminary training in light of the current, broad ‘Church Climate’”
Students in the seminary’s Master of Divinity program complete Capstone Integration Projects across the two semesters of their senior year. During the fall semester, they negotiate with the professors in the Formation in Missional Leadership class the design of their projects. They then complete their projects in the spring, producing a final paper and making a public presentation.
Drawing from the story of dry bones in the book of Ezekiel, Kevin Ressler engages issues of injustice and what we are called to and how we are called to be involved in our neighbors’ plight.
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Kevin Ressler (EMU ’07); poet, playwright, Thespian, want-to-be-novelist, lover of the arts is father to Acacia, husband to Melissa, with anticipation for another child in May. He believes in injustice and hopes to work against it instead of pretending it away. He has been to over a dozen so-called developing countries and found that a lack of economic infrastructure doesn’t mean people are not developed spiritually or hospitably. As a Mennonite and Anabaptist, Kevin’s understanding of life’s work purpose is service driven for symptoms and solution focused for systems. He is from Lancaster. He left Lancaster for college. He returned to Lancaster. His father gave the best advice to him around 15 years old saying, “Kevin, you can do whatever you want but I want you to know what I’ll be proud of you for. I’ll be proud as long as whatever you do you help people.” Lastly, Kevin makes his living as Executive Director of Lancaster Meals on Wheels. He is running for Mayor of Lancaster City, PA, his beloved hometown because he believes we aren’t taking seriously the rise in poverty and crime and desires equitable opportunity for all of the 59,000 residents. He serves on a variety of community boards including ASSETS LANCASTER, Conestoga Valley Education Foundation, Executive Board of the Atlantic Coast Conference for Mennonite Church USA, and Everence Federal Credit Union. Oh, and he much prefers deep conversations to small talk.
Sarah Payne,
“The Painful Practice of Hope”
Students in the seminary’s Master of Divinity program complete Capstone Integration Projects across the two semesters of their senior year. During the fall semester, they negotiate with the professors in the Formation in Missional Leadership class the design of their projects. They then complete their projects in the spring, producing a final paper and making a public presentation.
Seven students participated in the 2017 C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest on March 24. Each speaker applied the Christian peace position to a contemporary concern in a short speech (8-10 min):
4:00–Molly White, Ruth’s Activism: Christianity, Identity, and Justice, senior Peacebuilding and Development major from Louisville, KY
13:58–Diego Barahona, Toda la sobra de lo que se llevaron:What was left over from what they took, senior,Biochemistry major from Tegucigalpa, Honduras
22:47–Kat Lehman, Diverse but United, Imperfect but Beautiful, senior, Biology major from Dover, OH
32:28–Hannah Mack-Boll, What is Your Intention, senior Peacebuilding and Development major from Lancaster, PA
43:22–Lydia Haggard, The Silent Treatment, sophomore, Bible and Religion major from Norristown, PA
53:27–Grantley Showalter, Hygge and the Mennonite Moderate, senior Peacebuilding and Development major from Waynesboro, PA
1:03:40–Joel Wheeler, A Participation Trophy for Millennials:Why Millennials Don’t Suck, and Why Society needs their Participation , senior Social Work major from Hudson, MI
