J. Nelson Kraybill Archives - EMU News /now/news/tag/j-nelson-kraybill/ News from the ²ÝÝ®ÉçÇø community. Wed, 24 Sep 2014 16:27:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 Use Power Rightly, Seminary Graduates Told /now/news/2005/use-power-rightly-seminary-graduates-told/ Mon, 02 May 2005 04:00:00 +0000 http://www.emu.edu/blog/news/?p=881 The graduates of Eastern Mennonite Seminary face a
paradox: They will be in positions of power and authority, but their
strength will emerge amid their ‘weaknesses and vulnerabilities.’

At the seminary’s 56th annual commencement held Apr. 30 in EMU’s Lehman
Auditorium, the speaker told the graduates that ‘power isn’t something we
have a right to but is entrusted to us by God. It can easily be usurped.’

]]> Seminary Sets Annual Commencement /now/news/2005/seminary-sets-annual-commencement/ Mon, 04 Apr 2005 04:00:00 +0000 http://www.emu.edu/blog/news/?p=851 Eastern Mennonite Seminary will hold its 56th annual
commencement 3 p.m. Saturday, Apr. 30, in Lehman Auditorium on the EMU
campus.

J. Nelson Kraybill, president of Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary,
Elkhart, Ind., will give the commencement address during the ceremonies.

EMS dean Ervin R. Stutzman will preside and confer degrees or certificates
on the 28 members of the seminary class of 2005. The seminary will award
19 master of divinity degrees, one master of arts in religion degree and
three master of arts in church leadership degrees. Five persons will
receive the certificate in ministry studies.

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