This University Chapel hymn sing led by focuses on our year-long Student Life and Campus Ministries theme of “Many Parts, One Body” drawing from and .

The Apostle Paul’s “body” metaphor of the church is as daunting as it is inspiring. Did he really expect his readers to act as though it were “true”? This message will invite you to look at the challenges to living out this Scriptural aspiration for the church. How might EMU approach the call to Christian unity in the midst of diversity in today’s world as a Christian university “like no other”?

, Executive Director of Mennonite Church USA, offers perspectives on the Church Being the Church in the context of our Many Parts, One Body theme, inspired by Romans 12 and 1 Corinthians 12.

Rejoice in hope, be patient in suffering, persevere in prayer. Contribute to the needs of the saints; extend hospitality to strangers. (Romans 12:11-13 NRSV)

When fear seeks to erect walls in our hearts, laws, and borders, the call of the Church is to an even fiercer love. For over 15 years, Casa Alterna co-founder, Anton Flores-Maisonet, has extended hopeful, patient, and persevering hospitality to Latinx immigrants. Via stories that inspire, Anton will remind us all that love crosses borders.

Anton Flores-Maisonet is co-founder of Casa Alterna, a hospitality house in Georgia devoted to faithful acts of mercy and justice alongside its Latinx neighbors. Casa Alterna serves as a hub for connecting and empowering neighbors via tutoring, community organizing, and popular education.

Because of Anton’s prophetic advocacy and tireless solidarity, he has been honored by two Spanish-language Atlanta-based newspapers as their respective “Person of the Year”. Additionally, Alterna was named “Organization of the Year” by Mundo Hispánico, the largest Spanish-language newspaper in Atlanta.

Anton Flores-Maisonet holds degrees in social work from Georgia State University and the University of Georgia.

How do you know your spiritual gifts and what are they for? Join Pastor Micah Hurst in exploring spiritual gifts in light of sharing God’s love with the world.

Micah Hurst serves as Pastor of Youth and Young Adult Ministries at Weaver’s Mennonite Church here in Harrisonburg, Va. His previous roles at ��ݮ���� include serving as a Residence Director for Cedarwood, Seminary student, and completing an internship with Campus Ministries.

Between the Apostle Paul, the Early Church, Ta-Nehisi Coates and Me – Campus Pastor

One white man’s attempt with confronting “the dream” as expressed by Coates in the ��–��Between the World and Me and noted in the admonitions of the Apostle Paul in the Christian scriptures informing the Student Life theme – Many Parts, One Body.

Romans 12 and 1 Corinthians 12 (and 1 Corinthians 11:17-34)

Join  to dig down into this formational theme. Chris is Lead Pastor of .