Opening Seminary Convocation Worship 鈥淐hristian Leadership in a Divided World鈥濃�揇r. Sue Cockley
Dr. Sue Cockley, Dean of Eastern Mennonite Seminary, opens the EMS Fall 2018 Semester with her convocation address, “Christian Leadership in a Divided World.”
Seminary Convocation: “After the boxes are packed” – Dr. Michael King
Fall Convocation 2016 鈥淎fter the boxes are packed鈥� Lamentations 3:1-26. Dr. Michael A. King, Eastern Mennonite Seminary Dean Theme: Clinging to the Lord鈥檚 steadfast love and mercies when nothing else seems available and even the assurances that our hope is in God seem insubstantial.
“On The Way” – Dr. Lonnie Yoder
In his Spring 2016 opening convocation address, Dr. Lonnie Yoder, EMS Associate Dean and Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling, engages our awareness of ministry that happens 鈥淥n the Way鈥� !
“Recognizing Jesus when Phone Booths Vanish” 鈥揇r. Michael King
Seminary Dean, Dr. Michael King, opens the EMS fall semester with his convocation address, 鈥淩ecognizing Jesus when Phone Booths Vanish.鈥澛� King writes: When I saw a PBS video on seminaries posted under a heading that asked if聽what we teach is repairing phone booths, that caught my attention. Maybe聽because I turn 60 next month, I remember....
鈥淒iscernment, Fear, & Hope鈥� 鈥� Dr. Lonnie Yoder
In the Seminary Spring Convocation address, Dr. Lonnie Yoder, EMS Associate Dean and Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling, offers Reflections on 鈥淒iscernment, Fear, and Hope.鈥� The entire campus community is invited to every chapel service on campus. Eastern Mennonite Seminary hosts chapel gatherings in Martin Chapel every Tuesday and Thursday morning at 11:00.
Seminary Convocation: “Leaving Home to Find It” – Dr. Lonnie Yoder
Dr. Lonnie Yoder, Eastern Mennonite Seminary Associate Dean and Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling, offers the Spring semester convocation address for聽 Chapel Gathering at the Seminary. The entire campus community is invited to every chapel worship service on聽campus. Eastern Mennonite Seminary hosts chapel gatherings in Martin聽Chapel every Tuesday and Thursday;聽EMU聽Campus Ministries hosts chapel聽gatherings every....
“From Position Statements to Communities of Discernment” — Dr. Michael King
Seminary Dean, Dr. Michael King, opens the EMS fall semester with his convocation address, ” From Position Statements to Communities of Discernment: EMS as Discernment Training Center.” Dr King’s comments and reflections to close this chapel offer a helpful summary of his address: “I know only in part鈥攐nly as if through a mirror dimly.聽 That....
Seminary Convocation: 鈥淪ustaining Life鈥� Dr. Lonnie Yoder
Dr. Lonnie Yoder, Eastern Mennonite Seminary Associate Dean, offers the Spring semester convocation address for聽 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 Fall Convocation
Michael A. King,Vice President and Dean of聽 Eastern Mennonite Seminary, offers the address in this Fall Convocation chapel gathering in the seminary.聽 His message is titled,聽 鈥淎 Bible as big as the Universe鈥�.
Seminary Convocation 鈥� 鈥淪abbath: a freeing discipline鈥�
In the Seminary Spring semester convocation address Lonnie Yoder invites students, faculty, staff, and guests to consider the discipline of sabbath amidst frenzied schedules.聽 Dr. Yoder serves as Associate Dean of Eastern Mennonite Seminary and Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling.聽 In this convocation, he draws on Matthew 11: 25-30.