Speakers Bureau for EMS

Professors, staff and students at the seminary are willing to speak on the following topics. For more information or to schedule a speaker contact Marci Myers in the Church Relations office: , 540-432-4589 or 1-800-368-3383.

Linda Alley

• Understanding Spiritual Direction
• History of Tea Customs
• Apron Strings and Ties that Bind

Laura Amstutz

• Technology and the Church
• Women of the Bible
• Call and Vocation

Gerald Shenk

• On being Christian in encounters with people of other religions
• On faith and fear in a world of political tensions: why talk to enemies?
• Emerging and experimental church: learning with oncoming generations
• "This is war! What does the Sermon on the Mount have to do with it?"
• Faith in apocalyptic times: what some Muslims and some Christians believe
• Stones for bread? Bombs for peace? Must ancient civilizations clash in the 21st century?
• Hope Indeed! Stories of real peacemakers formed in faith
  

Sara Wenger Shenk

• Worship and worship renewal
• Renewed practice of the Lord's Supper
• Rituals of the Christian church
• Sermons that grow out of the biblical narrative
• Christian practices and faith/character formation
• Anabaptist ways of knowing
• Young adults and faith formation.
  

Don Smeeton

• The English Reformation (as an act of state or a religious awakening?)
• William Tyndale (Bible translator and martyr) and the first Bibles in English (and related problems of translation such as "Are there mansions in heaven?" "Why is Jesus called the 'author' of our faith?" Where did the King James translators get these terms?
• Social software (such as LibraryThing) and the future of libraries
• Pentecostalism, historically and/or theologically considered

Ervin Stutzman

• Weaving the Warp and Woof of Your Family Story
• Interpreting the Bible in the Anabaptist Tradition
• Hwo to Welcome New People into the Church
• The Missional Church and the Mennonite Tradition

Linford Stutzman

• Sailing Acts: Following Paul in the Mediterranean
  • Specific areas of focus can be requested such as: Paul’s Mission in the Roman Empire; The Mediterranean Sea from Acts to Revelations; Lessons from the Sea for Living Abundantly; The Church on a Sea of Change
• Learning from Acts on and around the Mediterranean Sea
  • Specific areas of focus may be requested such as: Dynamics of the Early Christian Movement in the Roman Empire; The Roman Empire, America in Globalization, and Mission in the Future; Sharing the Gospel of Peace in Globalization; Mentoring Young Adults in a Changing World
• Learning from the Gospels in the Land of the Bible
  • Specific areas of focus may be requested such as: The Jesus Movement in Palestine – new discoveries; Sharing the Good News in Areas of Conflict
  All of these themes can be presented using animated maps, slides, and video clips.

Dorothy Jean Weaver

• Bible studies on New Testament texts as per request
• Such specific topics as the following:
  • "The New Testament and the Environment: Towards a Christology for the Cosmos"
  • "Resistance and Nonresistance: New Testament Perspectives on Confronting the Powers"
  • "A God's-Eye View of Power: Reading the Gospel of Matthew in the 1st Century and the 21st"
  • "The Real World behind the Headlines: First-Hand Perspectives on the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict"

Mark R. Wenger

• Anabaptist-Mennonite Worship
• Practice and Theology Preaching Trends in the 21st Century Rite of Healing: Anointing the Sick with Oil
• Biblical Interpretation in the Anabaptist Tradition
• Congregationally Based Pastoral Training

Lawrence M. Yoder

• Muslim-Christian Relations and the Mission of the Church in Indonesia
• Jesus and Christian Mission: Was Jesus the First Missionary?
• Old Testament Springs of Christian Mission
• Evangelism as Initial Spiritual Guidance
• Initiation into Christian Faith: Working with Jesus in Making Disciples
• Mennonites' First Venture into Overseas Mission Javanese Mennonites: Their 150 Year Journey with Jesus
• The Muria Story: Chinese Mennonites Opening to All of Indonesia's Peoples
• Healing Ministry as Essential Christian Discipleship
• The Spiritual Disciplines of Building Relationships with Strangers--and Enemies
• The Spiritual Disciplines of Finding our Way into Strange Worlds
• Why Christians Need to Build Relationships with Muslims