Recent Chapels
Fall 2011
Friday, December 2
Chapel Forum: Global Warming and the Risen LORD – Rev. Jim Ball
Wednesday, November 30
Departmental Chapels: Faith Conversations with Faculty
Friday, November 18
Chapel Forum: As long as it depends on you, live peaceably… – Bishop Dr. Tilewa Johnson
Wednesday, November 16
Chapel Worship: Inspire to Succeed Globally – ISO
Friday, November 11
Chapel Forum: Community Building through Economic Development – Loren Hostetter (MEDA)
Wednesday, November 9
Chapel Worship: Worship in Diversity – D.O.R.D.
Friday, November 4
Chapel Forum: Reflections from Washington Community Scholars’ Center
Wednesday, November 2
Chapel Worship: Sex, Power & Lost Wonder – Carolyn Stauffer
Friday, October 28
Chapel Forum: I Met God this Summer – Rebekah Maldonado-Nofziger & Jamie Hiner
Wednesday, October 26
Chapel Worship: Get out of the Boat – Laurie Miller
Friday, October 21
Chapel Forum: Applying the Greatest Commandment – Mark Adams
Wednesday, October 19
Hymn Sing Chapel: Joanne Gallardo
Friday, October 14
Homecoming Chapel: Inspired Peacebuilding – Leymah Gbowee ’11 and Doug Hostetter ’66
Wednesday, October 12
Chapel Worship: Latino Heritage Month
Friday, October 7
Chapel Worship: Get out of the Boat! – Brenda Matthews
Wednesday, October 5
Chapel Worship: Get out of the Boat! – Brenda Matthews
Friday, September 30
Chapel Forum: Stories on Faith, Service and Relief – Ken Sensenig
Wednesday, September 28
Chapel Worship: Do not get into a Boat with Jesus (If you want to stay dry!) – Lindord Stutzman
Friday, September 23
Chapel Forum: Summer Cross-Culturals – Costa Rica, Honduras & Peru
Wednesday, September 21
Chapel Worship: Shameless Sexuality – Keith Graber Miller
Friday, September 16
Chapel Forum: Unity and Equality – Latino Student Alliance
Wednesday, September 14
Chapel Worship: Get Out of the Boat – Campus Ministries Team
Friday, September 9
Chapel Worship: Licensing Service for Joanne Gallardo
Wednesday, September 7
Chapel Worship: Get out of the Boat – Eric Codding
Friday, September 2
Opening Chapel: Transformation Invitation – Luke Hartman ’91
Wednesday, August 31
Opening Convocation: Our Shared Values – Loren Swartzendruber
Spring 2011
Wednesday, April 20
Holy Week Chapel
Friday, April 15
Chapel Forum – Washington Community Scholars’ Center
Wednesday, April 13
Student Recognition Chapel
Friday, April 8
Chapel Forum – Take Your Turn tour – Kim Thiessen (MCC Generations at Risk project)
Wednesday, April 6
Chapel Worship: Story Time with the Pastoral Assistants (perseverance)
Wednesday, March 30
Chapel Worship: Invisible Children
Friday, March 25
Chapel Forum – God of Returns: Attachment, Spirituality and Coming Home – Dr. Annmarie Early
Wednesday, March 23
Chapel Worship: Voices for Peace
Friday, March 4
Mountain Dervish, Pilgrim for Peace – Jonathan Larson
Wednesday, March 2
Journey through Mental Illness – Sara Beachy & Amanda Grace Lewis
Friday, February 25
Why we worship – Benjamin Bergey
Wednesday, February 23
Jesus, are you the one? – Firman Gingerich
Friday, February 18
Called by God: Ordinary People, Extraordinary God – Leonard Dow
Wednesday, February 16
Called by God: Wrestling with God – Leonard Dow
Friday, February 11
Talking to God: a journey of faith – Elizabeth Gannaway & Morgan Porter
Wednesday, February 9
Young Adults Building Up the Global Church – Carlos Alvarez Woo
Friday, January 4
Faith, Hope and Struggles of local African-Americans – Mark Metzler Sawin
Wednesday, February 2
Is God Calling you to the Wilderness? – Lester Zook and student reflections
Friday, January 28
God’s Spirit is Here! (Luke 4:18-19) – Four Chapel Groups
Wednesday, January 26
God’s Spirit is Here! (Luke 4:18-19) – Don Clymer and Cynthia Veenis
Friday, January 21
Pornography: We all Have a Problem – Phil Kniss
Wednesday, January 19
Jesus: Who and Why? – Judy Mullet, Walt Surratt, Moira rogers
Friday, January 14
MLK in the Context of the Kingdom of God – Ron Copeland
Wednesday, January 12
Opening Convocation: Called to Serve and Lead – President Loren Swartzendruber
Fall 2010
Wednesday, December 15
Cross-Cultural Chapel: Reflections from Spain and Morocco
Monday, December 13
Christmas Chapel
Friday, December 10
Student Recognition Chapel – Byron Peachey
Wednesday, December 8
Reflections on being Strangers and Aliens – Alicia Horst
Friday, December 3
Expectant Waiting – Cindy Voth
Wednesday, December 1
Following Jesus into “What Next?” – Janelle Freed
Friday, November 19
Our World, Our Stories – International Student Organization
Wednesday, November 17
Decisionism, Denominationalism or Discipleship? Call to the Way – Elaine Enns & Ched Myers
Friday, November 12
The King’s Heralds Quartet
Wednesday, November 10
Dialogue on Race and Diversity in South Africa – Carl and Carolyn Stauffer
Friday, November 5
Jesus: Who and Why? – Campus Ministry Pastoral Assistants
Wednesday, November 3
Take Back the Night: Light the Silence
Friday, October 29
Following Jesus Across Borders – Mark Adams (Spiritual Life Week)
Wednesday, October 27
Following Jesus Across Borders – Mark Adams (Spiritual Life Week)
Friday, October 22
Reflections from Washington Community Scholars’ Center
Wednesday, October 20
Confessions of a Former Fundamentalist Unitarian – Joanne Gallardo
Friday, October 15
Community Hymn Sing – Joanne Gallardo
Wednesday, October 13
Jesus: Who and Why? – Heidi Miller Yoder
Friday, October 8
Midwives in Haiti – Nadene Brunk
Wednesday, October 6
A Case for Christian Environmentalism – Earthkeepers
Friday, October 1
Why Relief? – Luke Schrock Hurst and Friends
Wednesday, September 29
Peace with Creation in the Gulf? – James Akerson
Friday, September 24
Reflections from Around the World – Summer Cross-Culturals
Wednesday, September 22
C.S. Lewis (Really?) – Actor David Payne
Friday, September 17
Seek and You will Find (Matthew 7:7) – Pastoral Assistants
Wednesday, September 15
Ven a Mi Mesa – Latino Student Alliance and Rick Castaneda
Friday, September 10
Songs and Stories of Faith – Hector David
Wednesday, September 8
Come to Me! Come Together! – Undergraduate Dean Nancy Heisey
Friday, September 3
Jesus: Who and Why? – Campus Pastors
Consider who Jesus is to you and what difference Jesus makes in your daily living with campus pastors Brian Martin Burkholder, Joanne Gallardo and Byron Peachey.
Wednesday, September 1
Opening convocation: Think about these things – President Loren Swartzendruber
The EMU campus community gathers to hear President Loren Swartzendruber reflect on Philippians 4:4-9 to open the academic year.