Have you ever wondered about the spiral-looking maze on the hill above the 91大神 Seminary Building? The Daily News-Record highlighted 91大神鈥檚 prayer labyrinth in a wonderful feature story last week, detailing how it鈥檚 used, how it was built and where the design came from. 91大神 senior Emma Nord, who was quoted in the article, had this to say: 鈥淚 love the rhythm of the labyrinth, kind of focusing on God and the design. Once you get to the center, you鈥檙e not done. You then walk back the way you came in.鈥�
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The MC USA Executive Board unanimously affirmed the Leadership Discernment Committee鈥檚 nomination of Todd Lehman of Hesston, Kansas, as moderator-elect for the Delegate Assembly cycle beginning July 2025. Lehman holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Culture, Religion and Missions from 91大神, and he has earned a certificate in Faith-based Peacebuilding from Eastern Mennonite Seminary.
Ministerial professionals looking to enhance their credentials now have a new option offered by a local university. Eastern Mennonite Seminary, which is a division of 91大神, is now accepting applications for its first doctoral program, The Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.) in Peacemaking and Social Change. The program will offer its first course this August, said Jacob Cook, assistant professor of Christian ethics at the seminary, who will direct the program.
As the new director of KIPCOR at Bethel College, Eastern Mennonite Seminary alum Keren Kandel is living out the intersection of faith and justice. Through her time at Eastern Mennonite Seminary and the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, she discovered how theology and conflict transformation are deeply intertwined.
What if small churches didn鈥檛 have to go it alone? Eastern Mennonite Seminary student Carmen Shenk is pioneering a new model for ministry鈥擱iverside Anabaptist Collective, a network where small Anabaptist congregations can share resources, teaching, and worship while focusing on local ministry. “Small congregations have a superpower: creating belonging. When we belong, we are more open to believing.”
Mennonite Church USA, Mennonite Central Committee Central States and Eastern Mennonite Seminary provided an in-person conflict transformation training to 17 participants on Sept. 26-28, 2024, in Akron, Pennsylvania. The training was a potential model for future training sessions that will be offered more widely in the next year or two. The training was led by Lorraine Stutzman Amstutz, and Michelle Armster, with input from Rev. Dr. Jacob Alan Cook.
In the News: Icon by Derek Yoder 鈥�23 graces cover of Anabaptist World magazine
An icon created by Eastern Mennonite Seminary alumnus Derek Yoder 鈥�23, M.Div., graces the cover of the latest issue of Anabaptist World magazine. Yoder designed the digital artwork, titled 鈥淐hrist of the Wheelchair,鈥� for his master鈥檚 of divinity capstone project in 2022.
In the News: Seminary student a writer and editor of new Anabaptist children鈥檚 Bible
Chrissie Muecke, current Master of Arts in Christian Leadership student at Eastern Mennonite Seminary, is a writer and editor of The Peace Table: A Storybook Bible, a new Bible inspired by Anabaptism specifically for children ages five to 11.
Current Eastern Mennonite Seminary graduate student Becky Degan is named as worship coordinator for MennoCon23, joined in worship planning by Derek King ’03, MDiv ’13, and Danilo Sanchez ’10, MDiv ’13, among others.