Movement One: Christian Beliefs "Christ Pre-eminent"

Sep 01-

Convocation

Sep 03-

Eldon Fry

Seniors meet in Hostetter Chapel with Evie Telfer

Sep 08-

Evie Telfer

Seniors meet in Hostetter Chapel with Eldon Fry

Sep 10-

Emerson Powery

Emerson B. Powery is a Professor in New Testament in the Department of Theology in the School of Religion.  Added to the ranks in 1996, he presently leads courses in Koine Greek, Synoptic Gospels, Greco-Roman Religions, and Hermeneutics.  He received his undergraduate degree from Lee, a Master of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D. in New Testament & Christian Origins from Duke University (in 1999). In 2003, Powery published his dissertation, Jesus Reads Scripture (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2003).  He is one of four editors of True to Our Native Land: An African American New Testament Commentary (Fortress Press, 2007) for which he also wrote the commentary section on the Gospel of Mark.  He co-edited a collection of essays, The Spirit and the Mind:  Essays in Informed Pentecostalism, published articles on hermeneutics and biblical interpretation in Word & World, AME Church Review, The Journal of Pentecostal Theology, Ex Auditu, SBL Forum and Journal of Biblical Studies.org, published reviews for Critical Review of Books in Religion, Pneuma, and Religious Studies Review, and devotionals for The African-American Devotional Bible: King James Version. 

Currently his research projects include a commentary on the Gospel of Mark and the function of biblical texts within the 19th century “slave narrative” tradition.  In addition, in consultation with a team of scholars, he is formally engaged in a study of the pedagogical use of “slave narratives” in religious studies courses. 

Sep 15-

Sharon Baker

Messiah College Assistant Professor of Theology and Religion

Co-ordinator of the Peace and Conflict Studies Program

Education: B.A., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1997; M.A., Texas Christian University (Brite Divinity School), 1999; Ph.D., Southern Methodist University, 2006.

Research Interests: Atonement theory; openness of God theology; interfaith studies, Continental Philosophical Theology, and Sociological study of religion.

Sep 17-

Elective/Wittlinger Chapels

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Wittlinger Chapel meets in the Grantham Church

Sep 22-

Brian Smith

Senior Lecturer in Bible
Teaching Pastor in College Ministries

Education: B.A., Taylor University, 1988; M.Div., Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, 1994; M.Phil., Ph.D., Hebrew Union College--Jewish Institute of Religion, 1999, 2007.

Research Interests: ancient Israel; Hebrew narrative; ancient Near Eastern religion.

Sep 24-

Brian Smith

Senior Lecturer in Bible
Teaching Pastor in College Ministries

Education: B.A., Taylor University, 1988; M.Div., Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, 1994; M.Phil., Ph.D., Hebrew Union College--Jewish Institute of Religion, 1999, 2007.

Research Interests: ancient Israel; Hebrew narrative; ancient Near Eastern religion.

Sep 29-

Resurrection Celebration

Oct 01-

Elective/Wittlinger Chapels

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Wittlinger Chapel meets in the Grantham Church

Oct 06-

Woody Dalton

Pastor Woody was born in Virginia, but has made Harrisburg Brethren in Christ Church his home for 25 years. He has been married to his wife, Kim, for 27 years. Kim is a licensed psychologist and has training as a Spiritual Director (a type of spiritual mentoring, also called "Holy Listening"). Woody and Kim have three active teenage sons: Christopher, Zachary, and Jesse.  When he finds a few minutes to relax, Woody can most likely be found on the golf course (if there's anything less than a monsoon or blizzard) or playing chess.
Pastor Woody's education includes: Associate of Art from Emmanuel Junior College, Bachelor of Arts from the University of Alabama, Master of Divinity from Eastern Mennonite Seminary, and Doctor of Ministry from Union Theological Seminary in Richmond.

Movement Two: Life of Worship "Offering ourselves to God"

Oct 08-

Luke Powery

Luke A. Powery is the Perry and Georgia Engle Assistant Professor of Homiletics at Princeton Theological Seminary. He earned his M.Div. from Princeton Seminary and his Th.D. through Emmanuel College, University of Toronto in Toronto, Canada. His dissertation was titled “The Holy Spirit and African-American Preaching.”  His academic interests are located at the intersection of pneumatology, preaching, worship, speech performance studies, and culture, particularly expressions of the African diaspora. His courses include an exploration of the relationship between the Holy Spirit and preaching, and the connection between corporate worship practices and social witness in the world. A member of the Academy of Homiletics and the American Academy of Religion, he was nurtured in the Holiness-Pentecostal tradition, ordained by the Progressive National Baptist Convention, and has served in an ecumenical capacity in churches throughout Switzerland, Canada, and the United States. 

Oct 13-

What is Worship?

Oct 15-

Homecoming Chapel

Oct 20-

The Ethic of Worship

Oct 27-

Freddie Colloca

Freddie has the distinction of being one of the few Latin Christian music artists that can more than hold his own in mainstream Christian music market and exceeds in areas of singing / performing / recording with a huge amount of energy, enthusiasm, and passion these new and unique songs that he wrote in English with several other people, to produce his first English album, UNCONDITIONAL.

Freddie Colloca has been compared to Ricky Martin, Enrique Iglesias, Marc Antony, and Luis Miguel, in that his music exemplifies the best of the Latin music movement, whether it is Latin rhythm dance music, smooth Latin pop or beautiful ballads. The important difference is in that he is putting his all into bringing glory and praise to the Lord, showing his passion for the Christian Gospel, bringing Jesus to his audience, introducing Him as our Savior, who has taken away our guilt and sin, explaining his sacrifice in our place on the cross and saving grace of Christ, that is a free gift to all who believe. Jesus loves us unconditionally, testifying to His comforting presence, and the profound freedom that comes from knowing him.

Freddie is not new to Christian music. Freddie was immersed in it from an early age, as his pastor father had a Spanish Christian folk group, while also being a pastor of a Christian church in Argentina. Interestingly, in an interview with ChristianMusic.com, Freddie said that the five other members of his band are also children of Christian pastors, who had ministries in Venezuela (his percussionist), Puerto Rico (his keyboard man), Argentina (his guitarist, and his base guitarist) and Niagara (His drummer).

While still a little boy, the Colloca family immigrated to America, when his father was assigned to a church in New York. The Colloca family wound up moving to Miami, where Freddie spent most of his childhood and youth.

Young Freddie discovered his own gifts for praising God and developed his skills while singing / playing in the services at his father's church. Musically, he taught himself, learned piano from his father, experienced music in school and took voice lessons. He also got first hand experience leading praise and worship singing in his father's church, as a teenager.

Oct 29-

Elective/Wittlinger Chapels

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Wittlinger Chapel meets in the Grantham Church

Nov 03-

James Ehrman

Jim Ehrman serves as the Executive Director of the World Christianity Initiative at Yale University. That initiative is a study center dedicated to exploring the world's Christian movements and their encounter with the various religious and social landscapes in which they are found. It puts particular emphasis on mission movements and issues surrounding the growth of the two-thirds world church.

Jim previously served as Director of Global Ministries for the Evangelical Congregational Church and twelve years as a missionary with Youth With A Mission. Jim grew up in York County and still spends considerable time in the south-central PA area where he serves as an adjunct faculty member at the Evangelical Theological Seminary, lecturing in the area of Global and Contextual Studies. Jim currently lives in New Haven, CT whit his two young children and his entrepreneurial wife Aiyana, who co-directs a Christian relief and development agency working in Cambodia to provide micro-enterprise opportunities for at-risk women and children.

Nov 05-

Rich Stearns

President of the U.S. offices of World Vision, International. A skilled communicator, Rich draws on his experiences as a father, husband, boss, and child of God to inspire World Vision staff, supporters, elected officials, and others to partner in World Vision’s global mission. He shares the moving stories of children and families he meets in the developing world, as well as insights from his work with world leaders and influential businesspeople.

A long-time supporter of World Vision, Rich began to feel that God was calling him to put his faith into more active practice. In a dramatic career change, he accepted the Presidency of World Vision in 1998—and, with nearly a quarter-century of corporate experience, became the first World Vision President from the business world.

Rich holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and has been awarded honorary doctorates from Eastern University and Azusa Pacific University. He writes op-eds on global poverty and AIDS for major U.S. newspapers and magazines, and has appeared on CNN, Fox, ABC, NBC, and PBS.

World Vision Experience

Nov 10-

Timotheus Pope

Timotheus Pope is a passionate, fun-loving, cartoon-crazed, out of the box, little boy trapped in a grown man’s body. He is a graduate of Mary Washington College with a BA in Religion and a concentration in Philosophy. He has worked with several youth ministries, both camps and churches, urban and suburban, domestic and abroad. Currently, he is the director of SB2Dub Citikidz, a Christian sports camp under the umbrella of the ministry Christian Camps of Pittsburgh, which is more commonly known as Summer’s Best Two Weeks. His staff is dedicated to the impact and development of urban youth and their leaders through culturally relevant Christian sports camps. He is also a committed writer, spoken-word poet, and the founder of the Earth Shakers Youth Movement which specifically encourages youth to pursue the accomplishment of honoring five tenants that will shake the Earth and change the world: purity, personal development, permanent union, parental fidelity, and public relations.

Nov 12-

Timotheus Pope

See November 10 for details.

Nov 17-

Brian Smith

Senior Lecturer in Bible
Teaching Pastor in College Ministries

Education: B.A., Taylor University, 1988; M.Div., Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, 1994; M.Phil., Ph.D., Hebrew Union College--Jewish Institute of Religion, 1999, 2007.


Research Interests: ancient Israel; Hebrew narrative; ancient Near Eastern religion.

Nov 19--

Elective Chapels

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MEB First Year Students Chapel in Alexander Auditorium (F110)

Nov 24-

Brian Smith

Senior Lecturer in Bible
Teaching Pastor in College Ministries

Education: B.A., Taylor University, 1988; M.Div., Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, 1994; M.Phil., Ph.D., Hebrew Union College--Jewish Institute of Religion, 1999, 2007.


Research Interests: ancient Israel; Hebrew narrative; ancient Near Eastern religion.

Movement 3: Advent

Dec 01-

Advent Drama

Dec 03-

Elective Chapel

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Dec 08-

Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

Shortly before the United States began bombing Iraq in 2003, Jonathan and his wife, Leah, traveled there as members of a Christian Peacemaker Team determined to tell Iraqis that American Christians did not all support the war. Their experiences became the subject of To Baghdad and Beyond (Cascade Books: 2005), which describes the couple’s conversion to the “new monasticism.” Jonathan is an Associate Minister at the historically black St. Johns Baptist Church, and is engaged in peacemaking and reconciliation efforts in Durham, North Carolina. The Rutba House, where Jonathan lives with his wife Leah, their son JaiMichael, and other friends, is a new monastic community that prays, eats, and lives together, welcoming neighbors and the homeless. Jonathan directs the School for Conversion, an alternative seminary that hosts courses around the country. He is Editor of the New Monastic Library Series (Cascade Books) and Associate Editor of the Resources for Reconciliation Series (InterVarsity Press). An evangelical who connects with the broad Christian tradition and its monastic witnesses, Jonathan is a leader in the new monastic movement and conversations about Christianity in the 21st century. He speaks often to churches and conferences of the “new evangelicals,” but also connects with Mainline and Catholic audiences who are interested in reconnecting with ancient Christian practices. Writing as both a grassroots intellectual and popular theologian, Jonathan connects with a broad audience, engaging them personally on a wide spectrum of challenges facing the church today.

Dec 10-

Christmas Celebration