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Spring 2013 Chapel Schedule

Chapel meets at 9:45AM in Brubaker Auditorium

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	JAN 15	VESPERS Hostetter Chapel at 7PM
	JAN 24	MLK (begins at 10:30 am) Speaker: Rev. Billy Kyles For a half century, the Reverend Samuel Billy Kyles has pastored Monumental Baptist Church in Memphis, serving as the church’s first and only pastor. Yet, the clarion call to serve has taken him far beyond the walls of Monumental. Moving from Chicago to the segregated South in 1959, Rev. Kyles’ passion for social justice quickly surfaced and he enlisted in one of the greatest human rights struggles for justice and equality. He joined the NAACP-Memphis Branch and became a strategist for the South’s growing struggle for civil rights. In 1961, he banded with a small group of parents and enrolled his five-year old daughter in the all-white public school system. Unlike other cities that worked to desegregate high schools, Memphis became the first city in the South to integrate elementary schools. Two years later, Rev. Kyles, along with other pioneers, fully integrated the city buses by sitting in the designated "white" section. This initial protest landed him in jail. Undaunted, his involvement as one of the lead strategists of the Memphis nonviolent movement for change continued. Slowly, he and other leaders worked to bring down the walls of segregation in restaurants, movie theaters, department stores, and workplaces in Memphis. The efforts were largely peaceful, which distinguished Memphis’ protests from other Southern cities. His bold actions catapulted him to the forefront of the Civil Rights Movement. He became the target of many threats, but preserved. Working in the Movement has always been “an extension of my ministry” says Rev. Kyles. read more
	JAN 29	VESPERS Hostetter Chapel at 7PM
MOVEMENT: ASK to LISTEN
	FEB 05	BRIAN SMITH Chair, Department of Biblical and Religious Studies 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.
	FEB 07	BRIAN SMITH Chair, Department of Biblical and Religious Studies 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.
	FEB 12	CATHY COLEMAN Assistant College Pastor
	FEB 14	Elective Chapel CORE CHAPEL (held at the Grantham Church) with speaker Bruxy Cavey Bruxy Cavey is the Teaching Pastor of The Meeting House - a church for people who aren’t into church. This multi-site community in the Greater Toronto Area shares the same teaching and vision: to create safe places for spiritual seekers to ask questions and develop thoughtful faith. Bruxy’s accessible style, historical rigor, and refreshing candor make him a popular guest on television and radio programs and at universities across Canada. The Meeting House
MOVEMENT: SHEEP to SHEPHERD
	FEB 19	BRIAN SMITH Chair, Department of Biblical and Religious Studies 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.
	FEB 21	JUDY PETERSON Judy Peterson is the campus pastor for North Park University. She comes to this role after previously serving congregations in Madison, Wisconsin and Elgin, Illinois. Judy is passionate about communicating good news in everyday language and travels across the United States speaking to audiences about how to put feet to their faith. Her passion for walking it out took the form of walking across the United States for her internship toward her Master of Divinity degree at North Park Theological Seminary. While the walk across the United States is how Judy first received the name "walking pastor" it is her day to day desire to walk into the lives of others that continues to make the title well deserved. Judy is happily married to Jeff Peterson. Read Pastor Judy's Blog
	FEB 26	EMMANUEL KATONGOLE Born in the village of Malube, Uganda and educated in the country, Emmanuel Katongole was ordained as a Roman Catholic priest by the Kampala Archdiocese in 1987. Since his ordination he has served parishes in Africa, Belgium, and the United States. Emmanuel joined the faculty of Duke Divinity School in 2001 and serves as the Associate Research Professor of Theology and World Christianity. He is also founding co-director of the Center of Reconciliation at the Divinity School. Rooted in a Christian vision of God’s mission, the Center for Reconciliation at Duke Divinity School inspires, forms, and supports leaders, communities, and congregations to live as ambassadors of reconciliation. Emmanuel’s teaching and research interests cover a wide range of issues related to theology and violence especially in Africa. He examines the role of stories in the formation of political identity, the dynamics of social memory, and the nature and role of Christian imagination in shaping future possibilities. His published works include: Beyond Universal Reason; The Relation Between Religion and Ethics in the Work of Stanley Hauerwas (Notre Dame Press, 2000), African Theology Today (Scranton Press, 2002), A Future for Africa (University of Scranton Press, 2005), and Mirror to the Church (Zondervan, 2009). His forthcoming book, The Sacrifice of Africa, will be published by Eerdmans Press. Emmanuel lives in Durham, North Carolina. His family lives in Uganda, where his brother Joseph is also a priest in the Catholic Church. *Read more about Emmanuel Katongole*
	FEB 28	Elective Chapel
	MAR 05	EVIE TELFER Evie Telfer is the associate college pastor. She advises the student chaplain ministries including the Koinonia small group ministry, Kairos Chapel and the prayer ministry. She also assists in the planning and programming of the chapel and preaches in common chapel each semester. Evie provides pastoral counseling through a partnership with the Engle Center. Her research interests focus on understanding the factors influencing spiritual development in young adults. Evie provides leadership in efforts to highlight reconciliation and crosscultural understanding and interaction. She actively mentors numerous students seeking the vocation of ministry.
	MAR 07	"You Choose"
MOVEMENT: CONSUMER to STEWARD
	MAR 19	BRIAN SMITH Chair, Department of Biblical and Religious Studies 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.
	MAR 21	Elective Chapel
	MAR 26	MAN BORN TO BE KING Born to be King
	MAR 28	MAUNDY THURSDAY
	APR 02	BRUXY CAVEY Bruxy Cavey from The Meeting HouseBruxy Cavey is the Teaching Pastor of The Meeting House - a church for people who aren’t into church. This multi-site community in the Greater Toronto Area shares the same teaching and vision: to create safe places for spiritual seekers to ask questions and develop thoughtful faith. Bruxy’s accessible style, historical rigor, and refreshing candor make him a popular guest on television and radio programs and at universities across Canada. The Meeting House
	APR 04	Elective Chapel CORE CHAPEL (held at the Grantham Church) with speaker Bruxy Cavey Bruxy Cavey is the Teaching Pastor of The Meeting House - a church for people who aren’t into church. This multi-site community in the Greater Toronto Area shares the same teaching and vision: to create safe places for spiritual seekers to ask questions and develop thoughtful faith. Bruxy’s accessible style, historical rigor, and refreshing candor make him a popular guest on television and radio programs and at universities across Canada. The Meeting House
	APR 09	SUSTAINABILITY CHAPEL Speaker: Nancy Sleeth read more about Nancy
Movement: ME to YOU
	APR 11	BRIAN SMITH Chair, Department of Biblical and Religious Studies 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.
	APR 16	PEACE LECTURE - The Missing Peace of the Gospel John D. Roth is a professor of history at Goshen College, where he also serves as director of the Mennonite Historical Library and editor of The Mennonite Quarterly Review. John has published widely on topics related to Anabaptist-Mennonite history and church life and has participated in numerous ecumenical involvements. More recently, he is the founding director of the Institute for the Study of Global Anabaptism at Goshen College and the secretary of the Mennonite World Conference Faith and Life Commission. He is currently focusing on several research projects related to the global Anabaptist fellowship. John and his wife, Ruth, have four adult daughters--along with three sons-in-law--and are active members at Berkey Avenue Mennonite Fellowship in Goshen, Ind. John Roth
	APR 23	Dan Wilt Dan Wilt, M.Min., is an alumnus of Messiah College, and we are privileged to welcome him back! He has been working with worship leaders in local communities for over 20 years. His innovations in online, live and university-level training models have been nominated for awards and proven encouraging in the lives of many creative leaders globally. He is currently a freelance writer, artist, educator and conference speaker, and has written for industry voices such as Worship Leader Magazine, Vertical Music and Vineyard Music. Dan also provides training content for WorshipTraining.com, and his radio moments of "spiritual storytelling" are heard by over half a million listeners on Keep The Faith Radio. His instrumental collaborative with Jeremy Dunn (keyboards, electronics and hammered dulcimer), Dunn & Wilt, creates instrumental and liturgical worship spaces. He keeps a blog at www.DanWilt.com, lives with his beautiful wife and three children in Franklin, TN USA.
	APR 25	Elective Chapel
	APR 30	CONCERT CHAPEL
	MAY 02	Elective Chapel
	MAY 07	PRAYING our GOOD-BYES

Spring 2013 Chapel Schedule

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MOVEMENT: ASK to LISTEN

MOVEMENT: SHEEP to SHEPHERD

MOVEMENT: CONSUMER to STEWARD

Movement: ME to YOU