Spring 2012 Chapel Schedule

Rev. Kelvin Walker - (note: this chapel begins at 10:30AM)

Rev. Kelvin Walker serves as Campus Pastor for Nyack College on the Rockland campus. He has a Bachelor's in Sacred Music from Nyack and a Master's in Professional Studies from Alliance Theological Seminary. Before coming to Nyack, he served as a C&MA Associate Pastor and Worship Pastor for eighteen years. In addition to his duties as Campus Pastor, he is an adjunct instructor for the College of Bible and Christian Ministry teaching such classes as Introduction to Spiritual Formation and Worship and the Arts. He also teaches Worship Arts and Discipline at Alliance Theological Seminary as well as helping to coordinate their chapel experiences. Kelvin and his wife, Doni, are the parents of Tyler (Mariah), Drew, Philip, Karis, Kelsey, and Grace.

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.

Bruxy Cavy

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. 

Bruxy's website

Elective Chapel

Kent Annan

"WHAT IS THE GOOD LIFE? On Seeking Vocation, Justice, & Faith"
What is the good life?  Is it getting a good job, buying a house, having 2.4 kids . . . or is it about something more? Since college, Kent Annan has wrestled with the question of vocation—what does it mean to find one’s place to both serve and to find meaning and joy?  Mr. Annan, who is co-director of Haiti Partners and author of After Shock and Following Jesus Through the Eye of the Needle, will share some of his story of life in Haiti and the choices that have led him to a vocation that satisfies his own hunger for meaning as it addresses the world’s need for justice.

Kent Annan

Elective Chapel

Joyce Davis

Joyce M. Davis is founder and president of The World Affairs Council of Harrisburg, a member of The World Affairs Councils of America.  She is an award-winning journalist and internationally acclaimed author who has lived and worked around the globe.  She is former foreign correspondent and foreign editor for National Public Radio and Knight Ridder Newspapers, once the second-largest newspaper chain in the United States. Davis specializes in foreign affairs and the media, and has written extensively on terrorism, national security, and Islam.
From 2003-2007, Davis was Associate Director of Broadcasting for Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty in Prague, Czech Republic.  In her senior role at the international broadcasting agency, Ms. Davis supervised radio and internet services to Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, and the countries of Central Asia.  She was a leading voice in providing news and information to Iran through Radio Farda (tomorrow) and has reported from the country as well as from much of the Middle East.
In 2006, Kyrgyz International University awarded her an honorary doctorate for her work in advancing a free and independent press in the former Soviet Union, and for securing the free flow of information to Kyrgyzstan during the downfall of its dictatorial regime in the "Tulip Revolution" of 2005.
Davis is a member of the board of directors of the World Affairs Councils of America; the board of advisers of the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs; the board of trustees of Elizabethtown College; the board of trustees of Harrisburg Academy,  Keystone Human Services International.  She is also a member of the board of directors of the State Street Academy of Music and of the Open State of Harrisburg, Pa. 
Davis lives in Harrisburg, Pa, with her husband and son.

Margot Starbuck

John Reitz, Pastor, Grantham Church, Mechanicsburg, PA

Elective Chapel

Lavette Paige

Dr. Lavette  Renee Paige currently serves as the Senior Pastor of Martin Luther King Baptist Church, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. She is married to Marcus Paige, Jr. and together they have three children, and three grandchildren.  She earned an Associates Degree at Lear Siegler Institute of Business, Bachelors Degree in Theology at New Jersey Bible Institute, Master of Divinity Degree at Lancaster Theological Seminary ‘00, and a Doctor of Ministry Degree at Lancaster Theological Seminary ‘11.  She was ordained in 2000 by The American Baptist Churches USA.  After 25 years of service, she retired from the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Research Analyst.
She serves on the following:  Executive Secretary for Pennsylvania Council of Churches; President and CEO of the Martin Luther King Community Development Corporation; Community Advisory Board for Clear Channel Radio – Harrisburg, Lebanon and Carlisle; Pennsylvania and Children Together Task Force (PACT); Samara Board Member; She is a member of Heeding God’s Call Harrisburg Chapter; The American Baptist Harrisburg Association Ministerium and The South Allison Hill Ministerium; The Executive Committee for the American Baptist Churches of PA and Delaware Church Leadership Institute along with numerous other community organizations.  She is also a member of The Scott White Family Singers of Steelton, Pennsylvania.
Her travels have taken her as far as South Africa and Zimbabwe and throughout the Middle East where she stayed in the homes of Palestinian families, walked the streets and the villages of Beirut, Bethlehem, Jerusalem and Jordan, stood on the Mount of Olives, rested and ate lunch by Abraham's oak tree on a sunny afternoon and shared communion on the Sea of Galilee in the evening as the sun went down. 
Her greatest joys in life are her family, her church, traveling the world, reading and studying and preaching the Word of God.  Her favorite Scripture to meditate on is Philippians 4:12-13, I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: everywhere and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength!

Christopher West

Christopher West is a research fellow and faculty member of the Theology of the Body Institute. He is also one of the most sought after speakers in the Church today, having delivered more than 1000 public lectures on 4 continents, in more than a dozen countries, and in over 200 American cities. His books "Good News About Sex & Marriage, Theology of the Body Explained, and Theology of the Body for Beginners" have become Catholic best sellers.

Christopher has also lectured on a number of prestigious faculties, offering graduate and undergraduate courses at St John Vianney Seminary in Denver, the John Paul II Institute in Melbourne, Australia, and Creighton University's Institute for Priestly Formation in Omaha. Hundreds of thousands have heard him on national radio programs and even more have seen him defending the faith on programs such as Scarborough Country, Fox and Friends, and At Large with Geraldo Rivera. Of all his titles, Christopher is most proud to call himself a devoted husband and father. He and his wife Wendy have five children and live in Lancaster County, PA.

Christopher West's Website

Shane Claiborne

With tears and laughter, Shane Claiborne unveils the tragic messes we’ve made of our world and the tangible hope that another world is possible. Shane graduated from Eastern University, and did graduate work at Princeton Seminary. His ministry experience is varied, from a 10-week stint working alongside Mother Teresa in Calcutta, to a year spent serving a wealthy mega-congregation at Willow Creek Community Church outside Chicago. During the recent war in Iraq, Shane spent three weeks in Baghdad with the Iraq Peace Team. Shane is also a founding partner of The Simple Way, a faith community in inner city Philadelphia that has helped to birth and connect radical faith communities around the world.

Shane writes and travels extensively speaking about peacemaking, social justice, and Jesus. He is featured in the DVD series “Another World Is Possible” and is the author of the several books including The Irresistible Revolution, Jesus for President, and Becoming the Answer to Our Prayers. Shane speaks over 100 times a year in a dozen or so countries and nearly every state in the US. Shane has given academic seminars at Vanderbilt University, Duke University Pepperdine University, Wheaton College, Princeton University, Goshen College and Harvard University. Shane also speaks at various denominational gatherings, festivals, and conferences around the globe. Shane’s work has been featured in everything from Fox News and the Wall Street Journal to CNN and National Public Radio. The Simple Way

Larry James

CitySquare exists to fight the root causes of poverty by partnering with those in need. Working together as a community, CitySquare feeds the hungry, heal the sick, house the homeless and renew hope in the heart of our city. Larry became CEO of CitySquare in September 2004 after serving as executive director for 10 years. Known in the Dallas faith, business and media communities as a social entrepreneur and committed servant to the people of East and South Dallas, Larry came to CitySquare after serving 14 years as senior minister with the Richardson East Church of Christ in Richardson, Texas.

He is a graduate of Harding University (BA 1972), Harding University Graduate School of Religion (MA 1973), New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (MDiv 1977) and Tulane University (MA—American History 1986).

David Shenk

David W. Shenk was born to pioneer Mennonite missionaries  in Tanzania, and has invested a life-time in missions.  For sixteen years he served within  Muslim communities in Somalia and Kenya.  At present he is Global Consultant with Eastern Mennonite Missions.  His interest in Christian peacemaking  and witness, especially among Muslims as well as secularist socities, has  taken him into some 100 countries.  He has authored or co-authored  sixteen books on the mission of the church in our pluralist world.  He holds a doctorate in religious studies education with course work in anthropology from New York University.

Elective Chapel

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.

Bruxy Cavy

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. 

Bruxy's website

Elective Chapel

Daniel Webster & Francis Eanes

Messiah grads Daniel Webster and Francis Eanes will be presenting a retrospective on the Grantham Garden in this Sustainability chapel.

Celebration Chapel

Elective Chapel

Farewell Chapel