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November 2021
Scholars Forum with Rev. Lauren Ng
Visio Divina, Camino de Santiago, Poetry, and Encountering God in Art Rev. Lauren Ng will share about her work with American Baptist Home Mission Society, guide us through a Visio Divina exercise, read some of her poetry, including one about her summer Camino de Santiago pilgrimage, and the role of art for expressing faith. Biography An ordained minister with the American Baptist Churches, USA, Lauren Ng serves as Director of Leadership Empowerment at the American Baptist Home Mission Societies.…
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Campolo Scholars Forum with Dr. Chris Hall
Topic Practicing the Way of Jesus: The Path Toward Spiritual Maturity. Jesus was given the most important work in human history. The significant question is this: how did he go about his work? Are there specific spiritual disciplines that Jesus practiced that can help us as we follow him in our pilgrimage toward home? Biography Christopher A. Hall is president of Renovaré. Hall is author of a four volume set on the Church Fathers: Reading Scripture with the Church Fathers,…
Find out more »Campolo Scholars Forum with Dr. Darrell Pearson
Campolo Scholars Forum Walton Hall Prayer Chapel and Via Zoom Topic Partnering with Parents in Ministry Following a call to youth ministry also means working with the parents of students, which presents a number of challenges and opportunities in this unique ministry partnership--especially for those that are relatively young and inexperienced in youth work. Biography Darrell Pearson is Associate Professor of Youth Ministry at Eastern University and Program Director for both the traditional and non-traditional youth ministry degree programs. He…
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Campolo Scholars Forum with Paul Floyd
Topic A Christian Lawyer's Journey to Wholeness in Christ Paul will share his story and journey to wholeness in Christ in three chapters: 1) Earlier years of growing up, meeting Christ, and cultivating faith; 2) Mid-life, after college and graduate studies in law and theology, and the challenge of making sense of dysfunctional family origins and putting faith in to practice (i.e. moving from the head to the heart); and 3) Wisdom years: what does it mean to be a…
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Campolo Scholars Forum with Dr. David Bradstreet
Biography David H. Bradstreet is an award-winning professor, author and binary star expert who has been teaching students about the heavens since 1976 at Eastern University, where he serves as Professor and Chair of the Astronomy and Physics Department and Director of the David H. Bradstreet Observatory and Julia Fowler Planetarium. He has been teaching astronomy to children from ages 4 - 20+ and adults of all ages in the planetarium since he was a freshman at Eastern in 1972.…
Find out more »Campolo Scholars Forum with Dr. Jonathan Yonan
Walton Hall Prayer Chapel and Via Zoom Ordering My Life, Ordering My Loves A motto of Palmer Theological Seminary of Eastern University has been: "The whole gospel, for the whole world, through whole persons." But what makes a whole person? And what role does the Christian Academy and the Church have in forming whole persons? Dr. Jonathan Yonan will address the challenges and importance of syncing the head and the heart; of cultivating the mind and the faith. He will…
Find out more »Campolo Fellows Lecture Series and Faith Forum 2022
Biography Dr. Reggie Williams book Bonhoeffer’s Black Jesus: Harlem Renaissance Theology and an Ethic of Resistance (Baylor University Press, 2014) was selected as a Choice Outstanding Title in 2015, in the field of religion. The book is an analysis of exposure to Harlem Renaissance intellectuals, and worship at Harlem’s Abyssinian Baptist on the German pastor and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, during his year of post-doctoral study at Union Seminary in New York, 1930-31. Dr. Williams’ research interests include Christological ethics, theological anthropology, Christian…
Find out more »Campolo Scholars Forum with Rev. Mark D. Moore ’77, ’80, ’81
Understanding Military Chaplaincy: the Basic, the Challenges, and the Ethics When: 10 AM EST Where: Walton Hall Prayer Chapel and Via Zoom Mark Moore, a retired Air Force Reserve Chaplain, will share with us some basics on military chaplaincy - how does one become a military chaplain? What are the requirements to be considered if one feels called to this area of ministry? How does one maintain their own faith tradition integrity while serving those of many faiths, including those…
Find out more »Campolo Scholars Forum with Wendy Ryan
Wendy Evangeline Ryan is the Founder of Evangeline Ministries, a Life Skills Program for HIV positive and other disadvantaged women in the township of Masiphumelele, Cape Town, South Africa. EM teaches Basic Sewing, Computer and English Skills as well as Bible lessons, to a capacity 48 students annually in two six -month semesters. Upon successful completion of their course, Evangeline Graduates are each given a new sewing machine and a Bible as well as certificates of their achievements. More than…
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Campolo Scholars Forum with Saleem Ghubril
Topic "Tony told me to go where I was most needed. This is what happened!" Where Walton Hall Prayer Chapel and via Zoom When Monday, April 11, 2022 at 10 AM EST Biography Saleem Ghubril, received an honorary degree from Eastern University in 2014. He is a passionate advocate for children and for the City of Pittsburgh. An ordained Presbyterian minister, he has devoted his life to serving the people of his community through outreach and education programs. In…
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