{"id":4970,"date":"2018-01-26T10:53:35","date_gmt":"2018-01-26T14:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/podcast\/?p=4970"},"modified":"2018-02-02T11:57:50","modified_gmt":"2018-02-02T15:57:50","slug":"ministry-inquiry-program-elizabeth-witmer-maddie-list-caleb-schrock-hurst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/podcast\/2018\/01\/26\/ministry-inquiry-program-elizabeth-witmer-maddie-list-caleb-schrock-hurst\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Ministry Inquiry Program&#8221; &#8211; Elizabeth Witmer, Maddie List, Caleb Schrock-Hurst"},"content":{"rendered":"<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4970-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/02\/01.26.18-MIPChapel.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/02\/01.26.18-MIPChapel.mp3\">https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/02\/01.26.18-MIPChapel.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Hear reflections from Elizabeth Witmer, Maddie List, and\u00a0Caleb Schrock-Hurst, about exploring ministry this past summer with the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/bible\/ministry-inquiry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ministry Inquiry Program<\/a>. What might exploring ministry look like for you?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Elizabeth Witmer<\/strong>, a\u00a0junior\u00a0social work\u00a0major, was at Faith Mennonite Church in Minneapolis. In addition to leading worship, visiting a terminally ill church member, preaching, planning and attending actions and workshops with a local immigrant-led organization, attending protests, and various other activities, Witmer said that she enjoyed being within walking distance of \u201canything I want do\u201d and being \u201cwell connected to causes and actions I\u2019m passionate about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Maddie List<\/strong>, a senior Bible and religion major from Arlington, Virginia, was in a summer service program called\u00a0Ocean City Beach Project run by the\u00a0Coalition for Christian Outreach\u00a0for students who want to develop further as campus leaders. List and 30 other participants lived together,\u00a0 attended classes, participated in Bible studies, led worship, and engaged in faith-based discussions in small groups. They each also had jobs in Ocean City, where they practiced discussing faith with coworkers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Caleb Schrock-Hurst<\/strong>, a senior English major,\u00a0was at New Hope Fellowship\/Nueva Esperanza of Alexandria (Virginia). In addition to making pastoral visits, playing guitar in the church\u2019s worship band, preaching, attending a young adult Bible study, \u201creading a lot more scripture and theology than I do on a regular basis,\u201d and working on a variety of projects, Schrock-Hurst traveled with pastor and supervisor Kirk Hanger to visit member congregations from Mexico to Philadelphia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"emu-podcast-embed\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4970-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/02\/01.26.18-MIPChapel.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/02\/01.26.18-MIPChapel.mp3\">https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/02\/01.26.18-MIPChapel.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>Hear reflections from Elizabeth Witmer, Maddie List, and\u00a0Caleb Schrock-Hurst, about exploring ministry this past summer with the\u00a0Ministry Inquiry Program. What might exploring ministry look like for you? Elizabeth Witmer, a\u00a0junior\u00a0social work\u00a0major, was at Faith Mennonite Church in Minneapolis. In addition to leading worship, visiting a terminally ill church member, preaching, planning and attending actions and....<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,409],"tags":[5030,5029,4364,4334,4424,4405],"class_list":["post-4970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-student-speakers","category-chapel","tag-caleb-schrock-hurst","tag-elizabeth-witmer","tag-maddie-list","tag-ministry","tag-ministry-inquiry-program","tag-mip","has-post-thumbnail","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4970"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4970\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4972,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4970\/revisions\/4972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}