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Full Moon Gift Gathering
All are invited to gather on the EMU campus hill (or Discipleship Center if raining) for a time of shared hope and connection. Bring a "gift" or simply come to receive gifts.
What is a gift? Anything that is a balm to your soul: a poem, song, scientific discovery, hopeful encounter, art, a new recipe, anything that takes just 1-3 minutes to share.
All ages, faiths, and no faith welcomed. There will be no pre-screening or censorship, but please respect the potential of young ears present.
Campfire and water to drink provided. Bring your own water bottle and chair or blanket.
Please consider walking or parking farther away so that those with accessibility needs can park closest for easy walking.
This gathering is co-sponsored by the EMU Office of Faith and Spiritual Life and Community Mennonite Church.
Organization: Faith & Spiritual Life. Categories: Spiritual Life. Event Locator: 2026-AANPCX.
Monday, June 29, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM.
Discipleship Center, Room 101, Discipleship Center, Hill.
Full Moon Gift Gathering
All are invited to gather on the EMU campus hill (or Discipleship Center if raining) for a time of shared hope and connection. Bring a "gift" or simply come to receive gifts.
What is a gift? Anything that is a balm to your soul: a poem, song, scientific discovery, hopeful encounter, art, a new recipe, anything that takes just 1-3 minutes to share.
All ages, faiths, and no faith welcomed. There will be no pre-screening or censorship, but please respect the potential of young ears present.
Campfire and water to drink provided. Bring your own water bottle and chair or blanket.
Please consider walking or parking farther away so that those with accessibility needs can park closest for easy walking.
This gathering is co-sponsored by the EMU Office of Faith and Spiritual Life and Community Mennonite Church.
Organization: Faith & Spiritual Life. Categories: Spiritual Life. Event Locator: 2026-AANPCX.
Wednesday, July 29, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM.
Discipleship Center, Room 101, Discipleship Center, Hill.
Full Moon Gift Gathering
All are invited to gather on the EMU campus hill (or Discipleship Center if raining) for a time of shared hope and connection. Bring a "gift" or simply come to receive gifts.
What is a gift? Anything that is a balm to your soul: a poem, song, scientific discovery, hopeful encounter, art, a new recipe, anything that takes just 1-3 minutes to share.
All ages, faiths, and no faith welcomed. There will be no pre-screening or censorship, but please respect the potential of young ears present.
Campfire and water to drink provided. Bring your own water bottle and chair or blanket.
Please consider walking or parking farther away so that those with accessibility needs can park closest for easy walking.
This gathering is co-sponsored by the EMU Office of Faith and Spiritual Life and Community Mennonite Church.
Organization: Faith & Spiritual Life. Categories: Spiritual Life. Event Locator: 2026-AANPCX.
Friday, August 28, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM.
Discipleship Center, Room 101, Discipleship Center, Hill.
Enkutatash (Ethiopian New Year)
Ethiopian New Year interviews with Ruth Abera, EMU student,
The Ethiopian New Year in Ethiopia is a celebration of new beginnings. It’s a celebration of coming together and reflecting on the last year and welcoming the new year in. It’s celebrated on September 11th in America but in Ethiopia, it’s celebrated on September 1st due to our calendar difference.
Ethiopian New Year to me means an event of celebration, coming together, and acknowledgment of my culture which involves my identity. It’s a place where I can share who I am and do it with others who share that similar experience with me and share it with those who are not aware of my culture.
Upcoming expected dates are September 12, 2027; September 11, 2028; September 11, 2029; September 11, 2030.
You can access the complete Multifaith Religious and Cultural Holidays Calendar here.
Organization: Faith & Spiritual Life. Categories: Spiritual Life, Center for Interfaith Engagement, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Interfaith Calendar. Event Locator: 2025-AANBXZ.
Friday, September 11, 2026, 7:00 AM.
Rosh Hashanah, September 11-13
Rosh Hashanah (or Yom Teruah), also spelled Hashana or Ha-shanah, comes from Hebrew and, most simply put, means “beginning of the year.” Rosh Hashanah not only marks the new year—it also honors the creation date of Adam and Eve some 5,700 years ago, the first relationship, and the human connection with God's world. https://www.dictionary.com/e/rosh-hashana/,
The following is from an interview with Courtney Joiner, EMU Faculty,
Rosh Hashanah is celebrated as a "Day of Awe," along with Yom Kippur. These holidays and the eight days in between Courtney describes as "a space in time; it becomes a thin place, where I experience God’s closeness in those ten days." They take place between mid-September and early November each year.
Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year, celebrating God’s creation of the world, and God renews us every year. It's symbol is the apple. The month leading up to Rosh Hashanah is called Elul which is meant to be introspection, so that when Rosh Hashanah comes, you’re ready to…
Organization: Faith & Spiritual Life. Categories: Spiritual Life, Center for Interfaith Engagement, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Interfaith Calendar. Event Locator: 2025-AANBZA.
Friday, September 11, 2026, 7:00 PM.