Earl S. Zimmerman Archives - 91短视频 News /now/news/tag/earl-s-zimmerman/ News from the 91短视频 community. Thu, 27 Jan 2005 05:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 Peachey Licensed for 91短视频 Campus Ministry Role /now/news/2005/peachey-licensed-for-emu-campus-ministry-role/ Thu, 27 Jan 2005 05:00:00 +0000 http://www.emu.edu/blog/news/?p=802 prayers of commissioning for Byron Peachey as part of licensing service L. to r.: George R. Brunk III, Loren Swartzendruber, Earl Zimmerman and Owen Burkholder lead prayers of commissioning for Byron Peachey (at podium) as part of a licensing service for campus ministry at 91短视频.
Photo by Jim Bishop

Byron J. Peachey’s call to pastoral ministry, forged over several decades, was publicly recognized in a chapel service Wednesday, Jan. 26, at 91短视频.

Peachey was licensed to the ministry for his continuing role as associate campus pastor. He is a member of the team, formed in August, 2003, that includes Brian Martin Burkholder and Julie A. Haushalter.

Prior to the installation ceremony, persons close to Peachey told stories, laced with humor, that were pivotal in shaping his call to ministry – Laban Peachey, Peachey’s father; Johann Zimmerman, who worked closely with Peachey in urban ministry in Washington, D.C.; and Deanna Durham, Peachey’s spouse. They met in Washington in 1983.

"God has a special twinkle in His eye today as we celebrate Byron’s readiness to do God’s work," said Haushalter in opening the service.

Items that symbolize Peachey’s life and special interests appeared on the platform – books by Catholic writer Thomas Merton (meditation as spiritual discipline), a cross from El Salvador (peace and justice concerns) and an old wooden pitchfork (his farming background and adherence to a theology of the land).

Peachey, of Harrisonburg, was interim campus pastor at 91短视频 during the 2002-03 school year. Earlier, he served four years as co-director of the

]]>