Gahanna pastor to speak at Prayer Lecture Series
November 4-6, 2009
MOUNT VERNON, Ohio -- Mount Vernon Nazarene University welcomes Sam Barber as a special guest speaker for the Estep Prayer Lecture Series Wednesday through Friday, Nov. 4-6.
Services will be 10:20 a.m. Wednesday through Friday, and 7:15 p.m. on Wednesday, held in the R.R. Hodges Chapel/Auditorium.
Barber is the senior pastor at Shepherd Church of the Nazarene in Gahanna, Ohio. He is a 1989 graduate of MVNU with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. He also holds a Master of Arts in Christian Ministries and Church Leadership from Malone University and a Master of Theological Studies from Duke University. He says he enjoys preaching and finding creative ways to engage the community and culture in the things of God.
Barber describes his passions as discipleship, family and motorcycles—in that order. He and his wife of 19 years, Jill, have one child, Ross, who is a high school junior.
These services are free and open to the public. For more information about this event or other upcoming chapel speakers, call (740) 397-9000, ext. 4341.
Mount Vernon Nazarene University is a private, four-year, intentionally Christian teaching university for traditional age students, graduate students and working adults. U.S. News & World Report ranks MVNU in the top 50 Best in the Midwest (Baccalaureate) institions for the sixth year in a row. With a 400-acre main campus in Mount Vernon, Ohio, and eight additional satellite Adult and Graduate Studies sites throughout the state, MVNU emphasizes academic excellence, spiritual growth and service to community and church. MVNU offers an affordable education to more than 2,600 students from 25 states and eight countries/U.S. territories.
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