Renewal Week
" . . . the Chapel program at Point Loma Nazarene University seeks to set aside one week each semester for the purpose of spiritual renewal and refocus."
Throughout the Old and New Testament, the people of God set aside liturgical seasons that focused on confession, celebration, rest, mourning, reconciliation, and renewal. The Church, empowered by God’s Holy Spirit followed the wisdom of the Children of Israel adopting these spiritual rhythms and infusing them with new meaning in light of the resurrection of Jesus, the fulfillment of God’s redemptive plan for the world.
Following in these sacred steps, and in addition to the normal flow of the Church calendar, the Chapel program at Point Loma Nazarene University seeks to set aside one week each semester for the purpose of spiritual renewal and refocus. Recognizing the importance of remembrance, reevaluation, and recommitment, Renewal Week is an invitation to the entire campus community to prayerfully reflect on the movements of God’s Spirit individually and corporately. Within this larger theme, Renewal Week focuses on two areas of the discipled-life. In the fall semester, the underlying theme of Renewal Week is the “inward journey” of heart-holiness and character transformation. Balancing this inward emphasis, Renewal Week in the spring semester calls and challenges us to a life of charity and justice, the “outward journey.” Combined, PLNU Renewal Week embodies the Old and New Testament command to love God and love others.
Spiritual Renewal Week - January 30- February 3, 2012
Tanya Cantarella was born to a family of non-believers and became a Christian in 1993. Tanya soon felt God calling her to full-time ministry and in 1995 God opened for her the door to study at European Nazarene College. She graduated in 1999 with a B.A. in Religion and Bible. Upon finishing her studies, Tanya returned to Moscow and became the Pastor of Moscow 1st Church of the Nazarene, her current ministerial position.
Besides carrying out her pastoral roles, Tanya also teaches for EuNC in the CIS and other places of Eurasia Region in the areas o New Testament, Preaching, and Leadership.
Tanya & Davide Cantarella met in Büsingen, at European Nazarene College, where they both were studying in preparation for ministry, and married in September 2000.
Both Davide and Tanya have graduated with an M.A. in Theology from the Nazarene Theological Seminary, in Kansas City (the studies were done from the distance while they were continuing to be fully involved with the ministry on the CIS Field).
The Cantarellas plan on being in Russia as long as God would have them stay. They are definitively open to God’s guidance and to other assignments; yet, they believe it was God who called them to their present ministerial assignments, and so far He has not said anything about moving on.
The plan for the future is the same as that of the present – to be where God would want them and all that God would have them be.
Videos from Spiritual Renewal Week, Spring 2012
PLNU Chapel (Monday, January 30th) VIDEO
PLNU Graduate Chapel (Tuesday, January 31st) VIDEO
PLNU Chapel (Wednesday, February 1st) VIDEO
PLNU Time Out (Wednesday, February 1st) VIDEO
PLNU Chapel (Friday, February 3rd) VIDEO
You can also listen to the audio versions by using the Online Chapel Player
Video and Audio will also be posted on our iTunes U page
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