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September 2008


3
Wednesday
Opening Convocation with Pres. Brenneman: "Living the Core"
10:00 am, Music Center

5
Friday
Chapel: "Sensing God's Hope, Claiming God's Hope"
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

8
Monday
Convocation: "Rip the Runway"
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

12
Friday
Chapel: "Bedside Baptist, Mattress Mennonite, and Other Local Worship Options"
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

15
Monday
Convocation: Two Latino/a Poets Launch Hispanic Heritage Month
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

17
Wednesday
Special Chapel: "Changing the Angle on Jesus: A personal story" - guest speaker Michele Hershberger
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

19
Friday
Chapel: "Adjusting the Lens of Salvation: Biblical Jesus and shalom" - Michele Hershberger
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

22
Monday
Convocation: "How To Be the Odd One Out & Completely at Home" - PJCS Prof. Joe Liechty
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

26
Friday
Chapel: Singing Our Faith...Learning a GC Tradition! - Lane Miller, student
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

29
Monday
Convocation: "SST Then and Now: Celebrating 40 years!"
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

October


1
Wednesday
Bonus Convocation: Tanzania SST unit, spring 2008
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

3
Friday
Chapel: "Two Alumni Faith Stories"-extended to 10:40
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

6
Monday
Convocation: "Talking Politics at GC"
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

10
Friday
Chapel: "Anxiety, Worry, Fear, Angst. . . Hope: A service of anointing "
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

13
Monday
Convocation: "Who Needs Sleep?" - Campus Health & Wellness Committee (CHAW)
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

17
Friday
Chapel:"Ministry: Exploring, Embracing, Resisting"
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

24
Friday
Chapel: Faculty faith story by Tim Demant, athletic director
10:00 am, Church-chapel

27
Monday
Convocation: Nicaragua SST, summer 2008
10:00 am, Church-chapel

29
Wednesday
Bonus Convocation: Preview of fall mainstage: The Saint Plays by Erik Ehn
10:00 am, Umble Center

31
Friday
Chapel: "Sing unto the Lord a New Song" - Voices-N-Harmony choir
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

November


3
Monday
Convocation: An Egyptian Muslim woman tells her story --guest speaker Heba Seoudi
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

7
Friday
Chapel: "Service...Exploring, Embracing, Resisting" - 2008 SIPers
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

10
Monday
Convocation: Senegal (West Africa) SST, summer 2008
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

12
Wednesday
Bonus Convocation: "Drop Beats, Not Bombs: Resisting militarism through creative action"
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

14
Friday
Chapel: "Claiming God's Hope on Campus" - sermon by student Lane Miller
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

17
Monday
Convocation: "Christians Meeting Muslims" - James Krabill
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

21
Friday
Chapel: "Heart-listening, thorns of contention & humor - what I've learned in an ecumenical community, Sister Lynne Smith
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

24
Monday
Convocation: Peru SST, spring 2008
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

December


1
Monday
Convocation: "I Believe" speeches from Oral Comm and Writing for Media classes
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

5
Friday
Chapel: Advent Service of Hymns and Scriptures
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

8
Monday
Convocation: Annual Student Life Christmas Party
10:00 am, Church-Chapel Fellowship Hall

January 2009


9
Friday
Chapel: "The Promise of the Holy Spirit"--meditation by Campus Pastor Bob Yoder
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

12
Monday
Convocation: BASICS: A shift in judicial response
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

16
Friday
Chapel: Hymns of the Spirit -- Rebecca Slough
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

19
Monday
Convocation #1: "The Dream" Spoken Word Coffee House
9:00 am, CC 300-301 (Koinonia room)
Convocation #2: "The Dream" Reader's Theater Presentation with Triple G Mimes and Voices-n-harmony choir, extended to 11:00
9:50 am, Church-Chapel
Convocation #3: "Living the Dream: Avenues of Action" discussion, to 12:00 noon
11:00 am, CC Fellowship Hall

23
Friday
Chapel: Faculty faith story: President Jim Brenneman
10:00 am, Church-chapel

26
Monday
Convocation: Peru SST unit, summer 2008
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

30
Friday
Chapel: Presente: No Mas, No More: Pax Club reflects on the School of Americas
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

February


2
Monday
Convocation: "What Does Freedom Have to do with Peace? - Laura Brenneman, Bluffton University extended to 10:45
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

6
Friday
Chapel: A Summer of Camping Inquiry
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

9
Monday
Convocation: Intimacy in Relationships - Professors Keith Graber Miller and Ruth Stoltzfus
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

11
Wednesday
Bonus Chapel - "A More Excellent Way: A faith story about racial reconciliation and healing-- Rev. Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

13
Friday
Chapel - "The Heart of Racial Justice: How soul change leads to social change" - Rev. Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

16
Monday
Convocation: China SST,fall 2008
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

18
Wednesday
Bonus Convo: The Choice to Wait: Valuing an abstinent lifestyle - guest speaker Melody LaLuz
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

20
Friday
Chapel: "Fish, Faith and Grace" - Parables worship team
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

March


2
Monday
Convocation: "An Inconvenient Truth: Faith and Climate Change" - Bob Yoder
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

4
Wednesday
Bonus Convocation: "From Rural Mexico to the Indiana Statehouse" - Juana Watson, Senior Advisor for Latino Affairs to Gov. Mitch Daniels
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

6
Friday
Chapel: "Stories from the Church in the Global South"
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

9
Monday
Convocation: Mood Issues: the real story - Campus counselor Char Hochstetler & students
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

13
Friday
Chapel: A Spiritual Offering & Time of Worship led by CITL students
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

16
Monday
Convocation: Rebecca Hernandez, director of CITL shares snapshots from her journey
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

18
Wednesday
Bonus Chapel: "The Scandal of Grace" - Shane Claiborne
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

20
Friday
Chapel: "Another Way of Doing Life" - Shane Claiborne
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

23
Monday
Convocation is Wed. only this week


25
Wednesday
Convocation: Preview of Gondoliers
10:00 am, UMBLE CENTER

27
Friday
Chapel: Faculty faith story - art professor Judy Wenig-Horswell
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Faculty faith story, by Judy Wenig-Horswell, asociate professor of art
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

30
Monday
Convocation: Current Events in the Middle East - Daryl & Cynthia Byler from Amman, Jordan
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

April


3
Friday
Chapel: "Following God's Will: The Ultimate Trust Fall" by senior Sea Jin Lee
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

6
Monday
Holy Week Chapel
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

13
Monday
Honors Convocation: Celebrating Excellence!
10:00 am, Church-Chapel, extended to 10:45

17
Friday
Chapel: Hymn Sing Favs
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

May


1
Friday
Chapel: Senior Faith Journeys by Lydie Assefa, Bryce Bow
9:40 am, Church-Chapel

4
Monday
Convocation: Senior Statements by Bethany Loberg, Jesse Shaver & Abri Houser
9:40 am, Church-Chapel

8
Friday
Chapel: "Easter Peace," by Bishop John D'Arcy
9:40 am, Church-Chapel

11
Monday
Convocation: "Site-Specific Performance" class
9:40 am, Church-Chapel

15
Friday
Chapel: Summer Sendings/Blessings, led by Inquiry Program students
9:40 am, Church-Chapel

18
Monday
Convocation: "On Island Time" - Jamaica SST unit, fall 2008
9:40 am, Church-Chapel