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August 2006


30
Wednesday
Opening Convocation with President Dr. James E. Brenneman
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

September


1
Friday
Chapel: "Welcome to GC, a G.C." - new campus minister Bob Yoder preaches
10:00 am, College Church/Chapel

4
Monday
Convocation: "Whose College Experience Is It, Anyway?"
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

8
Friday
Chapel: "Wondering Allowed" - President Jim Brenneman & others.
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

11
Monday
Convocation: Prof. Keith Graber Miller on Faith and Patriotism
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

15
Friday
Chapel: Students from summer Ministry, Service & Camping Inquiry Programs share their experience.
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

18
Monday
Convocation: Dominican Republic SST Units from Spring & Summer
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

22
Friday
Chapel: Faculty faith story by Char Hochstetler, new campus counselor
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

25
Monday
Convocation: Francisco Aragon, poet and professor at University of Notre Dame
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

29
Friday
Chapel: Worship service of hymns & scripture. Brian Wiebe, faculty song leader.
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

October


2
Monday
Convocation: "Realizing the Power of Bystanders"
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

6
Friday
Chapel: "Homecoming Worship: Faith along life's journey" - 4 alumni speakers
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

9
Monday
Convocation: "Stressed, But Not Overwhelmed"
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

11
Wednesday
Brian McLaren visit
  through October 12, 2006
Special Extended Chapel: Brian McLaren on "The Jesuses I Have Known"
10:00 am, Church-Chapel, ends at 10:50

13
Friday
Chapel: Responses to McLaren's visit - faculty and students
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

20
Friday
Chapel: "No Other Foundation" - Howard Keim, president of Hesston College
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

23
Monday
Convocation: From the Holler to the Hill to Howell House - Will Jones
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

25
Wednesday
Special Campus Gathering
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

27
Friday
"Chapel: Hymn Sing - Jesus, Rock of Ages, a service of songs and scriptures"
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

30
Monday
Convocation: Preview of the opera " The Marriage of Figaro" by W.A. Mozart
10:00 am, UMBLE CENTER

November


3
Friday
"Wrestling with Angels on the Appalachian Trail: A Faculty Faith Story," John D. Roth
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

6
Monday
Convocation: "When does the Philosopher's Stone become the Sorcerer's Stone?" - Prof. Kathy Meyer Reimer
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

10
Friday
"Finding Our Voice" - Janeen Bertsche Johnson, campus pastor of Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

13
Monday
Convocation: Senegal SST Unit, summer 2006
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

15
Wednesday
Bonus Convocation: Special guest lecturer Roger Shimomura, artist
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

17
Friday
Chapel: With Glad and Generous Hearts - The Church and Intentional Community
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

20
Monday
Convocation: Anne Foerst, theologian and expert on artificial intelligence
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

27
Monday
Convocation: "Images of Eve & Mary"
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

December


1
Friday
Chapel: An Advent Service of Hymns & Scripture
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

4
Monday
Convocation: Student Life Christmas Party
10:00 am, Church-Chapel Fellowship Rooms

January 2007


10
Wednesday
"I Resolve..." - Opening Convocation with President Brenneman
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

12
Friday
Chapel: "Clamoring for Space" - campus pastor Bob Yoder & junior Jess Buller
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

15
Monday
Study Day: "Martin Luther King and the Hip-Hop Generation"

Student-led poetry & story-telling
9:00 am, Church-Chapel 300
Extended Convocation: Voices 'n Harmony choir, Asante Children's Theater, Alumni panel
10:00 am, Church-Chapel - to 11:00 am
Town Hall discussion about convocation
11:30 am, Church-Chapel fellowship hall - to 12:30 pm
Film and discussion
2:00 pm, Umble Center -- 4:00 p.m.

19
Friday
Chapel: Taizi Chapel - A worship service modeled after the Taizi community in France with singing, silence and prayer
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

22
Monday
Convocation: J.D. Hershberger's story of potential and choices
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

26
Friday
Chapel: "Engaging the Holy Hip-Hop Culture" - guest artist and youth pastor Johnathan Miller, Faith Apostolic Ministries, South Bend, IN
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

29
Monday
Convocation: The Making of 'Fuerza,' a documentary about Mexico-Goshen connections
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

February


2
Friday
Chapel: Hymn Sing - Come and call out your favorites!, led by music faculty Bev Lapp
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

5
Monday
Convocation: "Making Art/Making Peace" - David Griffith, author of A Good War is Hard to Find
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

9
Friday
Chapel: "Frameworks, Encounters, and Language We Understand: A Faculty Faith Story," physics professor Carl Helrich
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

12
Monday
Convocation: "Relationships & Technology: from lol to cul8tr"
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

16
Friday
Chapel: "The Lord is My Shepherd," led by Parables, GC's traveling student worship group
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

19
Monday
Convocation: Peru SST--summer, 2006
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

23
Friday
Chapel: "Encountering Jesus in Mark
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

March


5
Monday
Chapel: Prayer Service in honor of Bluffton University baseball team
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

9
Friday
Chapel: Student Stories of Service, led by Jenna Preheim & Isaac Hooley
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

12
Monday
Convocation: Christian Peacemaker Team member Art Gish on his experience in Iraq
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

16
Friday
Chapel: A Service of Singing, led by student Brad Graber
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

19
Monday
Convocation: Preview of mainstage play
10:00 am, UMBLE CENTER

23
Friday
Chapel: "Regenerative Stewardship of God's Earth," led by Luke Gascho, executive director of Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

26
Monday
Convocation: Professor Bobby Meyer-Lee - "Laureates and Beggars: Poetry and Political Power"
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

30
Friday
Chapel: "Reflections from the 'Power of Story' Class, led by professor Doug Caskey
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

April


2
Monday
Chapel: Prayer with the Jubilee Pilgrim Cross - A Call to Peace
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

9
Monday
Convocation: "Plotting Futures" - President Jim Brenneman
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

13
Friday
Chapel: "HIV/AIDS in Africa," Tefsa Dalellew, storyteller from Ethiopia and co-director of Mennonite Central Committee-Africa
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

16
Monday
Convocation: "Why Mennonites Should Read Catholic Literature" - C. Henry Smith Peace lecture by Lamar Nisly of Bluffton University
10:00 am, Church-Chapel, extended to 10:45

20
Friday
Chapel: Open Hymn Sing, led by Brian Wiebe, Music Center Executive Director
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

May


3
Thursday
Chapel: "One doesn't have to be the loneliest number," Susie Lambright, Faculty faith story
9:40 am, Church-Chapel

8
Tuesday
Convocation: Mosaic group
9:40 am, Church-Chapel

10
Thursday
Chapel: A Hispanic-style Worship Service
9:40 am, Church-Chapel

15
Tuesday
Convocation: Goshen mayor Allan Kauffman
9:40 am, Church-Chapel

17
Thursday
Chapel: "Summer Sendings and Blessings," led by students in the Inquiry Programs
9:40 am, Church-Chapel

22
Tuesday
Convocation: Senior statements by Esi Cudjoe, Danielle Haney, and Jesse Johnson
9:40 am, Church-Chapel

August


29
Wednesday
"This We Believe..." - Opening Convocation with President Jim Brenneman
10:00 am, Sauder Hall, Music Center

31
Friday
Chapel: "In Stillness...God" - led by members of Campus Ministries Team
10:00 am, Music Center, Sauder Hall