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August 2007


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

September


3
Monday
Convocation: "Welcome to the GC Community" - planned by student leaders
10:00 am, Music Center, Sauder Hall

7
Friday
Chapel: A Faculty Faith story by Tamara Shantz, new assistant campus minister
10:00 am, Music Center, Sauder Hall

10
Monday
Convocation: "Caminando en la Luz de Dios (Walking in the Light of God)" - Leaders of the new Center for Intercultural Teaching and Learning tell how their faith journeys led them to Goshen College
10:00 am, Music Center, Sauder Hall

14
Friday
Chapel: "Heart Songs - What Do We Hear?" a hymn sing led by Deb Brubaker, professor of music
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

17
Monday
Convocation: Peru SST unit from Summer 2007
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

21
Friday
Chapel: A worship service led by 2007 Ministry Inquiry Program participants
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

24
Monday
Convocation: "Latino Leaders: Change Agents for a New Culture" - guest speaker Mauricio Chenlo
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

26
Wednesday
Extra Chapel: "Spiritual Whiplash" - Shane Hipps' faith story
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

28
Friday
Shane Hipps: "NoBody" - Living our faith in a media-drenched culture
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

October


1
Monday
Convocation: "Why the Amish Forgave a Killer," Professor Steve Nolt
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

5
Friday
Chapel: Homecoming Worship: God's Transformative Love - Jonathan Beachy, Culture for Service Alumni Award recipient
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

8
Monday
Convocation: Jamaica SST unit from Summer 2007
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

12
Friday
Chapel: The Global Church--Focus on Africa
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

19
Friday
Chapel: "In Stillness...God" - reflections from students
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

22
Monday
"Creating a Conscious Community: A Special Convocation on Domestic & Sexual Violence"
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

26
Friday
Chapel: A Service of Healing and Anointing, led by members of Campus Ministries Team
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

29
Monday
Convocation: "Creative Transformation: Whose Work Is It?" -- Carol Ann Carter, artist
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

31
Wednesday
BONUS Convocation: Play preview of Step on a Crack
10:00 am, UMBLE CENTER

November


2
Friday
Chapel: "Sing unto the Lord a new Song," led by members of the Voices-n-Harmony Ensemble.
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

5
Monday
Convocation: Dominican Republic SST units from Spring & Summer 2007
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

9
Friday
Chapel: A worship service led by 2007 Service Inquiry Program participants
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

12
Monday
Convocation: "Palestinian Refugee Rights: Memory Against Forgetting" -- guest speaker Alain Epp Weaver
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

16
Friday
Chapel: faculty faith story, Kevin Gary, assistant professor of education
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

19
Monday
Convocation: Best speeches from fall semester Oral Communication classes
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

26
Monday
Convocation: "Stories from My Vocational Journey" -- Prof. LeeRoy Berry
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

30
Friday
Chapel: Advent Service of Hymns & Scripture, led by members of Deb Brubaker
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

December


3
Monday
Convocation: Christmas Party hosted by Student Life
10:00 am, FELLOWSHIP HALL

January 2008


11
Friday
Chapel: "Choice Points" - President Jim Brenneman
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

14
Monday
Convocation: "Denken an Deutschland" - Germany SST Unit, Summer '07
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

18
Friday
Chapel: "God is Here Among Us," worship led by Parables, traveling student worship team
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

21
Monday
MLK Study Day Convocations


23
Wednesday
Special Wed. Convocation: "Why Race? How courageous conversations have made a difference" - Glenn Singleton
10:00 am, Church-Chapel, extended to 10:45
Reception with Glenn Singleton
11:00 am, CITL Office

25
Friday
Chapel: "Hymns Across Cultures" - Mary Oyer, retired faculty member
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

28
Monday
Convocation: "The Power of Nonviolence" - David Cortright, director of Fourth Freedom Forum
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

February


1
Friday
Chapel: "Finding a Song - My Journey with an Eating Disorder," Pamela Yoder, local associate pastor
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

4
Monday
Convocation: "Do Denominations Matter?" - Prof. John D. Roth
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

6
Wednesday
Special Ash Wed. "Chonvo": "Going a Little Green for Lent"
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

8
Friday
Chapel: Camping Inquiry Program, worship led by 2007 CIP participants
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

11
Monday
Convocation: "The Vengeance, Vindication and Justice Project" - Profs. Joe Liechty and Paul Keim
10:00 am, Church-Chapel,extended to 10:45

15
Friday
Chapel: Worship led by Latino Student Union
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

18
Monday
Convocation:"Stories from Cambodia" - SST unit, spring of '07
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

22
Friday
Chapel: "Woke up This Morning with My Mind on Freedom," led by students in Worshipping Communities class
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

March


3
Monday
Convocation: "What Happens When Soldiers Decide That They Cannot Kill?" - MJ Sharp & Tim Huber
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

7
Friday
Chapel: "Into New Life," sermon by student Nathan Graber, and worship led by Jeremy Kempf and Neil Reicher from Mennonite Mission Network
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

10
Monday
Convocation: Dolores Huerta, co-founder of United Farm Workers, speaks on Immigration Issues
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

12
Wednesday
Special Wednesday Chapel: Faith & Activism: Shake these walls" Ruby Sales, Civil Rights Leader and director of Spirit House Project
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

14
Friday
Chapel: "I have the light of freedom and I'm going to let it shine" by Ruby Sales, Civil Rights Leader and director of Spirit House Project
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

17
Monday
Special Monday Chapel: "A Holy Week Service of Anointing," led by Campus Ministries
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

19
Wednesday
Special Wednesday Convocation: "The Bear & the Porcupine" - Jeffrey Davidow, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

24
Monday
Convocation: Preview of the play Absolutely! (Perhaps) by Luigi Pirandello
10:00 am, Umble Center

28
Friday
Chapel: "Images of God" - Worshiping Communities class members with professor Malinda Berry
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

31
Monday
"Women & Art in Costa Rica" - Prof. Beth Martin Birky and students
10:00 am,

April


4
Friday
Chapel: "Faculty Faith Story: Walking in Shadow/ Looking for Light," by John Blosser, professor of art
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

7
Monday
Convocation: "Stories from Peru" - Fall 2007 SST unit
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

11
Friday
Chapel: "Creatively Encountering Faith," led by a variety of students and Campus Ministries
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

14
Monday
Convocation: "LD: An Invisible Disability" - GC students give substance to what others don't see
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Discussion: "LD: An Invisible Disability" - GC students give substance to what others don't see
10:30 am, Gathering Rooms

18
Friday
Chapel: "Hymn Sing: Favorite Hymn Countdown" - led by student Brian Waidelich and others
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

May


2
Friday
Chapel: Reflecting on the Journey
9:40 am, Church-Chapel

5
Monday
Convocation: Senior Statements
9:40 am, Church Chapel

9
Friday
Chapel: "A Less-Traveled Road for Christian College Students ..." by Brian McLaren, noted author and speaker
9:40 am, Church-Chapel

12
Monday
Convocation: "The Spin Stops Here: PR and you tell the story of GC"
9:40 am, Church Chapel

19
Monday
Convocation: Preview of "The Quilters"
9:40 am, UMBLE CENTER