Archives for 2009

Come and be filled in worship led by students Daniel Moya and Lane Miller, as well as hear reflections from several students part of the Center for Intercultural Teaching and Learning. This service will have an “Hispanic/Latino flavor.”

Question and answer session from the Bill McKibben Yoder Public Affairs Lecture.

“The Most Important Number in the World: Building a Worldwide Movement to Fight Climate Change.” McKibben is a well-known thinker and writer on environmental economics.

Depression and bi-polar conditions present challenges for college students. Come hear stories of struggle and hope.

Leaders of Mennonite World Conference [MWC], to be held July 2009 in Asuncion, Paraguay. Speakers to include: Margaret Peacock who says, “I am an Indian aged 60 born in a village in South India. I joined MCC [Mennonite World Conference] as a receptionist and worked for 38 years. I belong to a small Mennonite Church…started as a house church 26 years ago in my own house” and Tigist Tesfaye who says, “I’m from Ethiopia, home for 88 milliion people with more than 80 different ethnicities. I’m a member of the Mennonite Church in Ethiopia [and] served as a youth leader, choir leader and discipleship teacher in my home congregation. I am currently serving as an MWC one-year intern for the Mennonite Central Committee at the MCC Liaison Office at the United Nations in New York City.”

Watson’s story has appeared in newspapers throughout the nation and in Guideposts magazine. Watson, who pulled herself up from the poverty of Calnali, Mexico, now works to help others improve their lives. She is a senior advisor to Indiana governor Mitch Daniels and is an important partner for the Goshen College Center for Intercultural Teaching and Learning.

Confronting the Current Economic Storm: What’s Ahead for Indiana? Featuring guest speaker, Nathan Feltman.

Campus minister Bob Yoder is engaging various audiences in the topic of “Faith & Climate Change.” This convo will include stories of his dialogue as well as information about the intersection of Christian faith and care for our planet.

The 2008-2009 Parable worship team will share in chapel through song, skit, and good times of what they present in churches. Participants include: Karla Santiago, Adriel Santiago, Ana Yoder, Andrea Kraybill, Patrick Ressler, Molly Kellogg, Scott Kempf and Allen Shenk.

This will be an extended chapel and will go until 10:45 a.m.

The Amish: Tradition and Change in the 21st Century – Professor of History Steve Nolt. Known for preserving traditional ways, the Amish are also a dynamic people who change and adapt in the face of modernity. Steve Nolt, author of Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy which explores the aftermath of the 2006 Nickel Mines school shooting, will highlight recent developments in Amish society including population growth, occupational change, and schooling.

Keith Graber Miller (religion) and Ruth Stoltzfus (nursing) co-teach the Human Sexuality course.

2008 student CIP participants will lead this chapel service, camping style. Also on campus today in the Union will be representatives from Mennonite camps looking for students to work there this summer. 2008 CIP participants include and where they served: Asher Fast, Rocky Mountain, CO;Betsy Houser, Rocky Mountain, CO;Darin Schwartzentruber, Amigo Centre, MI;Greg Yoder, Bethany Birches, VT;Hillary Watson, Camp Deerpark, NY;Jake Miller, Camp Friedenswald, MI;Michelle Smith, Logan Valley, MO;Nathan Graber, Drift Creek, OR

Student coordinators: Jill Kauffman, Lane Miller, Laura Schlabach

“The Bible contradicts itself,” states President Jim Brenneman in his book Canons in Conflict: Negotiating Texts in True and False Prophecy. Come to chapel today at 10:00 a.m. in Church-Chapel to hear parts of his faith journey and how he has “made peace with” different faith stories.