GC’s worship team will lead us in worship, using drama and music.

Rebecca Hernandez, Associate Dean for Intercultural Development, will introduce CIIE, with the help of students.

Join as Goshen College welcomes Peter Yarrow of the famous folk trio, “Peter, Paul, and Mary.” Peter and colleague Mark Weiss, Director of Education for Operation Respect will make a presentation about Operation Respect, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting safe, caring and compassionate environments for children and youth.

A panel of faculty members from different departments will contribute perspectives on a topic relevant to college students. They will respond to a book by anthropologist and economist David Graeber titled “Debt: The First 5000 Years.” Panel members are Jan Shetler (history), Jim Halteman (economics), Jo-Ann Brant (religion), Regina Shands Stoltzfus (peace studies), and Jonathan Schramm (ecology).

John D. Roth, professor of history and director of the Mennonite Historical Library, will give the annual C. Henry Smith Peace lecture Tuesday night. This convocation is a preview of that presentation, which describes an initiative that is gathering stories of persecution and faithfulness in Anabaptist churches around the globe. The end product may be a new Martyr’s Mirror for the 21st century.

Dr. Julie Reese is a cancer survivor, a Christian, and a psychology professor here at GC.

Each summer several GC students do “Camping Inquiry Program” internships at church camps across the continent, learning about leadership in those settings. The 2012 CIP students will lead this chapel service.

Student speakers will be Solongo Gonchigsuren, Adama Millogo, Jan Zawadzki, and Yohaan Varghese.

Students from the first ever combined Spanish/American Sign Language SST unit in Peru will tell about their experiences.

Students reflect on the School of the Americas (SOA) protest last November from the perspective of faith.

2013 MLK Jr. Study Day – “Shalom: That we may be whole” — Dr. Wilbert Smith, featured presenter; Dana Johnson, featured author

President Brenneman will introduce this Core Values Institute Convocation featuring three faculty members: Kristi Glick (art), Jon Geiser (business) and Dan Smith (chemistry).