Principal Jim Kirkton and Assistant Principal Phil Lederach (’79) will share how and why they serve as leaders for Goshen High School.

Join us as Parables, Goshen College’s student-led traveling worship team, leads us in our service on “Wherever you go, there you are…God is present.”

Features GC students in a program of poetry, readings, recitations and story-telling. Ends at 9:45 a.m. Earns a convocation credit. This year’s theme is “The Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King: The Art of Peace.” Convocation will feature music and poetry performances. Ends at 10:55.

President Jim Brenneman preaches on “Getting to Yes and Amen! The New ‘GC School'” based on II Corinthians 1:20-22 from The Message: “Whatever God has promised gets stamped with the Yes of Jesus. In Jesus, this is what we preach and pray, the great Amen, God’s Yes and our Yes together, gloriously evident. God affirms us, making us a sure thing in Christ, putting God’s Yes within us. By the Spirit, God has stamped us with an eternal pledge-a sure beginning of what God is destined to complete.”

Sponsored by the new Latino Studies SST program, directed by Ana Juarez of the Center for Intercultural Teaching and Learning.

In our first chapel of the second semester, Bob Yoder, campus pastor will share some thoughts as he ponders the question: Does Prayer Matter? Join us for a time of worship and re-connection.

Speakers and topics: Matt Nafziger – “The Power of Music” Laura Krabill – “Hate Crimes” Sam Jones – “The One Mile Smile” Candi Dhanaraj – Storytelling speech

Glenn Gilbert, campus sustainability coordinator and utilities manager will en’light’en us about the campus carbon footprint.

Melody La Luz is a sex educator in Chicago.

Students participated in Goshen College’s Service Inquiry Program in the summer of 2009

Tim Wise is a nationally known speaker and author. His most recent book is “Between Barack and a Hard Place: Racism in the Age of Obama.”